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Naji Marshall

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Dallas Mavericks

Regular season · Nov 8, 2025 · DAL 111 @ WAS 105 · Final

Naji Marshall 30 points vs Wizards (Nov 8, 2025)

ANSWER

30 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 3-of-4 3P · 9-of-11 FT · 31:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.4 PTS · 8.0 FGA · 25.6 MIN, from this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games

Game Score 30.2 against a usual 8.8 (+21.4)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Naji Marshall score 30 points?

In 31:00 against the Wizards on Nov 8, 2025, Naji Marshall scored 30 points: 9-of-14 from the field (64.3%), 3-of-4 from three, 9-of-11 on free throws (81.8%). Before this game, the usual line was 10.4 points on 8.0 shots in 25.6 minutes: this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games. Marshall took 14 shots, 6.0 more than usual. The 64.3% from the field compares with a usual 46.0%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (1.6), free throws 9 (2.5), two-pointers 12 (6.3). Minutes: 31:00, against a usual 25.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: 35.1, against a usual 12.4. Rebounds: 8, against a usual 4.4. The Mavericks won 111-105 at the Wizards. 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

Marshall in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes31:0025.6+5.4
Points3010.4+19.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 64.3%8.0 · 46.0%+6.0 · +18.3
3PA · 3P%3-of-42.6 · 20.1%+1.4
FTA · FT%11 · 81.8%3.0 · 84.2%+8.0 · -2.4
Rebounds84.4+3.6
Assists22.8-0.8
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 8 games24.515.2+9.3
Game Score per 36 minutes35.112.4+22.7
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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 (blended)Change
Threes9 (3-of-4)1.6 (0.5-of-2.6)+7.4
Twos12 (6-of-10)6.3 (3.2-of-5.4)+5.7
Free throws9 (9-of-11)2.5 (2.5-of-3.0)+6.5
Total3010.4+19.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

30.2 against a usual 8.8 (+21.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+16.9
Rebounds+2.0
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks+1.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total+21.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.4, 8, 14.7, 6.7, 1, 6.1, 7.7, 13.4, 30.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mavericks won 111-105 at the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 7, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season: 7 points (Oct 24, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Mavericks games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.