Career best

Giddey has the best game of his career

Josh Giddey had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 17 assists and 8 steals on 5 for 11 shooting in 33 minutes, and the Bulls beat the Lakers 146-⁠115.

His Performance Score of +17.9 is the best of his 284 games, better than 99.8% of all player games since 2015-⁠16.

His old best, +14.6, was 24 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals on 6 for 14 shooting in 35 minutes, a 121-⁠117 loss to Phoenix on Feb. 22.

It also ends the best four-game stretch of his career, +46.5 from March 8 to 22, past +42.1 from Feb. 20 to 26.

The game

Bulls 146, Lakers 115Away, March 22, 2025Box score and story ›

Josh Giddey
4-6 FT33:11 min
Points1st 22nd 83rd 24th 3
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Season high in assists (17; his best before, 13). Season high in steals (8; his best before, 4). Before this game he averaged 13.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists in 61 regular-season games.

Shot making
11 points from the field on 11 shots1.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a reverse layup2nd quarter, 5:15 leftchance to win 63% to 71%
Guarded by
Dončić: 12 poss, 0 ptsJames: 12 poss, 0 ptsReaves: 11 poss, 5 pts
He guarded
Dončić: 33 poss, 9 ptsReaves: 7 poss, 9 ptsGoodwin: 6 poss, 0 pts
On the move
2.44 miles4.45 mph on average80 touches
Hustle
6 deflections4 shots contested1 screen assist
Rating
Performance Score +17.955.0% true shooting19.5% usage

His best games

RankGameResultMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PTFTTO+/−PS
1March 22, 2025at LALW 146-11533151017805-111-24-62+22+17.9
2Feb. 22, 2025vs PHXL 117-1213524810316-143-59-90+2+14.6
3Jan. 11, 2024vs PORW 139-7723131012035-50-03-31+46+14.1
4Dec. 28, 2024vs MILW 116-11129231510119-152-63-42+18+13.8
5Jan. 3, 2023vs BOSW 150-1172425552010-153-52-20+19+13.1

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

His old best

Bulls 117, Suns 121Home, Feb. 22, 2025Box score and story ›

Josh Giddey
9-9 FT34:49 min
Points1st 52nd 73rd 24th 10
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 12.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists in 52 regular-season games.

Shot making
15 points from the field on 14 shots1.7 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a corner 3-pointer4th quarter, 10:07 leftchance to win 14% to 24%
Guarded by
O'Neale: 22 poss, 6 ptsBeal: 12 poss, 2 ptsAllen: 11 poss, 5 pts
He guarded
Beal: 17 poss, 5 ptsO'Neale: 14 poss, 0 ptsBooker: 13 poss, 10 pts
On the move
2.64 miles4.59 mph on average85 touches
Hustle
4 deflections13 shots contested2 loose balls
Rating
Performance Score +14.666.8% true shooting22.0% usage