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Tre Jones

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Jan 13, 2026 · CHI 113 @ HOU 119 · Final

Tre Jones: season-high 34 points vs Rockets (Jan 13, 2026)

ANSWER

34 PTS · 11-of-12 FG · 5-of-6 3P · 7-of-8 FT · 27:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.9 PTS · 7.9 FGA · 26.9 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 33 games this season: 34.5 against a usual 12.2 (+22.3)

Season-high 34 points (previous high 20, reached in 3 earlier games)

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 Tre Jones score 34 points?

Tre Jones scored 34 points against the Rockets on Jan 13, 2026 in 27:12: 11-of-12 from the field (91.7%), 5-of-6 from three (83.3%), 7-of-8 on free throws (87.5%). Before this game, Jones averaged 11.9 points on 7.9 shots in 26.9 minutes across 32 regular-season games. The 34 points were a season high, above the previous 20. This game had the best Game Score of 33 games this season. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 7.9. The 91.7% from the field compares with a usual 52.0%. By shot type: threes 15 points (usual 1.2); two-pointers 12 points (usual 7.4); free throws 7 points (usual 3.3). Minutes: 27:12, against a usual 26.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 45.7, against a usual 16.4. At the Rockets, the Bulls lost 119-113. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes27:1226.9+0.3
Points3411.9+22.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 91.7%7.9 · 52.0%+4.1 · +39.7
3PA · 3P%6 · 83.3%1.6 · 26.0%+4.4 · +57.3
FTA · FT%8 · 87.5%3.9 · 84.8%+4.1 · +2.7
Rebounds23.0-1.0
Assists75.5+1.5
Turnovers21.3+0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 32 games27.917.2+10.7
Game Score per 36 minutes45.716.4+29.3
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
Threes15 (5-of-6)1.2 (0.4-of-1.6)+13.8
Twos12 (6-of-6)7.4 (3.7-of-6.3)+4.6
Free throws7 (7-of-8)3.3 (3.3-of-3.9)+3.7
Total3411.9+22.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

34.5 against a usual 12.2 (+22.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+21.8
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.1
Total+22.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 13.7, 16.8, 18.1, 11.6, 8.4, 11, 7.9, 17.3, 13.9, 20.3, 11.5, 4.3, 5.8, 14.3, 18.5, 13.2, 16.4, 4, 9, 17.3, 17.2, 12.5, 7.5, 14.2, 6.3, 8.7, 25.5, 3.6, 10.4, 10, 9, 13, 34.5

Best Game Score of 33 games this season.

Previous best: 25.5, set on Dec 31, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls lost 119-113 at the Rockets.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets 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.