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Neemias Queta

C · 7′0″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Mar 14, 2026 · WAS 100 @ BOS 111 · Final

Neemias Queta 24 points vs Wizards (Mar 14, 2026): 2nd-best of 63 games

ANSWER

24 PTS · 11-of-13 FG · 2-of-3 FT · 31:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.8 PTS · 6.5 FGA · 24.9 MIN, from 62 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season: 26.0 against a usual 10.8 (+15.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Neemias Queta score 24 points?

In 31:12 against the Wizards on Mar 14, 2026, Neemias Queta scored 24 points: 11-of-13 from the field (84.6%), 2-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Queta had averaged 9.8 points on 6.5 shots in 24.9 minutes, from 62 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 63 games this season. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 6.5. Queta shot 84.6% from the field, against a usual 63.3%. By shot type: two-pointers 22 points (usual 8.2). Queta played 31:12 against a usual 24.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 30.0, against a usual 15.7. At home against the Wizards, the Celtics won 111-100. 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

Queta in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (62 games)Change
Minutes31:1224.9+6.3
Points249.8+14.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 84.6%6.5 · 63.3%+6.5 · +21.3
FTA · FT%2-of-32.3 · 69.0%+0.7
Rebounds108.4+1.6
Assists31.4+1.6
Turnovers21.1+0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 62 games21.814.9+6.9
Game Score per 36 minutes30.015.7+14.3
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 (62 games)Change
Twos22 (11-of-13)8.2 (4.1-of-6.4)+13.8
Free throws2 (2-of-3)1.6 (1.6-of-2.3)+0.4
Total249.8+14.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.0 against a usual 10.8 (+15.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.3
Rebounds+1.7
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.6
Total+15.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 63 games, oldest first, this game last: 12.6, 6.4, 7.2, 8.3, 16.5, 6.2, 8.3, 9.7, 21.3, 5.6, 4.9, 8.6, 16.7, 13.3, 8.1, 17.2, 5.3, 21.4, 9.4, 17.7, 11.2, 15, 8, 9.2, 11.1, 12.2, 7.3, 12.2, 7.7, 11.5, 13.6, 7.3, 16.4, 10.4, 11.6, 12.9, 15, 7.9, 13.8, 11.8, 18, 7.8, 7, 4.3, 10.1, 13.3, 9, 21, 3, 0.4, 7.6, 10.9, 13.7, 18, 6.4, 9.4, 32, 0, 17.2, 2.3, 4.7, 5.2, 26

2nd-best Game Score of 63 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics won 111-100 at home against the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 12, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season: 15 points (Nov 5, 2025), 17 points (Dec 4, 2025).
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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.