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Miles McBride

G · 6′2″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Nov 26, 2025 · NYK 129 @ CHA 101 · Final

Miles McBride 19 points vs Hornets (Nov 26, 2025)

ANSWER

19 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 5-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 39:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.9 PTS · 9.1 FGA · 24.6 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score 17.6 against a usual 7.3 (+10.3)

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 Miles McBride score 19 points?

Miles McBride scored 19 points against the Hornets on Nov 26, 2025 in 39:06: 6-of-8 from the field, 5-of-5 from three (100.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 9.9 points on 9.1 shots in 24.6 minutes: this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games. From threes, 15 points against a usual 6.2; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.6; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 3.1. McBride played 39:06 against a usual 24.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 16.2, against a usual 10.7. At the Hornets, the Knicks won 129-101, a 28-point win. 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

McBride in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes39:0624.6+14.5
Points199.9+9.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-89.1 · 39.9%-1.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 100.0%5.7 · 36.5%-0.7 · +63.5
FTA · FT%2-of-20.8 · 65.5%+1.2
Rebounds32.4+0.6
Assists32.6+0.4
Turnovers20.7+1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games12.217.5-5.3
Game Score per 36 minutes16.210.7+5.5
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 (blended)Change
Threes15 (5-of-5)6.2 (2.1-of-5.7)+8.8
Twos2 (1-of-3)3.1 (1.6-of-3.4)-1.1
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.6 (0.6-of-0.8)+1.4
Total199.9+9.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.6 against a usual 7.3 (+10.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.9
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+0.3
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls-1.9
Total+10.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 10.4, 9.2, 4.5, 7.9, 4.9, 14.5, -1.1, 7.7, 3.8, 6.5, 11.9, 6.2, 6.3, 17.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks won 129-101 at the Hornets, a 28-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 24, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets this season.
  • The source holds fewer Knicks 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.