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Ayo Dosunmu

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Oct 31, 2025 · NYK 125 @ CHI 135 · Final

Ayo Dosunmu 22 points vs Knicks (Oct 31, 2025)

ANSWER

22 PTS · 8-of-10 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 5-of-6 FT · 29:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.1 PTS · 10.0 FGA · 28.7 MIN, from this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games

Game Score 24.1 against a usual 10.5 (+13.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Ayo Dosunmu score 22 points?

Ayo Dosunmu scored 22 points against the Knicks on Oct 31, 2025 in 29:18: 8-of-10 from the field (80.0%), 1-of-3 from three, 5-of-6 on free throws (83.3%). The usual line blends this season's 4 games with last season's average, counted as 8 games: 13.1 points on 10.0 shots in 28.7 minutes. The 80.0% from the field compares with a usual 50.3%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 6.8); free throws 5 points (usual 1.4); threes 3 points (usual 4.9). Minutes: 29:18, against a usual 28.7; Game Score per 36 minutes: 29.6, against a usual 13.2. Assists: 9, against a usual 3.6. The Bulls won 135-125 at home against the Knicks. 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

01

What changed

Dosunmu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes29:1828.7+0.6
Points2213.1+8.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 80.0%10.0 · 50.3%0.0 · +29.7
3PA · 3P%1-of-34.2 · 38.9%-1.2
FTA · FT%6 · 83.3%1.7 · 80.9%+4.3 · +2.4
Rebounds43.3+0.7
Assists93.6+5.4
Turnovers11.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 4 games21.019.3+1.7
Game Score per 36 minutes29.613.2+16.4
02

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
Threes3 (1-of-3)4.9 (1.6-of-4.2)-1.9
Twos14 (7-of-7)6.8 (3.4-of-5.8)+7.2
Free throws5 (5-of-6)1.4 (1.4-of-1.7)+3.6
Total2213.1+8.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.1 against a usual 10.5 (+13.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.8
Rebounds0.0
Assists+3.8
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+13.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 9.9, 9.7, 17.9, 5.1, 24.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls won 135-125 at home against the Knicks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks this season.
06

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.