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Jaylin Williams

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Oklahoma City Thunder

Regular season · Feb 4, 2026 · OKC 106 @ SAS 116 · Final

Jaylin Williams 24 points vs Spurs (Feb 4, 2026): best of 36 games

ANSWER

24 PTS · 6-of-15 FG · 4-of-11 3P · 8-of-8 FT · 39:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.5 PTS · 5.0 FGA · 19.0 MIN, from 35 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season: 20.1 against a usual 5.4 (+14.7)

Season-high 24 points among the games the source holds (previous high 15, set on Nov 21, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Jaylin Williams score 24 points?

In 39:42 against the Spurs on Feb 4, 2026, Jaylin Williams scored 24 points: 6-of-15 from the field (40.0%), 4-of-11 from three (36.4%), 8-of-8 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Williams averaged 5.5 points on 5.0 shots in 19.0 minutes across 35 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season reached 24 points. By Game Score it was the best of the 36 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 15, against a usual 5.0. The rate from the field was 40.0%, against a usual 35.6%. From threes, 12 points against a usual 3.2; from free throws, 8 points against a usual 0.9; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 1.4. Minutes: 39:42, against a usual 19.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 18.2, against a usual 10.2. At the Spurs, the Thunder lost 116-106. 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

01

What changed

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Minutes39:4219.0+20.7
Points245.5+18.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 40.0%5.0 · 35.6%+10.0 · +4.4
3PA · 3P%11 · 36.4%3.6 · 30.2%+7.4 · +6.2
FTA · FT%8 · 100.0%1.3 · 71.1%+6.7 · +28.9
Rebounds124.9+7.1
Assists42.5+1.5
Turnovers21.0+1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 35 games21.915.1+6.8
Game Score per 36 minutes18.210.2+8.0
02

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 (35 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-11)3.2 (1.1-of-3.6)+8.8
Twos4 (2-of-4)1.4 (0.7-of-1.4)+2.6
Free throws8 (8-of-8)0.9 (0.9-of-1.3)+7.1
Total245.5+18.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.1 against a usual 5.4 (+14.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.3
Rebounds+1.9
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks+0.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.8
Total+14.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 36 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.2, 2.1, 1.4, 5.7, 6, 10.6, 12.3, 2.8, 6.8, 3.5, -2.7, 12.2, 6.9, -4, 1.8, 16.3, 3.3, 8.1, 8.4, 3.2, 3.7, 5.1, 2.9, 7.3, 9, 12.7, 3, 3.3, 6.3, 0.8, 3, 4.3, 4.5, 12.3, 5, 20.1

Best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 16.3, set on Nov 21, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Thunder lost 116-106 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 3, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 11 points (Jan 13, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Thunder games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
06

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.