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Jock Landale

C · 6′11″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Dec 17, 2025 · MEM 116 @ MIN 110 · Final

Jock Landale 20 points vs Timberwolves (Dec 17, 2025): best of 27 games

ANSWER

20 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 4-of-9 3P · 29:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.7 PTS · 7.8 FGA · 21.9 MIN, from 26 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season: 21.3 against a usual 9.0 (+12.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Jock Landale score 20 points?

Jock Landale scored 20 points against the Timberwolves on Dec 17, 2025 in 29:54: 8-of-15 from the field (53.3%), 4-of-9 from three (44.4%), no free throw attempts. Coming in, Landale had averaged 10.7 points on 7.8 shots in 21.9 minutes, from 26 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 15, against a usual 7.8. The rate from the field was 53.3%, against a usual 52.9%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 12 (3.1), two-pointers 8 (6.2), free throws 0 (1.4). Landale played 29:54 against a usual 21.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 25.6, against a usual 14.9. Rebounds: 10, against a usual 5.5. The Grizzlies won 116-110 at the Timberwolves. 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

Landale in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (26 games)Change
Minutes29:5421.9+8.0
Points2010.7+9.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 53.3%7.8 · 52.9%+7.2 · +0.4
3PA · 3P%9 · 44.4%2.4 · 42.9%+6.6 · +1.5
FTA · FT%0-of-02.0 · 68.6%-2.0
Rebounds105.5+4.5
Assists31.5+1.5
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games19.318.6+0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes25.614.9+10.7
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 (26 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-9)3.1 (1.0-of-2.4)+8.9
Twos8 (4-of-6)6.2 (3.1-of-5.4)+1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.4 (1.4-of-2.0)-1.4
Total2010.7+9.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.3 against a usual 9.0 (+12.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.1
Rebounds+2.0
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks+1.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+12.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 27 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.9, 2.9, 6.7, 18.1, 5, 14.8, 12.6, 12.5, 8.2, 9.4, 9.9, 6.3, 11, 0.6, 0.9, 20.5, 5.4, 20, 6, 6.7, 4.5, 8.6, 5.2, 13.7, 8.4, 11.1, 21.3

Best Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 20.5, set on Nov 20, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Grizzlies won 116-110 at the Timberwolves.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Timberwolves this season.
  • The source holds fewer Grizzlies games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.