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Royce O'Neale

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Charlotte Hornets

Regular season · Mar 10, 2026 · PHX 129 @ MIL 114 · Final

Royce O'Neale: season-high 21 points vs Bucks (Mar 10, 2026)

ANSWER

21 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 7-of-11 3P · 31:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.8 PTS · 8.3 FGA · 29.2 MIN, from 64 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 65 games this season: 19.2 against a usual 8.1 (+11.1)

Season-high 21 points (previous high 19, set on Jan 11, 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 Royce O'Neale score 21 points?

Royce O'Neale scored 21 points against the Bucks on Mar 10, 2026 in 31:42: 7-of-11 from the field (63.6%), 7-of-11 from three (63.6%). Coming in, O'Neale had averaged 9.8 points on 8.3 shots in 29.2 minutes, from 64 regular-season games. The 21 points were a season high, above the previous 19. By Game Score it was the best of 65 games this season. The rate from the field was 63.6%, against a usual 41.1%. From threes, 21 points against a usual 8.0; from two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 1.5. O'Neale played 31:42 against a usual 29.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 21.8, against a usual 10.0. The Suns won 129-114 at the Bucks. 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

O'Neale in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (64 games)Change
Minutes31:4229.2+2.5
Points219.8+11.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 63.6%8.3 · 41.1%+2.7 · +22.5
3PA · 3P%11 · 63.6%6.8 · 39.6%+4.2 · +24.0
Rebounds54.9+0.1
Assists42.8+1.2
Turnovers21.4+0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 64 games18.814.5+4.3
Game Score per 36 minutes21.810.0+11.8
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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 (64 games)Change
Threes21 (7-of-11)8.0 (2.7-of-6.8)+13.0
Twos0 (0-of-0)1.5 (0.7-of-1.5)-1.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)-0.3
Total219.8+11.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.2 against a usual 8.1 (+11.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.8
Rebounds-0.3
Assists+0.9
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls-0.9
Total+11.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 65 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.5, 6.7, 3.6, 17.3, 13.6, 11.5, 12.4, 5.5, 12.9, 13.8, 12.1, 12.5, 4.2, 0, 5.6, 11.5, 4.8, 7.7, 9.6, 8.3, 12, 11.3, -1.2, 15.4, -2, 8.7, 9.1, 0.4, 12.7, 2.1, 11.7, 14.5, 1.5, 9.1, 0, 14.5, 13.6, 11.4, 18.3, 5.8, 9.5, 11, 7.2, 6.2, 3.3, 5.6, 5.4, 5, 11.1, 6.1, 6.3, 7.7, 13.8, 10.4, 6.1, 7.5, 6.7, -1.7, 6.6, 11.2, 6.7, -1.8, 9, 6.8, 19.2

Best Game Score of 65 games this season.

Previous best: 18.3, set on Jan 11, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 129-114 at the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks 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.