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Jordan Goodwin

G · 6′3″ · Current team: Phoenix Suns

Regular season · Feb 3, 2026 · PHX 130 @ POR 125 · Final

Jordan Goodwin 16 points vs Trail Blazers (Feb 3, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

16 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 2-of-4 3P · 2-of-4 FT · 22:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.6 PTS · 8.2 FGA · 21.8 MIN, from 47 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 48 games this season: 22.6 against a usual 7.7 (+14.9)

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 Jordan Goodwin score 16 points?

Jordan Goodwin scored 16 points against the Trail Blazers on Feb 3, 2026 in 22:48: 6-of-9 from the field, 2-of-4 from three, 2-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Goodwin averaged 8.6 points on 8.2 shots in 21.8 minutes across 47 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 48 games this season. From two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 3.6; from threes, 6 points against a usual 4.5; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.5. Minutes: 22:48, against a usual 21.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 35.7, against a usual 12.7. Steals and blocks: 5 and 0, against a usual 1.4 and 0.2. At the Trail Blazers, the Suns won 130-125. 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

Goodwin in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (47 games)Change
Minutes22:4821.8+1.0
Points168.6+7.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-98.2 · 40.3%+0.8
3PA · 3P%2-of-44.3 · 35.3%-0.3
FTA · FT%2-of-40.7 · 73.5%+3.3
Rebounds104.8+5.2
Assists32.3+0.7
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 47 games19.818.7+1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes35.712.7+23.0
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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 (47 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-4)4.5 (1.5-of-4.3)+1.5
Twos8 (4-of-5)3.6 (1.8-of-3.9)+4.4
Free throws2 (2-of-4)0.5 (0.5-of-0.7)+1.5
Total168.6+7.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.6 against a usual 7.7 (+14.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds+2.8
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks+3.4
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+14.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 48 games, oldest first, this game last: -3.1, 2.2, 4.5, 10.6, 3.1, -3.9, 7, 7.3, 11.5, 14.3, 14.4, 9.2, 15.3, 14.8, 1.2, 8.7, 9.8, 7, 13.4, 4, 7, 10.2, 3.6, 7.6, 5.1, 6.5, 0.3, 15.1, 12.3, 3.5, 9.3, 18.2, 10, 14.7, 2.7, -2.1, 2.5, 9.4, 15.4, 3.2, 17.4, 4.4, -1.3, 3.4, 4.3, 16.3, 11, 22.6

Best Game Score of 48 games this season.

Previous best: 18.2, set on Jan 4, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 130-125 at the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season: 10 points (Nov 18, 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.