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Will Riley

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Washington Wizards

Regular season · Dec 2, 2025 · WAS 102 @ PHI 121 · Final

Will Riley 13 points vs 76ers (Dec 2, 2025)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 2-of-2 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 26:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.3 PTS · 2.2 FGA · 6.5 MIN, from 12 regular-season games

Game Score 12.3 against a usual 2.1 (+10.2)

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 Will Riley score 13 points?

Will Riley scored 13 points against the 76ers on Dec 2, 2025 in 26:12: 5-of-6 from the field, 2-of-2 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Riley had averaged 2.3 points on 2.2 shots in 6.5 minutes, from 12 regular-season games. The shot count was 6, against a usual 2.2. By shot type: threes 6 points (usual 0.3); two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.8). Playing time was 26:12, against a usual 6.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 16.9, against a usual 11.8. At the 76ers, the Wizards lost 121-102. 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

Riley in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (12 games)Change
Minutes26:126.5+19.7
Points132.3+10.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-62.2 · 46.2%+3.8
3PA · 3P%2-of-20.6 · 14.3%+1.4
FTA · FT%1-of-20.5 · 50.0%+1.5
Rebounds41.4+2.6
Assists10.8+0.2
Turnovers10.3+0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games12.317.6-5.3
Game Score per 36 minutes16.911.8+5.1
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
Threes6 (2-of-2)0.3 (0.1-of-0.6)+5.7
Twos6 (3-of-4)1.8 (0.9-of-1.6)+4.2
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.2 (0.2-of-0.5)+0.8
Total132.3+10.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.3 against a usual 2.1 (+10.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.3
Rebounds+1.5
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total+10.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 3.7, 4.5, 2.6, 1.7, 1.2, 0.2, 3, 2.4, 3, 0.7, -0.7, 3.3, 12.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wizards lost 121-102 at the 76ers.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 28, 2025, 4 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the 76ers this season.
  • The source holds fewer Wizards 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.