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Tyson Etienne

6′0″ · Inactive · last listed with Brooklyn Nets

Regular season · Mar 16, 2026 · POR 114 @ BKN 95 · Final

Tyson Etienne 15 points vs Trail Blazers (Mar 16, 2026)

ANSWER

15 PTS · 3-of-7 FG · 3-of-7 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 23:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.3 PTS · 3.2 FGA · 8.1 MIN, from 12 regular-season games

Game Score 10.2 against a usual 1.4 (+8.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Tyson Etienne score 15 points?

In 23:12 against the Trail Blazers on Mar 16, 2026, Tyson Etienne scored 15 points: 3-of-7 from the field, 3-of-7 from three (42.9%), 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Etienne averaged 3.3 points on 3.2 shots in 8.1 minutes across 12 regular-season games. Etienne took 7 shots, 3.8 more than usual. From threes, 9 points against a usual 3.0; from free throws, 6 points against a usual 0.3. Minutes: 23:12, against a usual 8.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 15.8, against a usual 6.0. At home against the Trail Blazers, the Nets lost 114-95. 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

Etienne in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (12 games)Change
Minutes23:128.1+15.1
Points153.3+11.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-73.2 · 31.6%+3.8
3PA · 3P%7 · 42.9%2.9 · 34.3%+4.1 · +8.6
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%0.3 · 75.0%+5.7 · +25.0
Rebounds20.6+1.4
Assists10.8+0.2
Turnovers20.4+1.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games21.020.8+0.2
Game Score per 36 minutes15.86.0+9.8
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 (12 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-7)3.0 (1.0-of-2.9)+6.0
Free throws6 (6-of-6)0.3 (0.3-of-0.3)+5.7
Total153.3+11.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

10.2 against a usual 1.4 (+8.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.9
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks-0.2
Turnovers and fouls-1.4
Total+8.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -0.7, -1.1, -3.6, 2, 1.3, -1.4, 4, 0.3, -0.5, 5.6, 2.6, 7.7, 10.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nets lost 114-95 at home against the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 14, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers 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.