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Jamal Shead

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Toronto Raptors

Regular season · Apr 1, 2026 · SAC 123 @ TOR 115 · Final

Jamal Shead 16 points vs Kings (Apr 1, 2026): 2nd-best of 76 games

ANSWER

16 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 3-of-3 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 37:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.5 PTS · 6.1 FGA · 22.3 MIN, from 75 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 76 games this season: 16.8 against a usual 6.4 (+10.4)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Jamal Shead score 16 points?

Jamal Shead scored 16 points against the Kings on Apr 1, 2026 in 37:06: 5-of-9 from the field, 3-of-3 from three, 3-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Shead averaged 6.5 points on 6.1 shots in 22.3 minutes across 75 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 76 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (3.0), free throws 3 (1.1), two-pointers 4 (2.4). Shead played 37:06 against a usual 22.3 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 16.3, against a usual 10.3. The Raptors lost 123-115 at home against the Kings. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Shead in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (75 games)Change
Minutes37:0622.3+14.8
Points166.5+9.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-96.1 · 36.2%+2.9
3PA · 3P%3-of-33.2 · 30.9%-0.2
FTA · FT%3-of-31.4 · 76.9%+1.6
Rebounds11.8-0.8
Assists75.4+1.6
Turnovers21.3+0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 73 games15.615.9-0.3
Game Score per 36 minutes16.310.3+6.0
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Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (75 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-3)3.0 (1.0-of-3.2)+6.0
Twos4 (2-of-6)2.4 (1.2-of-2.9)+1.6
Free throws3 (3-of-3)1.1 (1.1-of-1.4)+1.9
Total166.5+9.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.8 against a usual 6.4 (+10.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.7
Rebounds-0.4
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks+1.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.7
Total+10.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 76 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.4, 4, 9.5, 3.5, 3.8, 10.5, 10, 9, -0.8, 8.3, 5.4, 6.6, 7.2, 3.7, 2.3, 14.2, 13.6, 11.9, 0.7, 0.7, 4.2, 4.1, 7.9, 5.6, 7.3, 14.8, 10.5, 7, 4.2, -2.3, 5.9, 2.6, 4.6, 14.9, -0.5, 6, 8.2, 3.4, 13.4, 16.6, 4.6, 4.8, 16, -2, 11.9, 15.3, 3.9, 7.8, 0.5, 4.7, 5.3, 4.9, 8.5, 3.2, -4.2, 5.2, 14.9, 9.9, 10.3, 3.7, 2.2, -4.4, 3.7, 0.3, 7.3, 8.7, 5, 3.4, 1.8, 1.6, 9.7, 6, 3, 20.3, 9.1, 16.8

2nd-best Game Score of 76 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors lost 123-115 at home against the Kings.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 31, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 15 points (Jan 21, 2026).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.