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Moussa Diabaté

F · 6′10″ · Current team: Charlotte Hornets

Regular season · Mar 24, 2026 · SAC 90 @ CHA 134 · Final

Moussa Diabaté 17 points vs Kings (Mar 24, 2026): 2nd-best of 64 games

ANSWER

17 PTS · 6-of-7 FG · 5-of-7 FT · 24:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.0 PTS · 5.1 FGA · 26.0 MIN, from 63 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season: 21.8 against a usual 10.3 (+11.5)

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 Moussa Diabaté score 17 points?

Moussa Diabaté scored 17 points against the Kings on Mar 24, 2026 in 24:06: 6-of-7 from the field, 5-of-7 on free throws (71.4%). Before this game, Diabaté averaged 8.0 points on 5.1 shots in 26.0 minutes across 63 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 12 points (usual 6.4); free throws 5 points (usual 1.6). Minutes: 24:06, against a usual 26.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 32.6, against a usual 14.3. The Hornets won 134-90 at home against the Kings, a 44-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

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What changed

Diabaté in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (63 games)Change
Minutes24:0626.0-1.9
Points178.0+9.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-75.1 · 62.2%+1.9
FTA · FT%7 · 71.4%2.4 · 66.9%+4.6 · +4.5
Rebounds118.7+2.3
Assists21.9+0.1
Turnovers11.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 63 games19.411.8+7.6
Game Score per 36 minutes32.614.3+18.3
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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
Twos12 (6-of-7)6.4 (3.2-of-5.1)+5.6
Free throws5 (5-of-7)1.6 (1.6-of-2.4)+3.4
Total178.0+9.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.8 against a usual 10.3 (+11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.3
Rebounds+1.2
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+0.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+11.5
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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: 12.5, 4.9, 12.2, 5.9, 10.7, 12.9, 19, 8.5, 12.6, 12.1, 13.3, 15, 17.1, 12.4, 8.8, 6, 15.8, 3.8, 7.5, 9.4, 10.5, 3.4, 3.3, 2.2, 5, 5, 1.4, 10.6, 18.7, 14.4, 16.4, 1.3, 16.2, 9.8, 7.6, 13.2, 18.9, 6.3, 5, 4.3, 8.8, 14.5, 10, 23.7, 9.5, 17.1, 5.5, 12.8, 14.9, -0.5, 18.9, 18.1, 15.9, 6.9, 15.1, 10.5, 3, 11.6, 7.7, 2.5, 13.6, 0.8, 16.1, 21.8

2nd-best Game Score of 64 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hornets won 134-90 at home against the Kings, a 44-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 21, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 2 points (Mar 11, 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.