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Josh Okogie

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Feb 25, 2026 · SAC 97 @ HOU 128 · Final

Josh Okogie 14 points vs Kings (Feb 25, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

14 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 3-of-4 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 24:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.2 PTS · 4.2 FGA · 19.5 MIN, from 53 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 54 games this season: 14.8 against a usual 4.5 (+10.3)

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 Josh Okogie score 14 points?

Josh Okogie scored 14 points against the Kings on Feb 25, 2026 in 24:06: 5-of-7 from the field, 3-of-4 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Okogie averaged 5.2 points on 4.2 shots in 19.5 minutes across 53 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 54 games this season. From threes, 9 points against a usual 2.7; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 1.9. Playing time was 24:06, against a usual 19.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 22.1, against a usual 8.2. At home against the Kings, the Rockets won 128-97, a 31-point win. 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

Okogie in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (53 games)Change
Minutes24:0619.5+4.6
Points145.2+8.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-74.2 · 43.5%+2.8
3PA · 3P%3-of-42.3 · 38.2%+1.7
FTA · FT%1-of-21.0 · 60.0%+1.0
Rebounds72.8+4.2
Assists00.9-0.9
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 52 games14.911.7+3.2
Game Score per 36 minutes22.18.2+13.9
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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 (53 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-4)2.7 (0.9-of-2.3)+6.3
Twos4 (2-of-3)1.9 (0.9-of-1.9)+2.1
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.6 (0.6-of-1.0)+0.4
Total145.2+8.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

14.8 against a usual 4.5 (+10.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.9
Rebounds+0.8
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks+0.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+10.3
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 54 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.5, 9.3, 8.8, 7.6, 11.3, 1.1, 12.9, 10.4, -0.8, 6.2, 11.3, 3.5, -0.7, 4.3, 7.6, -0.9, 4.8, -1.2, 3.8, 6.3, 9.4, 7.9, 11.9, 10.4, 7.4, 2.5, -0.5, -3.8, 5, 2.5, 2.4, 0.3, -1.4, 1.6, 5.2, -1.1, 5.3, 5.3, -1.4, 3.2, 4.1, 8.7, 5.8, 4.8, 2.6, 12.4, 10, 0, 1.9, 5.3, -1.7, -2.6, -0.2, 14.8

Best Game Score of 54 games this season.

Previous best: 12.9, set on Nov 5, 2025.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 128-97 at home against the Kings, a 31-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 23, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 3 points (Dec 3, 2025), 3 points (Dec 21, 2025), 0 points (Jan 11, 2026).
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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.