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Justin Edwards

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

Regular season · Mar 19, 2026 · PHI 139 @ SAC 118 · Final

Justin Edwards: season-high 32 points vs Kings (Mar 19, 2026)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 7-of-11 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 33:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.7 PTS · 4.7 FGA · 15.3 MIN, from 52 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 53 games this season: 28.6 against a usual 4.5 (+24.1)

Season-high 32 points (previous high 22, set on Nov 11, 2025)

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 Justin Edwards score 32 points?

Justin Edwards scored 32 points against the Kings on Mar 19, 2026 in 33:18: 11-of-18 from the field (61.1%), 7-of-11 from three (63.6%), 3-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Edwards had averaged 5.7 points on 4.7 shots in 15.3 minutes, from 52 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 32 points. This game had the best Game Score of 53 games this season. The shot count was 18, against a usual 4.7. The rate from the field was 61.1%, against a usual 44.3%. By shot type: threes 21 points (usual 2.9); two-pointers 8 points (usual 2.3); free throws 3 points (usual 0.5). Playing time was 33:18, against a usual 15.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 30.9, against a usual 10.7. The 76ers won 139-118 at the Kings, a 21-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

01

What changed

Edwards in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (52 games)Change
Minutes33:1815.3+18.0
Points325.7+26.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 61.1%4.7 · 44.3%+13.3 · +16.8
3PA · 3P%11 · 63.6%2.7 · 35.5%+8.3 · +28.1
FTA · FT%3-of-30.6 · 83.9%+2.4
Rebounds01.7-1.7
Assists41.3+2.7
Turnovers00.6-0.6
Game Score per 36 minutes30.910.7+20.2
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 (52 games)Change
Threes21 (7-of-11)2.9 (1.0-of-2.7)+18.1
Twos8 (4-of-7)2.3 (1.1-of-2.0)+5.7
Free throws3 (3-of-3)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+2.5
Total325.7+26.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

28.6 against a usual 4.5 (+24.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+20.7
Rebounds-0.7
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.2
Total+24.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 53 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, 16, 8.5, 28.6

Best Game Score of 53 games this season.

Previous best: 21.5, set on Nov 11, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers won 139-118 at the Kings, a 21-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 17, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 3 points (Jan 29, 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.