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Rudy Gobert

C · 7′1″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Mar 5, 2026 · TOR 107 @ MIN 115 · Final

Rudy Gobert 18 points vs Raptors (Mar 5, 2026): 4th-best of 60 games

ANSWER

18 PTS · 7-of-8 FG · 4-of-6 FT · 35:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.8 PTS · 6.3 FGA · 31.5 MIN, from 59 regular-season games

4th-best Game Score of 60 games this season: 25.0 against a usual 13.1 (+11.9)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Rudy Gobert score 18 points?

Rudy Gobert scored 18 points against the Raptors on Mar 5, 2026 in 35:24: 7-of-8 from the field, 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). Coming in, Gobert had averaged 10.8 points on 6.3 shots in 31.5 minutes, from 59 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 4th-best of 60 games this season. From two-pointers, 14 points against a usual 8.8; from free throws, 4 points against a usual 2.0. Minutes: 35:24, against a usual 31.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 25.4, against a usual 14.9. Assists: 5, against a usual 1.7. The Timberwolves won 115-107 at home against the Raptors. 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

Gobert in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (59 games)Change
Minutes35:2431.5+3.9
Points1810.8+7.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%7-of-86.3 · 70.0%+1.7
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%4.1 · 50.2%+1.9 · +16.5
Rebounds1211.5+0.5
Assists51.7+3.3
Turnovers01.4-1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 59 games14.012.6+1.4
Game Score per 36 minutes25.414.9+10.5
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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
Twos14 (7-of-8)8.8 (4.4-of-6.2)+5.2
Free throws4 (4-of-6)2.0 (2.0-of-4.1)+2.0
Total1810.8+7.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.0 against a usual 13.1 (+11.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.0
Rebounds-0.2
Assists+2.3
Steals and blocks+1.2
Turnovers and fouls+1.6
Total+11.9
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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: 8.9, 4.3, 16.8, 7.1, 7.9, 21.3, 14, 6.8, 10.6, 23, 13.7, 9.8, 1.8, 18.8, 11.2, 12.1, 12.8, 7.7, 14.3, 9.2, 28.4, 17.6, 3.5, 16.4, 26.5, 10.4, 21.4, 7.8, 17.7, 18.9, 12.7, 7.7, 12.6, 9.6, 13, 22.6, 15.8, 16.5, 11.1, 7.2, 9.5, 16.5, 13.4, 3.4, 17.3, 4.4, 17.8, 14, 7.7, 13.9, 17.4, 7.1, 14.3, 16.2, 26, 17.6, 5.8, 12.6, 6.1, 25

4th-best Game Score of 60 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves won 115-107 at home against the Raptors.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season: 10 points (Feb 4, 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.