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Marvin Bagley III

F · 6′10″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Dec 1, 2025 · MIL 126 @ WAS 129 · Final

Marvin Bagley III 22 points vs Bucks (Dec 1, 2025)

ANSWER

22 PTS · 11-of-16 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 29:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.1 PTS · 5.0 FGA · 16.1 MIN, from 13 regular-season games

Game Score 19.9 against a usual 7.9 (+12.0)

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 Marvin Bagley III score 22 points?

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points against the Bucks on Dec 1, 2025 in 29:18: 11-of-16 from the field (68.8%), 0-of-1 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Bagley averaged 8.1 points on 5.0 shots in 16.1 minutes across 13 regular-season games. The shot count was 16, against a usual 5.0. Bagley shot 68.8% from the field, against a usual 67.7%. From two-pointers, 22 points against a usual 6.3; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.1. Bagley played 29:18 against a usual 16.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 24.5, against a usual 17.6. Bagley had 8 rebounds, against a usual 4.2. At home against the Bucks, the Wizards won 129-126. 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

Bagley in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (13 games)Change
Minutes29:1816.1+13.2
Points228.1+13.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 68.8%5.0 · 67.7%+11.0 · +1.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.5 · 50.0%+0.5
FTA · FT%0-of-01.6 · 66.7%-1.6
Rebounds84.2+3.8
Assists11.5-0.5
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games22.117.8+4.3
Game Score per 36 minutes24.517.6+6.9
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 (13 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)0.7 (0.2-of-0.5)-0.7
Twos22 (11-of-15)6.3 (3.2-of-4.5)+15.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.1 (1.1-of-1.6)-1.1
Total228.1+13.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.9 against a usual 7.9 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.5
Rebounds+2.8
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.8, 8.1, 0.2, 16.6, 6.9, 8.4, 6, 10.4, 8.4, 9.8, 10.4, 2.1, 13.2, 19.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wizards won 129-126 at home against the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 19, 2025, 12 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season: 1 point (Oct 22, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Wizards games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
06

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.