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Robert Williams III

C-F · 6′9″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Regular season · Feb 26, 2026 · POR 121 @ CHI 112 · Final

Robert Williams III 14 points vs Bulls (Feb 26, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

14 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 22:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.3 PTS · 3.8 FGA · 16.2 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 41 games this season: 19.4 against a usual 8.5 (+10.9)

Matched the season high of 14 points, set on Feb 3, 2026

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 Robert Williams III score 14 points?

In 22:36 against the Bulls on Feb 26, 2026, Robert Williams III scored 14 points: 6-of-9 from the field, 0-of-1 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Williams averaged 6.3 points on 3.8 shots in 16.2 minutes across 40 regular-season games. The 14 points tied the season high, set on Feb 3, 2026. This game had the best Game Score of 41 games this season. The shot count was 9, against a usual 3.8. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 12 (5.3), free throws 2 (0.5). Playing time was 22:36, against a usual 16.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 30.9, against a usual 19.0. Williams had 14 rebounds, against a usual 6.4. At the Bulls, the Trail Blazers won 121-112. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes22:3616.2+6.4
Points146.3+7.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-93.8 · 74.7%+5.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.4 · 41.2%+0.6
FTA · FT%2-of-20.8 · 66.7%+1.2
Rebounds146.4+7.6
Assists11.1-0.1
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games20.912.5+8.4
Game Score per 36 minutes30.919.0+11.9
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 (40 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)0.5 (0.2-of-0.4)-0.5
Twos12 (6-of-8)5.3 (2.6-of-3.4)+6.7
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.5 (0.5-of-0.8)+1.5
Total146.3+7.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.4 against a usual 8.5 (+10.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.5
Rebounds+3.5
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+3.2
Turnovers and fouls-1.2
Total+10.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: 6, 8.4, -0.5, 2.7, 8.8, 6.3, 2.9, 9, 4.4, 12, 12.2, 12.6, 10.5, 7.5, 11.2, 13.6, 4, 13.6, 8.5, 7.4, 9.4, 11.7, 5.9, 4.3, 5.2, 1, 14.5, 10.6, 12.3, 9.3, 9.2, 6.6, 11.9, 12.7, 16.1, 15.2, 8.4, 7.3, 3.3, 5.6, 19.4

Best Game Score of 41 games this season.

Previous best: 16.1, set on Feb 3, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers won 121-112 at the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 22, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Between the previous appearance and this game, the Trail Blazers played on Feb 24, 2026; Williams was not in that box score; the data does not say why.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls 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.