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Sandro Mamukelashvili

F-C · 6′10″ · Current team: Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Jan 3, 2026 · ATL 117 @ TOR 134 · Final

Sandro Mamukelashvili: season-high 8 assists vs Hawks (Jan 3, 2026)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 8 AST · 5-of-10 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 31:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.4 PTS · 1.7 AST · 7.6 FGA · 20.9 MIN, from 34 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 35 games this season: 21.5 against a usual 9.2 (+12.3)

Season-high 8 assists (previous high 7, set on Dec 23, 2025)

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 Sandro Mamukelashvili have 8 assists?

Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 13 points against the Hawks on Jan 3, 2026 in 31:54: 5-of-10 from the field (50.0%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Mamukelashvili had averaged 10.4 points on 7.6 shots in 20.9 minutes, from 34 regular-season games. The 8 assists were a season high, above the previous 7. This game had the best Game Score of 35 games this season. The 50.0% from the field compares with a usual 51.8%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 8 (5.2). Mamukelashvili played 31:54 against a usual 20.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 24.3, against a usual 15.9. Mamukelashvili had 8 assists, against a usual 1.7. At home against the Hawks, the Raptors won 134-117. 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

Mamukelashvili in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (34 games)Change
Minutes31:5420.9+11.0
Points1310.4+2.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 50.0%7.6 · 51.8%+2.4 · -1.8
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%3.3 · 38.9%+1.7 · -18.9
FTA · FT%2-of-21.6 · 78.2%+0.4
Rebounds124.8+7.2
Assists81.7+6.3
Turnovers00.9-0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 34 games14.018.7-4.7
Game Score per 36 minutes24.315.9+8.4
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 (34 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)3.9 (1.3-of-3.3)-0.9
Twos8 (4-of-5)5.2 (2.6-of-4.3)+2.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.3 (1.3-of-1.6)+0.7
Total1310.4+2.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.5 against a usual 9.2 (+12.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+1.5
Rebounds+3.2
Assists+4.4
Steals and blocks+2.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.2
Total+12.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 35 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.4, 3.8, 14.8, 3.6, 7.5, 12, 1, 11.6, 11.6, 11.3, 12.3, 11.5, 4.1, 6.5, 20.4, 9.1, 13.3, 2.7, 8.9, 8.9, 7.6, 12.8, 2.4, 11, 0.9, 9.8, 16.9, 18.2, 0.7, 16.4, 15.1, 12.2, 11.2, -0.9, 21.5

Best Game Score of 35 games this season.

Previous best: 20.4, set on Nov 21, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 134-117 at home against the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 31, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season: 7 points (Oct 22, 2025), 12 points (Nov 7, 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.