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Oscar Tshiebwe

F-C · 6′8″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Mar 23, 2026 · TOR 143 @ UTA 127 · Final

Oscar Tshiebwe: season-high 16 points vs Raptors (Mar 23, 2026)

ANSWER

16 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 4-of-6 FT · 28:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.1 PTS · 3.6 FGA · 13.2 MIN, from 16 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 17 games this season: 16.9 against a usual 5.9 (+11.0)

Season-high 16 points (previous high 10, set on Mar 9, 2026)

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 Oscar Tshiebwe score 16 points?

Oscar Tshiebwe scored 16 points against the Raptors on Mar 23, 2026 in 28:24: 6-of-8 from the field, 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). Before this game, Tshiebwe averaged 5.1 points on 3.6 shots in 13.2 minutes across 16 regular-season games. The 16 points were a season high, above the previous 10. This game had the best Game Score of 17 games this season. Tshiebwe took 8 shots, 4.4 more than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 12 points (usual 4.6); free throws 4 points (usual 0.5). Tshiebwe played 28:24 against a usual 13.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 21.4, against a usual 16.0. At home against the Raptors, the Jazz lost 143-127. 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

Tshiebwe in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (16 games)Change
Minutes28:2413.2+15.2
Points165.1+10.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-83.6 · 63.8%+4.4
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%0.8 · 53.8%+5.2 · +12.9
Rebounds74.6+2.4
Assists20.8+1.2
Turnovers10.3+0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games16.813.7+3.1
Game Score per 36 minutes21.416.0+5.4
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 (16 games)Change
Twos12 (6-of-8)4.6 (2.3-of-3.6)+7.4
Free throws4 (4-of-6)0.5 (0.5-of-0.8)+3.5
Total165.1+10.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.9 against a usual 5.9 (+11.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.7
Rebounds+1.0
Assists+0.9
Steals and blocks+1.9
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total+11.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 17 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.7, 4.1, 2.8, 1.2, 8.2, 0.2, 10.3, 2, 5, 12.7, 0.3, 8, 13.2, 4.6, 9.8, 8.8, 16.9

Best Game Score of 17 games this season.

Previous best: 13.2, set on Mar 15, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz lost 143-127 at home against the Raptors.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 21, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season.
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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.