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Precious Achiuwa

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Mar 14, 2026 · SAC 118 @ LAC 109 · Final

Precious Achiuwa 25 points vs Clippers (Mar 14, 2026): 3rd-best of 60 games

ANSWER

25 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 3-of-4 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 36:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.7 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 22.4 MIN, from 59 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 60 games this season: 24.2 against a usual 8.5 (+15.7)

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 Precious Achiuwa score 25 points?

Precious Achiuwa scored 25 points against the Clippers on Mar 14, 2026 in 36:36: 10-of-14 from the field (71.4%), 3-of-4 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Achiuwa averaged 8.7 points on 7.2 shots in 22.4 minutes across 59 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-best Game Score of 60 games this season. The shot count was 14, against a usual 7.2. Achiuwa shot 71.4% from the field, against a usual 52.5%. From threes, 9 points against a usual 1.1; from two-pointers, 14 points against a usual 6.8; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.8. Achiuwa played 36:36 against a usual 22.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 23.8, against a usual 13.7. Achiuwa had 13 rebounds, against a usual 6.1. The Kings won 118-109 at the Clippers. 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

Achiuwa in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (59 games)Change
Minutes36:3622.4+14.2
Points258.7+16.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 71.4%7.2 · 52.5%+6.8 · +18.9
3PA · 3P%3-of-41.2 · 31.4%+2.8
FTA · FT%2-of-21.5 · 56.2%+0.5
Rebounds136.1+6.9
Assists11.3-0.3
Turnovers20.7+1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 59 games20.516.3+4.2
Game Score per 36 minutes23.813.7+10.1
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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 (59 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-4)1.1 (0.4-of-1.2)+7.9
Twos14 (7-of-10)6.8 (3.4-of-6.0)+7.2
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.8 (0.8-of-1.5)+1.2
Total258.7+16.3
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.2 against a usual 8.5 (+15.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+14.2
Rebounds+2.4
Assists-0.2
Steals and blocks+1.5
Turnovers and fouls-2.2
Total+15.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 60 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.4, 2.7, 11.8, 7.1, 10.3, 5.4, -0.5, 13.2, 2.8, 7.2, 7.3, 14.9, 1.3, 8.1, 7.4, 9.2, 13, 2.6, 16.2, 2.2, -1.2, 3.7, 15.7, 6.7, 5.6, -0.2, 13.3, -1.5, 4.8, 9.1, 2.7, 12.9, 8.2, 20.8, 17.3, 3.5, 4.8, 12.3, 3.8, 3.3, 4.2, 10.8, 0.2, 2.3, 7, 2.7, 7.2, 5.8, 14.1, 14, 21.2, 2.4, 32.2, 9.6, 17.3, 30.9, 11, 4.8, 13.6, 24.2

3rd-best Game Score of 60 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings won 118-109 at the Clippers.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 11, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Clippers this season: 0 points (Dec 30, 2025), 6 points (Feb 6, 2026).
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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.