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Kyle Filipowski

C · 6′11″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Mar 5, 2026 · UTA 122 @ WAS 112 · Final

Kyle Filipowski 20 points vs Wizards (Mar 5, 2026): 2nd-best of 62 games

ANSWER

20 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 2-of-2 3P · 30:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.1 PTS · 7.5 FGA · 22.4 MIN, from 61 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season: 21.5 against a usual 8.8 (+12.7)

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 Kyle Filipowski score 20 points?

Kyle Filipowski scored 20 points against the Wizards on Mar 5, 2026 in 30:54: 9-of-14 from the field (64.3%), 2-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Filipowski had averaged 10.1 points on 7.5 shots in 22.4 minutes, from 61 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season. Filipowski took 14 shots, 6.5 more than usual. The 64.3% from the field compares with a usual 49.1%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 5.7); threes 6 points (usual 2.5); free throws 0 points (usual 1.9). Minutes: 30:54, against a usual 22.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 25.0, against a usual 14.1. Filipowski had 14 rebounds, against a usual 6.7. At the Wizards, the Jazz won 122-112. 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

Filipowski in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (61 games)Change
Minutes30:5422.4+8.5
Points2010.1+9.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 64.3%7.5 · 49.1%+6.5 · +15.2
3PA · 3P%2-of-22.5 · 33.1%-0.5
FTA · FT%0-of-02.6 · 73.3%-2.6
Rebounds146.7+7.3
Assists32.2+0.8
Turnovers21.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 61 games22.418.9+3.5
Game Score per 36 minutes25.014.1+10.9
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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 (61 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-2)2.5 (0.8-of-2.5)+3.5
Twos14 (7-of-12)5.7 (2.8-of-5.0)+8.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.9 (1.9-of-2.6)-1.9
Total2010.1+9.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.5 against a usual 8.8 (+12.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.7
Rebounds+3.5
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks+2.2
Turnovers and fouls-1.3
Total+12.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 62 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.8, 8.7, -0.6, 9.1, -2.6, 2.4, 9.2, 3, 7.9, 4.1, 14.4, 10.2, 8.7, 14.1, 2.1, 11.5, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 17.9, 11, 20.4, 0.4, 20.4, 5.5, 1.6, 5.1, 24.8, 1.2, 7.5, 3.9, -6.7, 7.6, 12.9, 0.9, 5.8, 1.4, 4.2, 17.8, 0.2, 14.7, 11.2, 10, 2.5, 10.7, 7.6, 13.4, 12.4, 5.6, 16.4, 13.9, 6.7, 17.8, -0.2, 17.9, 16.3, 10, 9.3, 7.4, 21.4, 9.4, 21.5

2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz won 122-112 at the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 4, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season.
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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.