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Kel'el Ware

C · 7′0″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Mar 5, 2026 · BKN 110 @ MIA 126 · Final

Kel'el Ware: season-high 7 blocks vs Nets (Mar 5, 2026)

ANSWER

16 PTS · 7 BLK · 7-of-9 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 31:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.3 PTS · 0.9 BLK · 8.6 FGA · 22.2 MIN, from 58 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 59 games this season: 25.8 against a usual 11.5 (+14.3)

Season-high 7 blocks (previous high 4, set on Dec 18, 2025)

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 Kel'el Ware have 7 blocks?

In 31:42 against the Nets on Mar 5, 2026, Kel'el Ware scored 16 points: 7-of-9 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Ware had averaged 11.3 points on 8.6 shots in 22.2 minutes, from 58 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 4 blocks. This game had the 3rd-best Game Score of 59 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 12 points (usual 6.8). Playing time was 31:42, against a usual 22.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 29.3, against a usual 18.6. Ware had 5 steals and 7 blocks, against a usual 0.8 and 0.9. At home against the Nets, the Heat 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

Ware in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (58 games)Change
Minutes31:4222.2+9.5
Points1611.3+4.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%7-of-98.6 · 52.9%+0.4
3PA · 3P%1-of-22.9 · 40.1%-0.9
FTA · FT%1-of-21.3 · 78.9%+0.7
Rebounds119.5+1.5
Assists10.6+0.4
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 58 games14.518.4-3.9
Game Score per 36 minutes29.318.6+10.7
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 (58 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)3.5 (1.2-of-2.9)-0.5
Twos12 (6-of-7)6.8 (3.4-of-5.7)+5.2
Free throws1 (1-of-2)1.0 (1.0-of-1.3)0.0
Total1611.3+4.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.8 against a usual 11.5 (+14.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.1
Rebounds+0.8
Assists+0.3
Steals and blocks+8.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.3
Total+14.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 59 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.2, 17.7, 5.8, 8.3, 1.7, 7, 14.7, 16.8, 4, 10.8, 17.4, 18.2, 17.4, 21.3, 6.2, 20.5, 22.5, 18.7, 12.4, 10.3, 1.3, 21, 4.9, 7.6, 6.6, 5.4, 25, 26.3, 28.8, 6.9, 15.6, 16.3, 19.1, 7.3, 10.1, 14.9, 6, 1.3, 3.5, 10.6, 1.6, 6.9, 12, 4, 12.6, 1.6, 12, 6, 0.8, 18.3, 3, 16.3, 12.2, 13.8, 13.8, 3.5, 14.9, 14.8, 25.8

3rd-best Game Score of 59 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat won 126-110 at home against the Nets.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 22 points (Dec 18, 2025), 11 points (Mar 3, 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.