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Julian Champagnie

F · 6′7″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Feb 26, 2026 · SAS 126 @ BKN 110 · Final

Julian Champagnie 26 points vs Nets (Feb 26, 2026): 2nd-best of 58 games

ANSWER

26 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 6-of-9 3P · 24:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.2 PTS · 8.4 FGA · 28.0 MIN, from 57 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 58 games the source holds this season: 26.6 against a usual 9.4 (+17.2)

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 Julian Champagnie score 26 points?

Julian Champagnie scored 26 points against the Nets on Feb 26, 2026 in 24:00: 10-of-14 from the field (71.4%), 6-of-9 from three (66.7%), no free throw attempts. Coming in, Champagnie had averaged 11.2 points on 8.4 shots in 28.0 minutes, from 57 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of the 58 games the source holds this season. Champagnie took 14 shots, 5.6 more than usual. The rate from the field was 71.4%, against a usual 42.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 18 (7.3), two-pointers 8 (2.3), free throws 0 (1.6). Playing time was 24:00, against a usual 28.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 39.9, against a usual 12.0. Champagnie had 3 steals and 2 blocks, against a usual 0.8 and 0.4. At the Nets, the Spurs won 126-110. 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

Champagnie in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (57 games)Change
Minutes24:0028.0-4.0
Points2611.2+14.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 71.4%8.4 · 42.7%+5.6 · +28.7
3PA · 3P%9 · 66.7%6.5 · 37.8%+2.5 · +28.9
FTA · FT%0-of-01.9 · 85.2%-1.9
Rebounds25.9-3.9
Assists21.5+0.5
Turnovers00.9-0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 57 games26.215.4+10.8
Game Score per 36 minutes39.912.0+27.9
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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 (57 games)Change
Threes18 (6-of-9)7.3 (2.4-of-6.5)+10.7
Twos8 (4-of-5)2.3 (1.2-of-1.9)+5.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.6 (1.6-of-1.9)-1.6
Total2611.2+14.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.6 against a usual 9.4 (+17.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.5
Rebounds-1.1
Assists+0.4
Steals and blocks+3.3
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total+17.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 58 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.5, 6.8, 12.7, 8, 3.2, 9.8, 3.7, 20.5, 10.6, -2.2, 5.2, 8.9, 7.5, 5.7, 16.5, 6.5, 12.5, 23.7, 2.7, 2.1, 10.1, 12.3, 18.2, 16.2, 10.2, 7.8, -0.6, 3, -0.6, 1.1, 5.2, 29.6, 4.4, 18.6, 21.7, 7.7, 12.3, 12.4, 9.6, 12.6, 3, 8.1, 23.3, 15.3, 10.2, -0.9, 12.9, 8.8, 6.2, 9.6, 6.3, 5.1, 0.6, 8.8, 7.8, 13.7, 11.5, 26.6

2nd-best Game Score of the 58 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 126-110 at the Nets.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 25, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 13 points (Oct 26, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Spurs 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.