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Maxime Raynaud

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

Regular season · Mar 8, 2026 · CHI 110 @ SAC 126 · Final

Maxime Raynaud 26 points vs Bulls (Mar 8, 2026): 3rd-best of 57 games

ANSWER

26 PTS · 10-of-20 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 38:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.6 PTS · 8.1 FGA · 24.6 MIN, from 56 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 57 games this season: 22.8 against a usual 9.2 (+13.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 26 points?

In 38:06 against the Bulls on Mar 8, 2026, Maxime Raynaud scored 26 points: 10-of-20 from the field (50.0%), 0-of-1 from three, 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Raynaud averaged 10.6 points on 8.1 shots in 24.6 minutes across 56 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-best of 57 games this season. Raynaud took 20 shots, 11.9 more than usual. The rate from the field was 50.0%, against a usual 56.5%. From two-pointers, 20 points against a usual 8.7; from free throws, 6 points against a usual 1.3. Playing time was 38:06, against a usual 24.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.5, against a usual 13.5. Raynaud had 1 steal and 3 blocks, against a usual 0.5 and 0.4. The Kings won 126-110 at home against the Bulls. 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 (56 games)Change
Minutes38:0624.6+13.5
Points2610.6+15.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%20 · 50.0%8.1 · 56.5%+11.9 · -6.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.8 · 24.4%+0.2
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%1.7 · 77.3%+4.3 · +22.7
Rebounds117.1+3.9
Assists21.2+0.8
Turnovers11.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 56 games25.217.1+8.1
Game Score per 36 minutes21.513.5+8.0
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 (56 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)0.6 (0.2-of-0.8)-0.6
Twos20 (10-of-19)8.7 (4.4-of-7.3)+11.3
Free throws6 (6-of-6)1.3 (1.3-of-1.7)+4.7
Total2610.6+15.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.8 against a usual 9.2 (+13.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.3
Rebounds+1.6
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks+2.3
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+13.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 57 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, 5.5, 22.8

3rd-best Game Score of 57 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings won 126-110 at home against the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 5, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls 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.