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Nickeil Alexander-Walker

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

Regular season · Mar 28, 2026 · SAC 113 @ ATL 123 · Final

Nickeil Alexander-Walker 27 points vs Kings (Mar 28, 2026): 3rd-best of 72 games

ANSWER

27 PTS · 7-of-14 FG · 4-of-9 3P · 9-of-9 FT · 36:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.4 PTS · 15.2 FGA · 33.2 MIN, from 71 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 72 games this season: 29.1 against a usual 14.9 (+14.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 27 points?

In 36:12 against the Kings on Mar 28, 2026, Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 27 points: 7-of-14 from the field (50.0%), 4-of-9 from three (44.4%), 9-of-9 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Alexander-Walker averaged 20.4 points on 15.2 shots in 33.2 minutes across 71 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-best of 72 games this season. Alexander-Walker shot 50.0% from the field, against a usual 45.0%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 9 (3.6), threes 12 (9.3), two-pointers 6 (7.5). Playing time was 36:12, against a usual 33.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 28.9, against a usual 16.2. Alexander-Walker had 8 assists, against a usual 3.7. The Hawks won 123-113 at home against the Kings. 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

Alexander-Walker in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (71 games)Change
Minutes36:1233.2+3.0
Points2720.4+6.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 50.0%15.2 · 45.0%-1.2 · +5.0
3PA · 3P%9 · 44.4%8.0 · 39.0%+1.0 · +5.4
FTA · FT%9 · 100.0%4.0 · 90.0%+5.0 · +10.0
Rebounds53.4+1.6
Assists83.7+4.3
Turnovers22.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 71 games23.724.1-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes28.916.2+12.7
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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
Threes12 (4-of-9)9.3 (3.1-of-8.0)+2.7
Twos6 (3-of-5)7.5 (3.7-of-7.2)-1.5
Free throws9 (9-of-9)3.6 (3.6-of-4.0)+5.4
Total2720.4+6.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

29.1 against a usual 14.9 (+14.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.7
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+3.0
Steals and blocks+2.4
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+14.2
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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: 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, 17.9, 13.6, 22.9, 12.9, 12, 5.5, 20.2, 12.8, 0.5, 14.2, 10.2, 16.9, 22.4, 3.5, 15.3, 20.6, 6.7, 15.4, 16, 18.2, 20.9, 11.5, 15.7, 28.9, 7.9, 5.2, 15.4, 15.9, 9.6, 16.4, 14.5, 22.6, 10.4, 15.2, 3.2, 9.8, 9.5, 16.7, 14.2, 13, 15.7, 17.7, 20.7, 13.5, 14.7, 36.1, 19.4, 16.6, 13.4, 26.5, 14.7, 18, 29.1

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

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 123-113 at home against the Kings.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 27, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 14 points (Nov 12, 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.