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Payton Pritchard

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Nov 12, 2025 · MEM 95 @ BOS 131 · Final

Payton Pritchard 24 points vs Grizzlies (Nov 12, 2025)

ANSWER

24 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 5-of-10 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 30:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.5 PTS · 12.4 FGA · 31.1 MIN, from this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games

Game Score 24.0 against a usual 11.3 (+12.7)

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 Payton Pritchard score 24 points?

Payton Pritchard scored 24 points against the Grizzlies on Nov 12, 2025 in 30:24: 8-of-15 from the field (53.3%), 5-of-10 from three (50.0%), 3-of-4 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 12 games with last season's average, counted as 4 games: 14.5 points on 12.4 shots in 31.1 minutes. Pritchard shot 53.3% from the field, against a usual 43.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 15 (6.5), free throws 3 (1.7). Playing time was 30:24, against a usual 31.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 28.4, against a usual 13.1. Assists: 9, against a usual 4.6. At home against the Grizzlies, the Celtics won 131-95, a 36-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

Pritchard in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes30:2431.1-0.7
Points2414.5+9.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 53.3%12.4 · 43.1%+2.6 · +10.2
3PA · 3P%10 · 50.0%7.3 · 29.6%+2.7 · +20.4
FTA · FT%3-of-42.1 · 80.0%+1.9
Rebounds63.8+2.2
Assists94.6+4.4
Turnovers01.4-1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games23.220.7+2.5
Game Score per 36 minutes28.413.1+15.3
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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 (blended)Change
Threes15 (5-of-10)6.5 (2.2-of-7.3)+8.5
Twos6 (3-of-5)6.3 (3.2-of-5.1)-0.3
Free throws3 (3-of-4)1.7 (1.7-of-2.1)+1.3
Total2414.5+9.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.0 against a usual 11.3 (+12.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.5
Rebounds+0.2
Assists+3.1
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.8
Total+12.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 10.7, 6.3, 17.8, 16.8, 10.2, 11.4, 12.1, 12.1, 14.1, 18.4, 0.6, 2.1, 24

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics won 131-95 at home against the Grizzlies, a 36-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 11, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies 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.