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Kam Jones

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Mar 10, 2026 · IND 109 @ SAC 114 · Final

Kam Jones: season-high 14 points vs Kings (Mar 10, 2026)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 26:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.0 PTS · 4.0 FGA · 15.3 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 26 games this season: 16.0 against a usual 3.4 (+12.6)

Season-high 14 points (previous high 13, set on Feb 24, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Kam Jones score 14 points?

Kam Jones scored 14 points against the Kings on Mar 10, 2026 in 26:36: 5-of-9 from the field, 4-of-7 from three (57.1%). Before this game, Jones averaged 4.0 points on 4.0 shots in 15.3 minutes across 25 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 13 points. This game had the best Game Score of 26 games this season. Jones took 9 shots, 5.0 more than usual. From threes, 12 points against a usual 1.3. Playing time was 26:36, against a usual 15.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.7, against a usual 8.0. Jones had 9 assists, against a usual 2.4. The Pacers lost 114-109 at the Kings. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes26:3615.3+11.3
Points144.0+10.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-94.0 · 43.4%+5.0
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%1.6 · 26.8%+5.4 · +30.3
Rebounds41.4+2.6
Assists92.4+6.6
Turnovers20.7+1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes21.78.0+13.7
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 (25 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)1.3 (0.4-of-1.6)+10.7
Twos2 (1-of-2)2.6 (1.3-of-2.4)-0.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.1-of-0.3)-0.1
Total144.0+10.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.0 against a usual 3.4 (+12.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.8
Rebounds+1.1
Assists+4.6
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls-2.5
Total+12.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 2.7, 4.4, 0.3, 4.6, 0.9, 0, 1, 0.3, 0, -1.7, 0.4, 0, 13.7, 1.6, 5.3, 0.8, 5.8, 4.4, 2.5, 10.1, 11.4, 4.6, 10.5, -0.1, 16

Best Game Score of 26 games this season.

Previous best: 13.7, set on Feb 3, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pacers lost 114-109 at the Kings.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season.
06

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.