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Bobby Portis Jr.

F · 6′10″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Nov 28, 2025 · MIL 109 @ NYK 118 · Final

Bobby Portis Jr. 3 points on 1-of-7 vs Knicks (Nov 28, 2025): lowest of 20 games

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 17:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.3 PTS · 9.4 FGA · 21.9 MIN, from this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season: -2.0 against a usual 8.4 (-10.4)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far below the usual comes about once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Bobby Portis Jr. score 3 points?

Bobby Portis Jr. scored 3 points against the Knicks on Nov 28, 2025 in 17:36: 1-of-7 from the field, 1-of-4 from three. Before this game, the usual line was 11.3 points on 9.4 shots in 21.9 minutes: this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 20 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 6.2); threes 3 points (usual 4.5). Portis played 17:36 against a usual 21.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.1, against a usual 13.8. At the Knicks, the Bucks lost 118-109. 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

Portis in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes17:3621.9-4.3
Points311.3-8.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-79.4 · 49.1%-2.4
3PA · 3P%1-of-43.2 · 47.2%+0.8
Rebounds35.8-2.8
Assists21.2+0.8
Turnovers21.1+0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 19 games25.321.7+3.6
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.113.8-17.9
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-4)4.5 (1.5-of-3.2)-1.5
Twos0 (0-of-3)6.2 (3.1-of-6.2)-6.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-0.9)-0.6
Total311.3-8.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.0 against a usual 8.4 (-10.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.0
Rebounds-1.3
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls-1.1
Total-10.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.1, 5.3, 2.9, 5.5, 8.3, 14.3, 2.8, -0.5, 6.6, 12.9, 11.9, 9.5, 6.8, 5.4, 9.7, 15.8, 17.3, 18.5, 3.4, -2

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.5, set on Nov 4, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 118-109 at the Knicks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 26, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks this season: 9 points (Oct 28, 2025).
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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.