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Jericho Sims

C · 6′10″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Apr 8, 2026 · MIL 111 @ DET 137 · Final

Jericho Sims: season-high 10 assists vs Pistons (Apr 8, 2026)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 10 AST · 3-of-6 FG · 5-of-8 FT · 38:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.7 PTS · 1.4 AST · 2.6 FGA · 19.3 MIN, from 63 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season: 17.9 against a usual 5.4 (+12.5)

Season-high 10 assists (previous high 6, set on Apr 3, 2026 and Apr 7, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Jericho Sims have 10 assists?

Jericho Sims scored 11 points against the Pistons on Apr 8, 2026 in 38:30: 3-of-6 from the field, 5-of-8 on free throws (62.5%). Coming in, Sims had averaged 4.7 points on 2.6 shots in 19.3 minutes, from 63 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 6 assists. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season. Shot attempts: 6, against a usual 2.6. From free throws, 5 points against a usual 0.5; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 4.2. Sims played 38:30 against a usual 19.3 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 16.7, against a usual 10.1. Sims had 10 assists, against a usual 1.4. The Bucks lost 137-111 at the Pistons, 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

01

What changed

Sims in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (63 games)Change
Minutes38:3019.3+19.2
Points114.7+6.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-62.6 · 78.9%+3.4
FTA · FT%8 · 62.5%0.9 · 61.4%+7.1 · +1.1
Rebounds115.4+5.6
Assists101.4+8.6
Turnovers21.1+0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 58 games12.99.7+3.2
Game Score per 36 minutes16.710.1+6.6
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 (63 games)Change
Twos6 (3-of-6)4.2 (2.1-of-2.6)+1.8
Free throws5 (5-of-8)0.5 (0.5-of-0.9)+4.5
Total114.7+6.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.9 against a usual 5.4 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+3.2
Rebounds+3.3
Assists+6.0
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.6
Total+12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 64 games, oldest first, this game last: 2, 2.4, 0.5, 0.3, -0.4, 3.9, 0.6, 3.4, 2.7, 4.2, 8, -1.6, 4, 3.5, 5.4, 17.2, 3.5, 2.1, -1.1, 8, 3.2, 10.6, 2.9, -0.7, 4.6, 0, -0.1, 0, 2.9, 0, -2.5, 1.7, 9.4, 11.4, 11.4, 6.7, 18.9, 4.9, 4.1, 4.9, 10.9, 11.5, 4, 8.3, 6.1, 9.4, 7.1, 12, 7.9, 2.5, 1.9, 2.7, 3.3, 11.5, 2.6, 13.9, 11.1, 5.9, 7.5, 10.1, 6.2, 8.8, 14, 17.9

2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season.

1 earlier game not counted in the usual line or the rank: no minutes recorded.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 137-111 at the Pistons, a 26-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 7, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pistons this season: 6 points (Nov 22, 2025), 15 points (Dec 3, 2025), 2 points (Dec 6, 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.