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OG Anunoby

F-G · 6′7″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Jan 28, 2026 · NYK 119 @ TOR 92 · Final

OG Anunoby 26 points vs Raptors (Jan 28, 2026): best of 36 games

ANSWER

26 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 2-of-6 3P · 2-of-3 FT · 33:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.5 PTS · 11.7 FGA · 32.6 MIN, from 35 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season: 28.0 against a usual 11.8 (+16.2)

Matched the season high of 26 points among the games the source holds, set on Oct 31, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 OG Anunoby score 26 points?

In 33:42 against the Raptors on Jan 28, 2026, OG Anunoby scored 26 points: 11-of-18 from the field (61.1%), 2-of-6 from three (33.3%), 2-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Anunoby averaged 15.5 points on 11.7 shots in 32.6 minutes across 35 regular-season games. The 26 points matched the season high among the games the source holds, set on Oct 31, 2025. By Game Score it was the best of the 36 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 18, against a usual 11.7. The 61.1% from the field compares with a usual 46.0%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 18 (7.0). Playing time was 33:42, against a usual 32.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 29.9, against a usual 13.1. The Knicks won 119-92 at the Raptors, a 27-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

Anunoby in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (35 games)Change
Minutes33:4232.6+1.1
Points2615.5+10.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 61.1%11.7 · 46.0%+6.3 · +15.1
3PA · 3P%6 · 33.3%5.4 · 34.4%+0.6 · -1.1
FTA · FT%2-of-33.6 · 80.0%-0.6
Rebounds35.4-2.4
Assists52.2+2.8
Turnovers02.2-2.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 35 games24.220.0+4.2
Game Score per 36 minutes29.913.1+16.8
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 (35 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-6)5.6 (1.9-of-5.4)+0.4
Twos18 (9-of-12)7.0 (3.5-of-6.3)+11.0
Free throws2 (2-of-3)2.9 (2.9-of-3.6)-0.9
Total2615.5+10.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

28.0 against a usual 11.8 (+16.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.2
Rebounds-1.3
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+5.3
Turnovers and fouls+2.0
Total+16.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 36 games, oldest first, this game last: 21, 5.7, 9.5, 6.3, 23.3, 17, 15.9, 23.5, 19, 5.8, 6.1, 0.9, 4.9, 18.3, 9, 8.4, -3.6, 11.1, 5.6, 18, 16.1, 4.8, 13, 17.8, 4.4, 14.9, 13.4, 20.5, 9.6, 16.1, 17.1, 8.1, 2.8, 22.2, 6.9, 28

Best Game Score of the 36 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 23.5, set on Nov 5, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks won 119-92 at the Raptors, a 27-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 27, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season: 13 points (Dec 9, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Knicks 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.