Career best

Garza has the best game of his career

Luka Garza scored 16 points on 6 for 8 shooting in 20 minutes, and the Celtics beat the Mavericks 110-⁠100.

His Performance Score of +10.8 is the best of his 176 games, better than 97.7% of all player games since 2015-⁠16.

He went 4 for 4 from 3. His 16 points from the field came on 8 shots, 6.4 more than the league scores from the same zones. Payton Pritchard set up 3 of his 6 baskets.

His old best, +10.4, was 17 points on 7 for 9 shooting in 10 minutes, a 127-⁠120 loss to Orlando on Feb. 3, 2023.

The game

Celtics 110, Mavericks 100Away, Feb. 3, 2026Box score and story ›

Luka Garza
20:00 min
Points1st 22nd 53rd 94th 0
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Season high in 3-pointers (4; his best before, 3). Before this game he averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 40 regular-season games.

Shot making
16 points from the field on 8 shots6.4 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a 3-pointer3rd quarter, 3:58 leftchance to win 86% to 90%
Guarded by
Gafford: 9 poss, 6 ptsCisse: 6 poss, 2 ptsFlagg: 4 poss, 0 pts
He guarded
Gafford: 14 poss, 2 ptsCisse: 9 poss, 2 ptsPowell: 3 poss, 0 pts
On the move
1.55 miles4.65 mph on average27 touches
Hustle
2 deflections5 shots contested1 charge drawn2 box-outs3 screen assists
Rating
Performance Score +10.8+0.10 wins added100.0% true shooting16.7% usage

His best games

RankGameResultMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFG3PTFTTO+/−PS
1Feb. 3, 2026at DALW 110-100201641216-84-40-000+10.8
2Feb. 3, 2023vs ORLL 120-127101761007-92-31-10+12+10.4
3Feb. 8, 2023at UTAW 143-118242533009-134-53-31+12+9.2
4Jan. 30, 2026vs SACW 112-93161181114-51-12-30−4+9.0
5Nov. 9, 2025at ORLW 111-107171683107-80-12-41+9+8.7

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

His old best

Timberwolves 120, Magic 127Home, Feb. 3, 2023Box score and story ›

Luka Garza
1-1 FT10:06 min
Points1st 02nd 03rd 04th 17
His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 5.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 18 regular-season games.

Shot making
16 points from the field on 9 shots4.7 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot
Made a putback4th quarter, 1:49 leftchance to win <1% to 4.2%
Guarded by
Banchero: 9 poss, 10 ptsWagner: 6 poss, 0 pts
He guarded
Wagner: 6 poss, 2 ptsBanchero: 4 poss, 1 ptWagner: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move
0.90 miles4.76 mph on average19 touches
Hustle
1 shot contested1 loose ball1 box-out1 screen assist
Rating
Performance Score +10.490.0% true shooting30.0% usage