Career best, four games

Banchero has the best four-game stretch of his career

Paolo Banchero averaged 33.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists over four games from Oct. 28 to Jan. 12, shooting 44 for 77, and the Magic went 2-⁠2.

By Performance Score the four add up to +32.6, the best four-game stretch of his 166 games.

The best of them was 50 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists against Indiana on Oct. 28, +19.1. He went 16 for 23 at the rim, 6 for 10 in the paint and 11 for 16 from mid-range. His 99 points from the field came on 77 shots, 16.5 more than the league scores from the same zones. Jalen Suggs set up 7 of his 44 baskets.

His old best four, +24.9, came Oct. 23 to 28: 28.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists a game, 3-⁠1.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Oct. 28, 2024vs IND	W 119-115	40	50	13	9	1	2	16-26	3-9	15-22	4	+3	+19.1
Oct. 30, 2024at CHI	L 99-102	37	31	7	4	0	0	12-22	2-9	5-7	4	−4	+0.7
Jan. 10, 2025vs MIL	L 106-109	27	34	7	3	2	1	11-21	5-8	7-10	3	+6	+10.2
Jan. 12, 2025vs PHI	W 104-99	27	20	8	6	0	1	5-8	1-2	9-11	6	+18	+2.6
Four games	2-2	131	135	35	22	3	4	44-77	11-28	36-50	17	+23	+32.6

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.

Paolo Banchero

135 PTS · 44-77 FG · 11-28 3P · 36-50 FT

44-77 FG 57.1%11-28 3P 39.3%

99 points from the field on 77 shots: 16.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	16-23	69.6%	66%
In the paint	6-10	60.0%	44%
Mid-range	11-16	68.8%	42%
Corner 3	0-1	0.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	11-27	40.7%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Oct. 23, 2024at MIA	W 116-97	31	33	11	3	1	1	12-24	4-8	5-6	0	+42	+12.1
Oct. 25, 2024vs BKN	W 116-101	37	15	6	9	0	1	4-13	1-2	6-11	0	+3	−1.1
Oct. 26, 2024at MEM	L 111-124	37	16	7	3	1	0	4-12	1-4	7-13	3	−15	−5.2
Oct. 28, 2024vs IND	W 119-115	40	50	13	9	1	2	16-26	3-9	15-22	4	+3	+19.1
Four games	3-1	145	114	37	24	3	4	36-75	9-23	33-52	7	+33	+24.9

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

Paolo Banchero

114 PTS · 36-75 FG · 9-23 3P · 33-52 FT

36-75 FG 48.0%9-23 3P 39.1%

81 points from the field on 75 shots: 1.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	16-27	59.3%	66%
In the paint	6-13	46.2%	44%
Mid-range	5-12	41.7%	42%
Corner 3	0-4	0.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	9-19	47.4%	35%