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Sandro Mamukelashvili

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

Regular season · Nov 9, 2026 · LAL 124 @ ATL 114 · Final

Sandro Mamukelashvili 23 points vs Hawks (Nov 9, 2026)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 7-of-13 FG · 5-of-8 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 32:16 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.6 PTS · 6.8 FGA · 22.6 MIN, from 11 regular-season games

Game Score 22.9 against a usual 7.4 (+15.5)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Sandro Mamukelashvili score 23 points?

In 32:16 against the Hawks on Nov 9, 2026, Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 23 points: 7-of-13 from the field (53.8%), 5-of-8 from three (62.5%), 4-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Mamukelashvili had averaged 8.6 points on 6.8 shots in 22.6 minutes, from 11 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 6.8. The rate from the field was 53.8%, against a usual 46.7%. By shot type: threes 15 points (usual 3.0); free throws 4 points (usual 1.3). Mamukelashvili played 32:16 against a usual 22.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 25.5, against a usual 11.7. The Lakers won 124-114 at the Hawks. 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 (11 games)Change
Minutes32:1622.6+9.7
Points238.6+14.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 53.8%6.8 · 46.7%+6.2 · +7.1
3PA · 3P%8 · 62.5%3.2 · 31.4%+4.8 · +31.1
FTA · FT%4-of-41.6 · 77.8%+2.4
Rebounds84.3+3.7
Assists31.5+1.5
Turnovers00.8-0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games19.915.8+4.1
Game Score per 36 minutes25.511.7+13.8
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 (11 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-8)3.0 (1.0-of-3.2)+12.0
Twos4 (2-of-5)4.3 (2.2-of-3.6)-0.3
Free throws4 (4-of-4)1.3 (1.3-of-1.6)+2.7
Total238.6+14.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.9 against a usual 7.4 (+15.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.7
Rebounds+1.1
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+15.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 6.1, 6.7, 7.8, 15.8, 10.1, 3.4, 8.7, 10.5, 1.8, 7.3, 2.8, 22.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers won 124-114 at the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 8, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season.
06

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.