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Trey Murphy III

F · 6′9″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Feb 4, 2026 · NOP 137 @ MIL 141 · Final

Trey Murphy III: season-high 44 points vs Bucks (Feb 4, 2026)

ANSWER

44 PTS · 15-of-28 FG · 12-of-19 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 39:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.6 PTS · 16.1 FGA · 35.8 MIN, from 48 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 49 games this season: 35.8 against a usual 17.0 (+18.8)

Season-high 44 points (previous high 42, set on Jan 6, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Trey Murphy III score 44 points?

Trey Murphy III scored 44 points against the Bucks on Feb 4, 2026 in 39:54: 15-of-28 from the field (53.6%), 12-of-19 from three (63.2%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Murphy had averaged 21.6 points on 16.1 shots in 35.8 minutes, from 48 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 44 points. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 49 games this season. Shot attempts: 28, against a usual 16.1. The 53.6% from the field compares with a usual 47.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 36 (8.9), two-pointers 6 (9.2), free throws 2 (3.5). Minutes: 39:54, against a usual 35.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 32.3, against a usual 17.1. The Pelicans lost 141-137 at the Bucks. 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

Murphy in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (48 games)Change
Minutes39:5435.8+4.1
Points4421.6+22.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%28 · 53.6%16.1 · 47.1%+11.9 · +6.5
3PA · 3P%19 · 63.2%8.3 · 36.0%+10.7 · +27.2
FTA · FT%2-of-23.9 · 89.2%-1.9
Rebounds65.8+0.2
Assists63.6+2.4
Turnovers41.8+2.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 48 games38.123.1+15.0
Game Score per 36 minutes32.317.1+15.2
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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 (48 games)Change
Threes36 (12-of-19)8.9 (3.0-of-8.3)+27.1
Twos6 (3-of-9)9.2 (4.6-of-7.8)-3.2
Free throws2 (2-of-2)3.5 (3.5-of-3.9)-1.5
Total4421.6+22.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

35.8 against a usual 17.0 (+18.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+17.2
Rebounds+0.4
Assists+1.7
Steals and blocks+1.2
Turnovers and fouls-1.7
Total+18.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 49 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.9, 23.9, 4.3, 3.9, 15.5, 14.6, 16.7, 10.1, 37.2, 15.4, 17.2, 22.6, 14.3, 15.9, 21.4, 21.4, 10.9, 15, 8.8, 28.6, 19.2, 18.5, 27.1, 24.4, 16.8, 25.5, 14.8, 11.1, 11, 15.4, 20.1, 13.8, 7.7, 22.9, 32.2, 31.2, 15.8, 20.7, 31.5, 14.3, 15.9, 6.4, 29.7, 10.7, 4.7, 1.2, 12.3, 18.7, 35.8

2nd-best Game Score of 49 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 141-137 at the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 2, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks 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.