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Justin Edwards

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Philadelphia 76ers

Regular season · Mar 14, 2026 · BKN 97 @ PHI 104 · Final

Justin Edwards 19 points vs Nets (Mar 14, 2026): 2nd-best of 50 games

ANSWER

19 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 30:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.0 PTS · 4.2 FGA · 14.6 MIN, from 49 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 50 games this season: 18.7 against a usual 3.9 (+14.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Justin Edwards score 19 points?

In 30:54 against the Nets on Mar 14, 2026, Justin Edwards scored 19 points: 9-of-13 from the field (69.2%), 0-of-3 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Edwards had averaged 5.0 points on 4.2 shots in 14.6 minutes, from 49 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 50 games this season. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 4.2. The 69.2% from the field compares with a usual 42.0%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 18 (1.7), threes 0 (2.8). Edwards played 30:54 against a usual 14.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 21.8, against a usual 9.7. Steals and blocks: 3 and 2, against a usual 0.8 and 0.2. The 76ers won 104-97 at home against the Nets. 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

Edwards in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (49 games)Change
Minutes30:5414.6+16.3
Points195.0+14.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 69.2%4.2 · 42.0%+8.8 · +27.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-32.6 · 35.7%+0.4
FTA · FT%1-of-20.6 · 85.7%+1.4
Rebounds41.6+2.4
Assists21.2+0.8
Turnovers10.6+0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes21.89.7+12.1
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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 (49 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)2.8 (0.9-of-2.6)-2.8
Twos18 (9-of-10)1.7 (0.9-of-1.6)+16.3
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+0.5
Total195.0+14.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.7 against a usual 3.9 (+14.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.4
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks+3.5
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+14.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 50 games, oldest first, this game last: 0, 3.4, 2.1, 0.9, 0.4, 0.9, 5, 3.4, 21.5, 8.9, 0.1, 5.2, 5.9, 6.3, 8.3, 0.4, -1.7, 5.9, 6.9, 0, -1.6, -0.1, 7.5, 0.7, 1.1, 0.6, 8.4, -0.1, -0.1, -0.4, 5.4, 0, 6.4, 4.6, 6.9, 1.9, 0, 0.1, 1.3, 13.5, 1.7, 1, 3.7, 2.3, 5.5, 7.3, 14.3, 1.3, 15.1, 18.7

2nd-best Game Score of 50 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers won 104-97 at home against the Nets.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 12, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 2 points (Nov 2, 2025), 4 points (Nov 28, 2025), 4 points (Dec 23, 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.