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Maxime Raynaud

C · 7′1″ · Current team: Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Dec 18, 2025 · SAC 133 @ POR 134 · Final

Maxime Raynaud: season-high 29 points vs Trail Blazers (Dec 18, 2025)

ANSWER

29 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 8-of-9 FT · 36:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.5 PTS · 6.6 FGA · 18.5 MIN, from 18 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 19 games this season: 23.7 against a usual 6.6 (+17.1)

Season-high 29 points (previous high 25, set on Dec 3, 2025)

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 Maxime Raynaud score 29 points?

In 36:54 against the Trail Blazers on Dec 18, 2025, Maxime Raynaud scored 29 points: 10-of-20 from the field (50.0%), 1-of-3 from three, 8-of-9 on free throws (88.9%). Before this game, Raynaud averaged 8.5 points on 6.6 shots in 18.5 minutes across 18 regular-season games. The 29 points were a season high, above the previous 25. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 19 games this season. The shot count was 20, against a usual 6.6. Raynaud shot 50.0% from the field, against a usual 52.5%. By shot type: two-pointers 18 points (usual 6.4); free throws 8 points (usual 1.3); threes 3 points (usual 0.8). Minutes: 36:54, against a usual 18.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 23.1, against a usual 12.9. Raynaud had 11 rebounds, against a usual 4.7. The Kings lost 134-133 at the Trail Blazers. 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

Raynaud in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (18 games)Change
Minutes36:5418.5+18.4
Points298.5+20.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%20 · 50.0%6.6 · 52.5%+13.4 · -2.5
3PA · 3P%1-of-30.8 · 35.7%+2.2
FTA · FT%9 · 88.9%1.8 · 72.7%+7.2 · +16.2
Rebounds114.7+6.3
Assists20.9+1.1
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 18 games29.418.9+10.5
Game Score per 36 minutes23.112.9+10.2
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 (18 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)0.8 (0.3-of-0.8)+2.2
Twos18 (9-of-17)6.4 (3.2-of-5.8)+11.6
Free throws8 (8-of-9)1.3 (1.3-of-1.8)+6.7
Total298.5+20.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

23.7 against a usual 6.6 (+17.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.5
Rebounds+3.0
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks+1.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total+17.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.5, -0.4, 5.9, 7.1, 4, 3.2, 5.1, 10.3, 5.1, -2.4, -0.2, 14.8, 5.9, 23.9, 11.4, 10.5, 11.3, 3.5, 23.7

2nd-best Game Score of 19 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 134-133 at the Trail Blazers.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season.
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.