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Maxime Raynaud

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

Regular season · Mar 3, 2026 · PHX 114 @ SAC 103 · Final

Maxime Raynaud 22 points vs Suns (Mar 3, 2026): tied for 3rd-best of 55 games

ANSWER

22 PTS · 10-of-12 FG · 2-of-3 FT · 35:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.4 PTS · 8.0 FGA · 24.3 MIN, from 54 regular-season games

Tied for the 3rd-best Game Score of 55 games this season: 22.0 against a usual 9.0 (+13.0)

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 Maxime Raynaud score 22 points?

In 35:54 against the Suns on Mar 3, 2026, Maxime Raynaud scored 22 points: 10-of-12 from the field (83.3%), 2-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Raynaud averaged 10.4 points on 8.0 shots in 24.3 minutes across 54 regular-season games. By Game Score it tied for the 3rd-best of 55 games this season. Raynaud took 12 shots, 4.0 more than usual. The rate from the field was 83.3%, against a usual 55.8%. From two-pointers, 20 points against a usual 8.5. Playing time was 35:54, against a usual 24.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 22.1, against a usual 13.4. Turnovers and fouls: 3 and 4, against a usual 1.0 and 2.4. At home against the Suns, the Kings lost 114-103. 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

Raynaud in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (54 games)Change
Minutes35:5424.3+11.6
Points2210.4+11.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 83.3%8.0 · 55.8%+4.0 · +27.5
FTA · FT%2-of-31.7 · 77.7%+1.3
Rebounds107.1+2.9
Assists41.1+2.9
Turnovers31.0+2.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 54 games19.517.1+2.4
Game Score per 36 minutes22.113.4+8.7
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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 (54 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.2-of-0.8)-0.6
Twos20 (10-of-12)8.5 (4.2-of-7.2)+11.5
Free throws2 (2-of-3)1.3 (1.3-of-1.7)+0.7
Total2210.4+11.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.0 against a usual 9.0 (+13.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.7
Rebounds+1.7
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+1.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.6
Total+13.0
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 55 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, 12.2, 8.4, 8.7, 16.9, 13.4, 13.4, 11.5, 3.8, 5.8, 13.3, 7.9, 9.4, 7.5, 7.2, 6.8, 3.6, 8.4, 6, -1.5, -1.9, 2.5, 7.7, 15.5, 12.2, 5.2, 12.5, 12.5, 22, 6.5, 18.9, 15.2, 12.6, 9.9, 19.2, 12, 22

Tied for the 3rd-best Game Score of 55 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 114-103 at home against the Suns.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns this season: 0 points (Oct 22, 2025), 0 points (Nov 26, 2025), 6 points (Jan 2, 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.