Career best, four games

Markkanen has the best four-game stretch of his career

Lauri Markkanen averaged 27.3 points and 10.0 rebounds over four games from Jan. 10 to 15, shooting 31 for 55, and the Jazz went 4-⁠0.

By Performance Score the four add up to +42.0, the best four-game stretch of his 382 games.

The best of them was 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists against the Lakers on Jan. 13, +13.8. He went 9 for 14 at the rim, 9 for 17 in the paint and 11 for 21 from 3. His 73 points from the field came on 55 shots, 14.1 more than the league scores from the same zones. Kris Dunn set up 7 of his 31 baskets.

His old best four, +37.0, came Jan. 8 to 13: 24.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists a game, 4-⁠0.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Jan. 10, 2024vs DEN	W 124-111	32	26	12	2	0	1	6-13	2-5	12-12	0	+17	+9.4
Jan. 12, 2024vs TOR	W 145-113	29	22	9	2	1	0	7-11	4-6	4-5	3	+19	+6.1
Jan. 13, 2024vs LAL	W 132-125	33	29	9	5	2	1	8-16	3-6	10-11	0	+16	+13.8
Jan. 15, 2024vs IND	W 132-105	28	32	10	3	0	0	10-15	2-4	10-10	1	+25	+12.8
Four games	4-0	123	109	40	12	3	2	31-55	11-21	36-38	4	+77	+42.0

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Lauri Markkanen

109 PTS · 31-55 FG · 11-21 3P · 36-38 FT

31-55 FG 56.4%11-21 3P 52.4%

73 points from the field on 55 shots: 14.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	9-14	64.3%	66%
In the paint	9-17	52.9%	44%
Mid-range	2-3	66.7%	42%
Corner 3	1-2	50.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	10-19	52.6%	36%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Jan. 8, 2024at MIL	W 132-116	32	21	14	2	1	2	5-15	4-10	7-8	0	+8	+7.8
Jan. 10, 2024vs DEN	W 124-111	32	26	12	2	0	1	6-13	2-5	12-12	0	+17	+9.4
Jan. 12, 2024vs TOR	W 145-113	29	22	9	2	1	0	7-11	4-6	4-5	3	+19	+6.1
Jan. 13, 2024vs LAL	W 132-125	33	29	9	5	2	1	8-16	3-6	10-11	0	+16	+13.8
Four games	4-0	127	98	44	11	4	4	26-55	13-27	33-36	3	+60	+37.0

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Lauri Markkanen

98 PTS · 26-55 FG · 13-27 3P · 33-36 FT

26-55 FG 47.3%13-27 3P 48.1%

65 points from the field on 55 shots: 4.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	7-14	50.0%	66%
In the paint	6-12	50.0%	44%
Mid-range	0-2	0.0%	42%
Corner 3	1-4	25.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	12-23	52.2%	36%