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Keshad Johnson

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Apr 12, 2026 · ATL 117 @ MIA 143 · Final

Keshad Johnson 12 points vs Hawks (Apr 12, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

12 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 25:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.0 PTS · 3.1 FGA · 8.2 MIN, from 31 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 32 games this season: 14.1 against a usual 3.1 (+11.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Keshad Johnson score 12 points?

In 25:24 against the Hawks on Apr 12, 2026, Keshad Johnson scored 12 points: 6-of-8 from the field, 0-of-2 from three. Coming in, Johnson had averaged 4.0 points on 3.1 shots in 8.2 minutes, from 31 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 32 games this season. Shot attempts: 8, against a usual 3.1. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 12 (2.1), threes 0 (1.2). Playing time was 25:24, against a usual 8.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 20.0, against a usual 13.8. Rebounds: 4, against a usual 1.9. The Heat won 143-117 at home against the Hawks, a 26-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

Johnson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (31 games)Change
Minutes25:248.2+17.2
Points124.0+8.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-83.1 · 46.9%+4.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.4 · 31.0%+0.6
Rebounds41.9+2.1
Assists30.2+2.8
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes20.013.8+6.2
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 (31 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.2 (0.4-of-1.4)-1.2
Twos12 (6-of-6)2.1 (1.0-of-1.7)+9.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.7 (0.7-of-0.9)-0.7
Total124.0+8.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

14.1 against a usual 3.1 (+11.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.5
Rebounds+2.0
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.9
Total+11.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 32 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.2, 1, -3, 0, -0.1, 14, 1.3, 5.9, 1.9, 5.7, 2.7, 0, 2.4, -0.8, -2.8, 3.7, 0, -0.8, 2.9, 7, 0, 3.6, 0.9, 6.8, 12.5, 5.1, 0.6, 0.7, 8.4, 6, 7.5, 14.1

Best Game Score of 32 games this season.

Previous best: 14.0, set on Nov 21, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat won 143-117 at home against the Hawks, a 26-point win.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season: 0 points (Feb 3, 2026), 5 points (Feb 20, 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.