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Alperen Sengun

C · 6′11″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Nov 14, 2025 · POR 116 @ HOU 140 · Final

Alperen Sengun 25 points vs Trail Blazers (Nov 14, 2025)

ANSWER

25 PTS · 9-of-13 FG · 4-of-6 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 36:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.1 PTS · 15.5 FGA · 34.5 MIN, from this season's 10 games plus last season's average, counted as 5 games

Game Score 33.5 against a usual 18.6 (+14.9)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Alperen Sengun score 25 points?

In 36:30 against the Trail Blazers on Nov 14, 2025, Alperen Sengun scored 25 points: 9-of-13 from the field (69.2%), 4-of-6 from three (66.7%), 3-of-4 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 10 games with last season's average, counted as 5 games: 21.1 points on 15.5 shots in 34.5 minutes. The 69.2% from the field compares with a usual 49.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 12 (2.9), two-pointers 10 (13.3), free throws 3 (4.9). Sengun played 36:30 against a usual 34.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 33.0, against a usual 19.4. Sengun had 3 steals and 3 blocks, against a usual 1.2 and 0.7. At home against the Trail Blazers, the Rockets won 140-116, a 24-point win. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Sengun in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes36:3034.5+2.0
Points2521.1+3.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 69.2%15.5 · 49.1%-2.5 · +20.1
3PA · 3P%6 · 66.7%2.5 · 38.9%+3.5 · +27.8
FTA · FT%3-of-46.8 · 72.0%-2.8
Rebounds1010.2-0.2
Assists96.4+2.6
Turnovers03.2-3.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games16.126.0-9.9
Game Score per 36 minutes33.019.4+13.6
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Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Threes12 (4-of-6)2.9 (1.0-of-2.5)+9.1
Twos10 (5-of-7)13.3 (6.7-of-13.0)-3.3
Free throws3 (3-of-4)4.9 (4.9-of-6.8)-1.9
Total2521.1+3.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

33.5 against a usual 18.6 (+14.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.6
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+1.8
Steals and blocks+3.4
Turnovers and fouls+3.2
Total+14.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 33.1, 11, 20.9, 23.7, 15, 18.3, 18, 19.4, 18.9, 16.2, 33.5

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 140-116 at home against the Trail Blazers, a 24-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season.
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.