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Scottie Barnes

F-G · 6′8″ · Current team: Toronto Raptors

Regular season · Dec 28, 2025 · GSW 127 @ TOR 141 · Final

Scottie Barnes: season-high 25 rebounds vs Warriors (Dec 28, 2025)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 25 REB · 11-of-17 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 42:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 19.2 PTS · 7.9 REB · 14.9 FGA · 33.8 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 33 games this season: 32.7 against a usual 16.8 (+15.9)

Season-high 25 rebounds (previous high 12, set on Nov 2, 2025 and Nov 29, 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 Scottie Barnes have 25 rebounds?

In 42:24 against the Warriors on Dec 28, 2025, Scottie Barnes scored 23 points: 11-of-17 from the field (64.7%), 0-of-1 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Barnes averaged 19.2 points on 14.9 shots in 33.8 minutes across 32 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 25 rebounds. This game had the best Game Score of 33 games this season. Barnes shot 64.7% from the field, against a usual 50.2%. From two-pointers, 22 points against a usual 12.4; from threes, 0 points against a usual 3.8; from free throws, 1 point against a usual 3.0. Playing time was 42:24, against a usual 33.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 27.8, against a usual 17.9. Rebounds: 25, against a usual 7.9. The Raptors won 141-127 at home against the Warriors. 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

Barnes in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes42:2433.8+8.6
Points2319.2+3.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%17 · 64.7%14.9 · 50.2%+2.1 · +14.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-13.5 · 35.7%-2.5
FTA · FT%1-of-13.6 · 82.6%-2.6
Rebounds257.9+17.1
Assists105.1+4.9
Turnovers32.7+0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 32 games19.424.2-4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes27.817.9+9.9
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 (32 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)3.8 (1.3-of-3.5)-3.8
Twos22 (11-of-16)12.4 (6.2-of-11.4)+9.6
Free throws1 (1-of-1)3.0 (3.0-of-3.6)-2.0
Total2319.2+3.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

32.7 against a usual 16.8 (+15.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+4.0
Rebounds+7.9
Assists+3.5
Steals and blocks+1.3
Turnovers and fouls-0.8
Total+15.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 23.7, 11.3, 24.5, 3.3, 26.8, 10.6, 21.4, 24.5, 13, 14.7, 16.4, 29.3, 15.5, 15.8, 10, 19.2, 19.6, 16.6, 20.9, 29.6, 11.8, 21.2, 27.5, 6.2, 19, 5.9, 15.5, 21.7, 7.8, 1.7, 23.4, 10.5, 32.7

Best Game Score of 33 games this season.

Previous best: 29.6, set on Nov 29, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors won 141-127 at home against the Warriors.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 26, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors 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.