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Matas Buzelis

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Mar 10, 2026 · CHI 130 @ GSW 124 · Final

Matas Buzelis: season-high 41 points vs Warriors (Mar 10, 2026)

ANSWER

41 PTS · 16-of-28 FG · 5-of-15 3P · 4-of-5 FT · 45:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.4 PTS · 11.7 FGA · 28.5 MIN, from 63 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 64 games this season: 33.0 against a usual 11.4 (+21.6)

Season-high 41 points (previous high 32, set on Feb 24, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Matas Buzelis score 41 points?

In 45:12 against the Warriors on Mar 10, 2026, Matas Buzelis scored 41 points: 16-of-28 from the field (57.1%), 5-of-15 from three (33.3%), 4-of-5 on free throws (80.0%). Coming in, Buzelis had averaged 15.4 points on 11.7 shots in 28.5 minutes, from 63 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 41 points. By Game Score it was the best of 64 games this season. Buzelis took 28 shots, 16.3 more than usual. Buzelis shot 57.1% from the field, against a usual 46.9%. By shot type: two-pointers 22 points (usual 6.7); threes 15 points (usual 6.4); free throws 4 points (usual 2.3). Minutes: 45:12, against a usual 28.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 26.3, against a usual 14.4. At the Warriors, the Bulls won 130-124. 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

Buzelis in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (63 games)Change
Minutes45:1228.5+16.7
Points4115.4+25.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%28 · 57.1%11.7 · 46.9%+16.3 · +10.2
3PA · 3P%15 · 33.3%5.8 · 36.6%+9.2 · -3.3
FTA · FT%5 · 80.0%3.0 · 78.0%+2.0 · +2.0
Rebounds65.5+0.5
Assists22.1-0.1
Turnovers12.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 63 games27.722.4+5.3
Game Score per 36 minutes26.314.4+11.9
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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 (63 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-15)6.4 (2.1-of-5.8)+8.6
Twos22 (11-of-13)6.7 (3.3-of-5.9)+15.3
Free throws4 (4-of-5)2.3 (2.3-of-3.0)+1.7
Total4115.4+25.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

33.0 against a usual 11.4 (+21.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+18.2
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+1.7
Turnovers and fouls+1.6
Total+21.6
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 64 games, oldest first, this game last: 16.6, -2.6, 10.4, 20.2, 7, 10.4, 5.3, 18.7, -3.2, 11.3, 17, 14.6, 8.2, 10.9, 2.4, 11.1, 5.4, 3.3, 8.5, 20.5, 7.4, 16.1, 12.9, 7.3, 11.2, 4.8, 21.5, 26.4, 12.6, 4.5, 4.8, 6.8, 12.1, 21.2, 9.3, 21.4, 14.9, 9.4, 12.8, 4.9, 13.4, 14.7, 17, 11.7, 11.1, 7.5, 17.6, 13.3, 10.8, -1.5, 15.8, 15.7, 15.6, 10.4, 13.1, -3.7, 14.9, 4.8, 26, 12, 14.5, 7.7, 16.7, 33

Best Game Score of 64 games this season.

Previous best: 26.4, set on Dec 21, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls won 130-124 at the Warriors.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season: 16 points (Dec 7, 2025).
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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.