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Tristan da Silva

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Mar 5, 2026 · DAL 114 @ ORL 115 · Final

Tristan da Silva 19 points vs Mavericks (Mar 5, 2026): best of 53 games

ANSWER

19 PTS · 7-of-7 FG · 4-of-4 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 24:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.2 PTS · 7.7 FGA · 23.8 MIN, from 52 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 53 games the source holds this season: 22.3 against a usual 7.1 (+15.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Tristan da Silva score 19 points?

Tristan da Silva scored 19 points against the Mavericks on Mar 5, 2026 in 24:48: 7-of-7 from the field, 4-of-4 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Silva averaged 9.2 points on 7.7 shots in 23.8 minutes across 52 regular-season games. This game had the best Game Score of the 53 games the source holds this season. From threes, 12 points against a usual 5.0; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 3.5. Silva played 24:48 against a usual 23.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 32.4, against a usual 10.7. Silva had 3 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.8 and 0.3. At home against the Mavericks, the Magic won 115-114. 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

Silva in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (52 games)Change
Minutes24:4823.8+1.0
Points199.2+9.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%7-of-77.7 · 44.3%-0.7
3PA · 3P%4-of-44.2 · 39.9%-0.2
FTA · FT%1-of-10.8 · 85.7%+0.2
Rebounds33.6-0.6
Assists31.3+1.7
Turnovers10.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 52 games14.116.0-1.9
Game Score per 36 minutes32.410.7+21.7
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 (52 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-4)5.0 (1.7-of-4.2)+7.0
Twos6 (3-of-3)3.5 (1.7-of-3.5)+2.5
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.7 (0.7-of-0.8)+0.3
Total199.2+9.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.3 against a usual 7.1 (+15.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.8
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks+2.0
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total+15.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 53 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.3, 16.3, 3.8, -0.1, 12.6, 15.5, 0.2, 17.1, 8, 9.2, -0.9, 6.8, 16.1, 14.5, 10.7, 11.4, 0.7, 9.1, 10.2, 4.8, -2.4, 9.2, 1.5, -2.7, 6, 6.3, 12.6, 4.7, -2.4, 4.6, 5.2, 9.7, 13.5, 13, 0.1, -1.2, 4.7, 12.7, 4.8, 5.5, -1.3, 2.2, 6.6, 2.9, 2.4, 11.7, 5.7, 12.6, 13.6, 5.8, 15.8, 6.9, 22.3

Best Game Score of the 53 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 17.1, set on Nov 4, 2025.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic won 115-114 at home against the Mavericks.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Mavericks this season.
  • The source holds fewer Magic games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.