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Onyeka Okongwu

F-C · 6′10″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Nov 13, 2025 · ATL 132 @ UTA 122 · Final

Onyeka Okongwu 32 points vs Jazz (Nov 13, 2025)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 11-of-18 FG · 8-of-14 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 35:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.4 PTS · 9.7 FGA · 28.1 MIN, from this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games

Game Score 27.4 against a usual 12.0 (+15.4)

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 Onyeka Okongwu score 32 points?

In 35:18 against the Jazz on Nov 13, 2025, Onyeka Okongwu scored 32 points: 11-of-18 from the field (61.1%), 8-of-14 from three (57.1%), 2-of-2 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 12 games with last season's average, counted as 4 games: 13.4 points on 9.7 shots in 28.1 minutes. Okongwu took 18 shots, 8.3 more than usual. The 61.1% from the field compares with a usual 51.0%. By shot type: threes 24 points (usual 2.9); two-pointers 6 points (usual 7.9). Okongwu played 35:18 against a usual 28.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 27.9, against a usual 15.3. Okongwu had 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, against a usual 1.3 and 3.2. At the Jazz, the Hawks won 132-122. 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

Okongwu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes35:1828.1+7.2
Points3213.4+18.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%18 · 61.1%9.7 · 51.0%+8.3 · +10.1
3PA · 3P%14 · 57.1%2.9 · 33.0%+11.1 · +24.1
FTA · FT%2-of-23.5 · 73.4%-1.5
Rebounds118.2+2.8
Assists22.3-0.3
Turnovers41.3+2.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games26.919.3+7.6
Game Score per 36 minutes27.915.3+12.6
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 (blended)Change
Threes24 (8-of-14)2.9 (1.0-of-2.9)+21.1
Twos6 (3-of-4)7.9 (4.0-of-6.8)-1.9
Free throws2 (2-of-2)2.6 (2.6-of-3.5)-0.6
Total3213.4+18.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

27.4 against a usual 12.0 (+15.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.5
Rebounds+0.8
Assists-0.2
Steals and blocks+2.7
Turnovers and fouls-3.4
Total+15.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 15.3, 14, 11.5, 17.6, 11.8, 13.3, 0.2, 15, 1.7, 12.6, 7.1, 17.6, 27.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 132-122 at the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz 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.