NightlyHoops
NA
NBA · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Nov 30, 2025 · ATL 142 @ PHI 134 · Final

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 34 points vs 76ers (Nov 30, 2025): 2nd-best of 19 games

ANSWER

34 PTS · 11-of-22 FG · 6-of-11 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 44:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 19.3 PTS · 14.3 FGA · 32.0 MIN, from 18 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 19 games this season: 26.8 against a usual 13.8 (+13.0)

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 Nickeil Alexander-Walker score 34 points?

In 44:24 against the 76ers on Nov 30, 2025, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 34 points: 11-of-22 from the field (50.0%), 6-of-11 from three (54.5%), 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Coming in, Alexander-Walker had averaged 19.3 points on 14.3 shots in 32.0 minutes, from 18 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 19 games this season. The shot count was 22, against a usual 14.3. The rate from the field was 50.0%, against a usual 45.9%. By shot type: threes 18 points (usual 7.4); free throws 6 points (usual 3.7); two-pointers 10 points (usual 8.2). Playing time was 44:24, against a usual 32.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.7, against a usual 15.5. Alexander-Walker had 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, against a usual 2.2 and 2.0. The Hawks won 142-134 at the 76ers. 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

Alexander-Walker in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (18 games)Change
Minutes44:2432.0+12.4
Points3419.3+14.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%22 · 50.0%14.3 · 45.9%+7.7 · +4.1
3PA · 3P%11 · 54.5%6.8 · 36.1%+4.2 · +18.4
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%4.4 · 84.8%+1.6 · +15.2
Rebounds83.1+4.9
Assists73.4+3.6
Turnovers42.2+1.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 18 games26.224.5+1.7
Game Score per 36 minutes21.715.5+6.2
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 (18 games)Change
Threes18 (6-of-11)7.4 (2.5-of-6.8)+10.6
Twos10 (5-of-11)8.2 (4.1-of-7.5)+1.8
Free throws6 (6-of-6)3.7 (3.7-of-4.4)+2.3
Total3419.3+14.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.8 against a usual 13.8 (+13.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.3
Rebounds+2.0
Assists+2.5
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-3.0
Total+13.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.2, 12.7, 15.8, 14.9, 14.6, 16, 8, 8.1, 11.1, 10.3, 15.4, 19.5, 14.6, 35.3, 7.1, 17.7, 2.9, 20.1, 26.8

2nd-best Game Score of 19 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 142-134 at the 76ers.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 28, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the 76ers this season.
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.