Career best

Jones has the best game of his career

Damian Jones had 17 points and 5 assists on 6 for 8 shooting in 24 minutes, but the Kings lost to the Warriors 126-⁠114.

His Performance Score of +10.7 is the best of his 189 games, better than 97.6% of all player games since 2015-⁠16.

He went 4 for 5 at the rim. His 13 points from the field came on 8 shots, 3.8 more than the league scores from the same zones. Davion Mitchell set up 3 of his 6 baskets. He scored 13 of his 17 after the game was decided.

His old best, +10.4, was 23 points and 8 rebounds on 9 for 15 shooting in 19 minutes, a 121-⁠114 win over San Antonio on Dec. 19.

The game

Kings 114, Warriors 126Away, Feb. 3, 2022Box score and story ›

Damian Jones
4-5 FT23:58 min
Points1st 62nd 73rd 24th 2
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.
Jones’s player page

Before this game he averaged 5.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 33 regular-season games.

Shot making
13 points from the field on 8 shots3.8 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a 3-pointer2nd quarter, 9:08 leftchance to win 5.3% to 15%
Guarded by
Toscano-Anderson: 9 poss, 2 ptsLooney: 9 poss, 4 ptsKuminga: 8 poss, 0 pts
He guarded
Kuminga: 13 poss, 6 ptsLooney: 8 poss, 2 ptsLee: 4 poss, 6 pts
On the move
1.64 miles3.87 mph on average44 touches
Hustle
2 deflections5 shots contested
Rating
Performance Score +10.783.3% true shooting21.6% usage

His best games

RankGameResultMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PTFTTO+/−PS
1Feb. 3, 2022at GSWL 114-126241745126-81-14-51−9+10.7
2Dec. 19, 2021vs SASW 121-114192381029-152-23-31+1+10.4
3Dec. 4, 2019vs BKNL 118-130282081018-80-04-91−8+6.7
4Jan. 30, 2020vs PHIW 127-117261471126-80-02-41−1+6.3
5May 14, 2021at MEML 106-1073517113006-70-05-600+5.9

By Performance Score, his whole career, regular season and playoffs.

His old best

Kings 121, Spurs 114Home, Dec. 19, 2021Box score and story ›

Damian Jones
3-3 FT19:29 min
Points1st 92nd 53rd 94th 0
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.
Jones’s player page

Season high in points (23; his best before, 9). Before this game he averaged 3.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 14 regular-season games.

Shot making
20 points from the field on 15 shots2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a 3-pointer3rd quarter, 3:48 leftchance to win 48% to 62%
Guarded by
Poeltl: 14 poss, 3 ptsLandale: 8 poss, 6 ptsWalker: 5 poss, 5 pts
He guarded
Poeltl: 13 poss, 0 ptsLandale: 5 poss, 3 ptsMurray: 5 poss, 4 pts
On the move
1.43 miles4.16 mph on average44 touches
Hustle
1 deflection14 shots contested5 screen assists
Rating
Performance Score +10.470.5% true shooting37.0% usage