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Neemias Queta

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

Regular season · Apr 3, 2026 · BOS 133 @ MIL 101 · Final

Neemias Queta 19 points vs Bucks (Apr 3, 2026): 3rd-best of 72 games

ANSWER

19 PTS · 8-of-11 FG · 3-of-4 FT · 28:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.0 PTS · 6.5 FGA · 25.4 MIN, from 71 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 72 games this season: 22.1 against a usual 11.2 (+10.9)

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 Neemias Queta score 19 points?

In 28:54 against the Bucks on Apr 3, 2026, Neemias Queta scored 19 points: 8-of-11 from the field (72.7%), 3-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Queta had averaged 10.0 points on 6.5 shots in 25.4 minutes, from 71 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-best of 72 games this season. The shot count was 11, against a usual 6.5. The 72.7% from the field compares with a usual 64.1%. By shot type: two-pointers 16 points (usual 8.3); free throws 3 points (usual 1.7). Queta played 28:54 against a usual 25.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 27.5, against a usual 15.8. The Celtics won 133-101 at the Bucks, a 32-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

Queta in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (71 games)Change
Minutes28:5425.4+3.5
Points1910.0+9.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 72.7%6.5 · 64.1%+4.5 · +8.6
FTA · FT%3-of-42.4 · 69.8%+1.6
Rebounds108.4+1.6
Assists21.6+0.4
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 71 games20.114.8+5.3
Game Score per 36 minutes27.515.8+11.7
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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 (71 games)Change
Twos16 (8-of-11)8.3 (4.2-of-6.4)+7.7
Free throws3 (3-of-4)1.7 (1.7-of-2.4)+1.3
Total1910.0+9.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.1 against a usual 11.2 (+10.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.3
Rebounds+0.9
Assists+0.3
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+10.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 72 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, 8.4, 9.9, 13.2, 8.2, 12.4, 7.3, 15.1, 19.8, 22.1

3rd-best Game Score of 72 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics won 133-101 at the Bucks, a 32-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season: 9 points (Dec 11, 2025), 14 points (Feb 1, 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.