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Kris Dunn

G · 6′3″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Mar 2, 2026 · LAC 114 @ GSW 101 · Final

Kris Dunn 16 points vs Warriors (Mar 2, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

16 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 2-of-4 3P · 25:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.9 PTS · 6.1 FGA · 27.7 MIN, from 59 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 60 games this season: 19.8 against a usual 7.7 (+12.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Kris Dunn score 16 points?

In 25:54 against the Warriors on Mar 2, 2026, Kris Dunn scored 16 points: 7-of-10 from the field (70.0%), 2-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Dunn had averaged 7.9 points on 6.1 shots in 27.7 minutes, from 59 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 60 games this season. Dunn took 10 shots, 3.9 more than usual. The rate from the field was 70.0%, against a usual 48.8%. By shot type: two-pointers 10 points (usual 4.0); threes 6 points (usual 3.0). Playing time was 25:54, against a usual 27.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 27.5, against a usual 10.0. Dunn had 7 assists, against a usual 3.6. At the Warriors, the Clippers won 114-101. 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

Dunn in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (59 games)Change
Minutes25:5427.7-1.8
Points167.9+8.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 70.0%6.1 · 48.8%+3.9 · +21.2
3PA · 3P%2-of-42.7 · 37.1%+1.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.2 · 78.1%-1.2
Rebounds73.1+3.9
Assists73.6+3.4
Turnovers11.4-0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 59 games18.713.1+5.6
Game Score per 36 minutes27.510.0+17.5
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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 (59 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-4)3.0 (1.0-of-2.7)+3.0
Twos10 (5-of-6)4.0 (2.0-of-3.4)+6.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.9 (0.9-of-1.2)-0.9
Total167.9+8.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.8 against a usual 7.7 (+12.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.1
Rebounds+0.9
Assists+2.4
Steals and blocks+0.4
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+12.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 60 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.1, 14.7, 5.1, 1.2, 3.4, 12.7, 6.1, 11.6, 4, 7.7, 0, 9.2, 3.1, 7.2, 3.9, 9.5, 9.3, 13.4, 12.1, 4.8, 15.2, 7.2, 2.9, 7.7, 7.6, 14.4, 7, 9.5, 9.8, 9.4, 6.5, 10.8, 1.6, 10, 13.2, 1.6, 9.8, 6.4, -3.2, 8.6, 14.2, 10.2, 6.3, 3.7, 2, 15, 2.8, 0.8, 4.2, 3.1, 11.9, 10.9, 10.6, 13.8, 7, 9.9, 8.1, 13, 13.2, 19.8

Best Game Score of 60 games this season.

Previous best: 15.2, set on Dec 1, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers won 114-101 at the Warriors.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 1, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season: 5 points (Oct 28, 2025), 16 points (Jan 5, 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.