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Luka Garza

C · 6′10″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Mar 30, 2026 · BOS 102 @ ATL 112 · Final

Luka Garza 20 points vs Hawks (Mar 30, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

20 PTS · 8-of-9 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 28:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.5 PTS · 4.8 FGA · 15.8 MIN, from 64 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 65 games this season: 21.0 against a usual 6.9 (+14.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Luka Garza score 20 points?

Luka Garza scored 20 points against the Hawks on Mar 30, 2026 in 28:12: 8-of-9 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Garza had averaged 7.5 points on 4.8 shots in 15.8 minutes, from 64 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of 65 games this season. Shot attempts: 9, against a usual 4.8. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 12 (4.0), threes 6 (2.2). Minutes: 28:12, against a usual 15.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 26.8, against a usual 15.8. The Celtics lost 112-102 at the Hawks. 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

Garza in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (64 games)Change
Minutes28:1215.8+12.4
Points207.5+12.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%8-of-94.8 · 57.7%+4.2
3PA · 3P%2-of-31.7 · 43.2%+1.3
FTA · FT%2-of-21.7 · 75.9%+0.3
Rebounds93.9+5.1
Assists11.00.0
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 62 games15.117.1-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes26.815.8+11.0
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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 (64 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)2.2 (0.7-of-1.7)+3.8
Twos12 (6-of-6)4.0 (2.0-of-3.1)+8.0
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.3 (1.3-of-1.7)+0.7
Total207.5+12.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.0 against a usual 6.9 (+14.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.8
Rebounds+1.5
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks0.0
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total+14.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 65 games, oldest first, this game last: -2.8, -0.3, 13.8, 12.4, 9.3, -1, 2.1, 2.9, 1.2, 16.9, 8.5, 14.4, 10.8, 5, 5.2, -0.8, 3, 6.7, 1.4, 12.6, 12.9, 14.5, 0.3, 15.7, 13.1, 13.9, 11.2, 11.4, 4.3, 9.5, 8.1, 8.5, 6, 6, 7.2, 7.8, 2.6, 9.6, 15.1, 2.6, 18.2, 13.5, 2.2, 3.7, -1.9, 3.4, 0, 0.1, 0.2, 5.6, 7.3, 4.8, 9.2, 3.2, 0, 3, 11.6, 2.1, 14.7, 20, 1.4, 3.8, 11.7, 2.6, 21

Best Game Score of 65 games this season.

Previous best: 20.0, set on Mar 20, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics lost 112-102 at the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 29, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season: 4 points (Jan 17, 2026), 11 points (Jan 28, 2026), 11 points (Mar 27, 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.