Career best

Faried has his best game since 2015-16

Kenneth Faried had 25 points and 20 rebounds on 11 for 18 shooting in 36 minutes, and the Nuggets beat the Mavericks 116-⁠114.

His Performance Score of +14.7 is the best of his 56 games since 2015-⁠16, better than 99.3% of all player games since 2015-⁠16.

He went 10 for 14 at the rim. Emmanuel Mudiay set up 4 of his 11 baskets.

His old best, +12.2, was 21 points and 11 rebounds on 10 for 15 shooting in 23 minutes, a 87-⁠81 win at the Clippers on Feb. 24.

The game

Nuggets 116, Mavericks 114Home, March 6, 2016Box score and story ›

Kenneth Faried
3-6 FT36:09 min
Points1st 72nd 83rd 24th 8OT 0
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.
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Season high in rebounds (20; his best before, 15). Before this game he averaged 12.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 55 regular-season games.

Shot making
22 points from the field on 18 shots1.9 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a layup4th quarter, 3.3s leftchance to win 13% to 53%
On the move
2.47 miles4.10 mph on average58 touches
Rating
Performance Score +14.760.6% true shooting23.1% usage

His best games

RankGameResultMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PTFTTO+/−PS
1March 6, 2016vs DALW 116-11436252011111-180-03-60+17+14.7
2Feb. 24, 2016at LACW 87-8123211111010-150-01-10+7+12.2
3Dec. 27, 2015at OKCL 112-12229251110212-200-01-21−8+11.2
4Nov. 11, 2015vs MILW 103-102331991238-90-03-62−5+10.6
5Feb. 8, 2016at BKNL 104-10529221320110-160-02-20+8+10.2

By Performance Score, since 2015-16, regular season and playoffs.

His old best

Nuggets 87, Clippers 81Away, Feb. 24, 2016Box score and story ›

Kenneth Faried
1-1 FT22:44 min
Points1st 62nd 113rd 44th 0
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.
Faried’s player page

Before this game he averaged 12.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 50 regular-season games.

Shot making
20 points from the field on 15 shots5.2 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made an 8-foot hook shot2nd quarter, 2:18 leftchance to win 44% to 57%
On the move
1.66 miles4.37 mph on average44 touches
Rating
Performance Score +12.268.0% true shooting26.3% usage