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Quentin Grimes

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Nov 30, 2025 · ATL 142 @ PHI 134 · Final

Quentin Grimes: season-high 28 points vs Hawks (Nov 30, 2025)

ANSWER

28 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 4-of-8 3P · 8-of-8 FT · 46:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 16.3 PTS · 11.9 FGA · 32.0 MIN, from this season's 18 games plus last season's average, counted as 1 game

Best Game Score of 19 games this season: 25.5 against a usual 11.6 (+13.9)

Season-high 28 points (previous high 27, set on Nov 5, 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 Quentin Grimes score 28 points?

Quentin Grimes scored 28 points against the Hawks on Nov 30, 2025 in 46:42: 8-of-15 from the field (53.3%), 4-of-8 from three (50.0%), 8-of-8 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, the usual line was 16.3 points on 11.9 shots in 32.0 minutes: this season's 18 games plus last season's average, counted as 1 game. No earlier game this season reached 28 points. This game had the best Game Score of 19 games this season. The shot count was 15, against a usual 11.9. From threes, 12 points against a usual 6.8; from free throws, 8 points against a usual 3.5; from two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 6.0. Grimes played 46:42 against a usual 32.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 19.7, against a usual 13.1. The 76ers lost 142-134 at home against the Hawks. 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

Grimes in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes46:4232.0+14.7
Points2816.3+11.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 53.3%11.9 · 44.3%+3.1 · +9.0
3PA · 3P%8 · 50.0%6.3 · 36.1%+1.7 · +13.9
FTA · FT%8 · 100.0%4.2 · 83.9%+3.8 · +16.1
Rebounds103.5+6.5
Assists44.3-0.3
Turnovers32.7+0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 18 games19.121.6-2.5
Game Score per 36 minutes19.713.1+6.6
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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
Threes12 (4-of-8)6.8 (2.3-of-6.3)+5.2
Twos8 (4-of-7)6.0 (3.0-of-5.6)+2.0
Free throws8 (8-of-8)3.5 (3.5-of-4.2)+4.5
Total2816.3+11.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.5 against a usual 11.6 (+13.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.9
Rebounds+3.4
Assists-0.2
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total+13.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.6, 17.5, 8.4, 20.1, 8.8, 23.5, 7.5, 17.5, 6.8, 10.9, 13.9, 6.3, 18.3, 15.5, 9.8, 6.4, 2, 12.8, 25.5

Best Game Score of 19 games this season.

Previous best: 23.5, set on Nov 2, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers lost 142-134 at home against the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 28, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks 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.