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Jeremiah Fears

G · 6′3″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · NOP 118 @ BOS 144 · Final

Jeremiah Fears 36 points vs Celtics (Apr 10, 2026): 2nd-best of 81 games

ANSWER

36 PTS · 13-of-29 FG · 3-of-10 3P · 7-of-11 FT · 44:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.7 PTS · 11.9 FGA · 25.3 MIN, from 80 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 81 games this season: 25.2 against a usual 9.4 (+15.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jeremiah Fears score 36 points?

Jeremiah Fears scored 36 points against the Celtics on Apr 10, 2026 in 44:06: 13-of-29 from the field (44.8%), 3-of-10 from three (30.0%), 7-of-11 on free throws (63.6%). Coming in, Fears had averaged 13.7 points on 11.9 shots in 25.3 minutes, from 80 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 81 games this season. The shot count was 29, against a usual 11.9. The 44.8% from the field compares with a usual 43.4%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 20 (7.8), threes 9 (3.7), free throws 7 (2.2). Minutes: 44:06, against a usual 25.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: 20.6, against a usual 13.4. The Pelicans lost 144-118 at the Celtics, a 26-point loss. 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

Fears in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (80 games)Change
Minutes44:0625.3+18.8
Points3613.7+22.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%29 · 44.8%11.9 · 43.4%+17.1 · +1.4
3PA · 3P%10 · 30.0%3.6 · 33.7%+6.4 · -3.7
FTA · FT%11 · 63.6%2.8 · 79.2%+8.2 · -15.6
Rebounds33.6-0.6
Assists63.4+2.6
Turnovers12.2-1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 80 games31.025.3+5.7
Game Score per 36 minutes20.613.4+7.2
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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 (80 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-10)3.7 (1.2-of-3.6)+5.3
Twos20 (10-of-19)7.8 (3.9-of-8.3)+12.2
Free throws7 (7-of-11)2.2 (2.2-of-2.8)+4.8
Total3613.7+22.3
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.2 against a usual 9.4 (+15.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.1
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.3
Total+15.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 81 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.4, 10.5, -6.7, 18.4, 15.2, 7.5, 7.5, 5.3, 11.1, 5, 12.2, 17.1, 8.5, 13.2, 10.6, 17.7, 5.4, 11.8, 7, 7.3, 15.9, 17, 14.8, 8.5, 1.7, 14.5, 13.4, 7.7, -2, 8.5, 6.8, 5.5, 9, 5.3, 0.2, 13.2, 13.9, 4.9, 3.5, 16, 13.7, 5, 4.4, 18.2, 0.5, 10.1, 10.9, 2.2, 6.1, 4.3, 9, 7.2, 10.6, -3.9, 15.9, 11.2, 12.2, 3.5, 5.6, 7.6, 11.8, 21.2, -1.8, 9.4, 4.2, 14.5, 5.1, 3.2, 12.1, 8.2, 5, 2.9, 18.6, 10.6, 4.6, 7.4, 17.9, 23.9, 14.3, 33.2, 25.2

2nd-best Game Score of 81 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 144-118 at the Celtics, a 26-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 7, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Celtics this season: 2 points (Oct 27, 2025).
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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.