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Jrue Holiday

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Regular season · Mar 4, 2026 · POR 122 @ MEM 114 · Final

Jrue Holiday: season-high 35 points vs Grizzlies (Mar 4, 2026)

ANSWER

35 PTS · 13-of-19 FG · 8-of-11 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 31:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 16.0 PTS · 13.1 FGA · 28.6 MIN, from 33 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 34 games this season: 34.5 against a usual 13.2 (+21.3)

Season-high 35 points (previous high 31, set on Feb 12, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Jrue Holiday score 35 points?

Jrue Holiday scored 35 points against the Grizzlies on Mar 4, 2026 in 31:54: 13-of-19 from the field (68.4%), 8-of-11 from three (72.7%), 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Holiday had averaged 16.0 points on 13.1 shots in 28.6 minutes, from 33 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 31 points. This game had the best Game Score of 34 games this season. Shot attempts: 19, against a usual 13.1. The rate from the field was 68.4%, against a usual 45.7%. By shot type: threes 24 points (usual 6.9); two-pointers 10 points (usual 7.3). Holiday played 31:54 against a usual 28.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 38.9, against a usual 16.6. Holiday had 11 assists, against a usual 6.2. At the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers won 122-114. 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

Holiday in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (33 games)Change
Minutes31:5428.6+3.3
Points3516.0+19.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%19 · 68.4%13.1 · 45.7%+5.9 · +22.7
3PA · 3P%11 · 72.7%6.3 · 36.5%+4.7 · +36.2
FTA · FT%1-of-12.2 · 83.1%-1.2
Rebounds54.6+0.4
Assists116.2+4.8
Turnovers32.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 33 games28.423.9+4.5
Game Score per 36 minutes38.916.6+22.3
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 (33 games)Change
Threes24 (8-of-11)6.9 (2.3-of-6.3)+17.1
Twos10 (5-of-8)7.3 (3.7-of-6.8)+2.7
Free throws1 (1-of-1)1.8 (1.8-of-2.2)-0.8
Total3516.0+19.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

34.5 against a usual 13.2 (+21.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+17.8
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+3.4
Steals and blocks-0.3
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+21.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 34 games, oldest first, this game last: 9.6, 11.8, 18.3, 22.4, 24.5, 12.3, 5.6, 14.9, 19.5, 13.1, 16.8, 14.1, 7.3, 6.3, 12.3, 6.7, 13, 19, 11.5, 0.4, 0.7, 11.7, 21, 14.3, 14.9, 9.4, 31.5, 13.6, 1, 14.1, 6.9, 18.7, 17, 34.5

Best Game Score of 34 games this season.

Previous best: 31.5, set on Feb 12, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers won 122-114 at the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 1, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 20 points (Feb 6, 2026), 21 points (Feb 7, 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.