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Jordan Walsh

G · 6′6″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Dec 11, 2025 · BOS 101 @ MIL 116 · Final

Jordan Walsh 20 points vs Bucks (Dec 11, 2025): 2nd-best of 21 games

ANSWER

20 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 3-of-4 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 32:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.1 PTS · 4.7 FGA · 21.0 MIN, from 20 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 21 games this season: 21.0 against a usual 7.5 (+13.5)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Jordan Walsh score 20 points?

Jordan Walsh scored 20 points against the Bucks on Dec 11, 2025 in 32:00: 8-of-10 from the field (80.0%), 3-of-4 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Walsh averaged 7.1 points on 4.7 shots in 21.0 minutes across 20 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 21 games this season. The shot count was 10, against a usual 4.7. Walsh shot 80.0% from the field, against a usual 58.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (2.4), two-pointers 10 (3.8). Playing time was 32:00, against a usual 21.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 23.6, against a usual 12.9. The Celtics lost 116-101 at the Bucks. 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

Walsh in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (20 games)Change
Minutes32:0021.0+11.0
Points207.1+12.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 80.0%4.7 · 58.1%+5.3 · +21.9
3PA · 3P%3-of-41.8 · 45.7%+2.2
FTA · FT%1-of-11.1 · 81.0%-0.1
Rebounds84.8+3.2
Assists01.1-1.1
Turnovers10.6+0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes23.612.9+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 (20 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-4)2.4 (0.8-of-1.8)+6.6
Twos10 (5-of-6)3.8 (1.9-of-2.9)+6.2
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.9 (0.9-of-1.1)+0.1
Total207.1+12.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.0 against a usual 7.5 (+13.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.4
Rebounds+1.9
Assists-0.7
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.5
Total+13.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 21 games, oldest first, this game last: 0, 0, 0, 6.5, 9.4, 2.2, 10.5, 10.1, 5.3, 10.3, 2.1, 7.9, 3.5, 8.4, -1, 13.4, 11.8, 25.3, 16.6, 8.2, 21

2nd-best Game Score of 21 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics lost 116-101 at the Bucks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season.
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.