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T.J. McConnell

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Indiana Pacers

Regular season · Nov 19, 2025 · CHA 118 @ IND 127 · Final

T.J. McConnell 14 points vs Hornets (Nov 19, 2025)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 6-of-6 FG · 2-of-2 3P · 14:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.2 PTS · 8.1 FGA · 16.7 MIN, from this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games

Game Score 18.2 against a usual 6.9 (+11.3)

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 T.J. McConnell score 14 points?

In 14:06 against the Hornets on Nov 19, 2025, T.J. McConnell scored 14 points: 6-of-6 from the field, 2-of-2 from three. Before this game, the usual line was 8.2 points on 8.1 shots in 16.7 minutes: this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games. By shot type: threes 6 points (usual 0.6); two-pointers 8 points (usual 7.0). McConnell played 14:06 against a usual 16.7 minutes. Assists: 8, against a usual 3.6. The Pacers won 127-118 at home against the Hornets. 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

McConnell in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes14:0616.7-2.6
Points148.2+5.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-68.1 · 45.9%-2.1
3PA · 3P%2-of-20.9 · 23.3%+1.1
Rebounds61.9+4.1
Assists83.6+4.4
Turnovers11.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 4 games21.725.6-3.9
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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 (blended)Change
Threes6 (2-of-2)0.6 (0.2-of-0.9)+5.4
Twos8 (4-of-4)7.0 (3.5-of-7.2)+1.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-0.7)-0.6
Total148.2+5.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.2 against a usual 6.9 (+11.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.2
Rebounds+1.1
Assists+3.1
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+11.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 6.6, 3.5, 6, -1.9, 18.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pacers won 127-118 at home against the Hornets.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 17, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets 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.