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Sam Hauser

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · NOP 118 @ BOS 144 · Final

Sam Hauser 24 points vs Pelicans (Apr 10, 2026): 3rd-best of 78 games

ANSWER

24 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 8-of-12 3P · 27:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.0 PTS · 7.6 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from 77 regular-season games

3rd-best Game Score of 78 games this season: 21.1 against a usual 7.1 (+14.0)

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 Sam Hauser score 24 points?

Sam Hauser scored 24 points against the Pelicans on Apr 10, 2026 in 27:54: 8-of-13 from the field (61.5%), 8-of-12 from three (66.7%). Before this game, Hauser averaged 9.0 points on 7.6 shots in 24.8 minutes across 77 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-best Game Score of 78 games this season. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 7.6. Hauser shot 61.5% from the field, against a usual 41.5%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 24 (7.4), two-pointers 0 (1.4). Minutes: 27:54, against a usual 24.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 27.2, against a usual 10.3. At home against the Pelicans, the Celtics won 144-118, a 26-point win. 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

Hauser in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (77 games)Change
Minutes27:5424.8+3.1
Points249.0+15.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 61.5%7.6 · 41.5%+5.4 · +20.0
3PA · 3P%12 · 66.7%6.4 · 38.6%+5.6 · +28.1
Rebounds63.8+2.2
Assists41.4+2.6
Turnovers00.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 77 games19.414.5+4.9
Game Score per 36 minutes27.210.3+16.9
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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 (77 games)Change
Threes24 (8-of-12)7.4 (2.5-of-6.4)+16.6
Twos0 (0-of-1)1.4 (0.7-of-1.2)-1.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)-0.2
Total249.0+15.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.1 against a usual 7.1 (+14.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.2
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+1.8
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.6
Total+14.0
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 78 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 14.6, 4.5, 5.8, 15.9, 4.5, 5.4, 1.4, 0.5, 3.6, -0.6, 2, 2.2, -1.8, 10.9, -0.9, 9.5, 3.6, 12.3, 7.9, 6.9, 6.3, 11.3, 7.4, -5.9, -0.7, 13.3, 4.1, 2.4, 21.6, 1.5, 1.7, 15.3, 4.1, 5.8, 4.1, 17.7, 6.4, 16.1, 22.9, 12.7, 14.1, 16.9, 10.4, 9.2, 11.6, 4.7, -2.7, 8.2, 1.1, 8.6, 15.8, 6.4, 13.1, 3.2, 9.6, 3.3, 12.3, 2.3, 4.1, 10.6, 11.8, 6.1, 7.3, 3.1, 2.2, 0.5, 1.6, 5, 7.6, 5.1, 3.4, 20.7, 13.6, 4.2, 5.3, 4.6, 21.1

3rd-best Game Score of 78 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics won 144-118 at home against the Pelicans, a 26-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 9, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pelicans this season: 9 points (Oct 27, 2025).
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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.