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Bobby Portis Jr.

F · 6′10″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Dec 18, 2025 · TOR 111 @ MIL 105 · Final

Bobby Portis Jr. 24 points vs Raptors (Dec 18, 2025): 2nd-best of 28 games

ANSWER

24 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 3-of-6 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 39:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.9 PTS · 9.8 FGA · 21.7 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season: 20.9 against a usual 8.8 (+12.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Bobby Portis Jr. score 24 points?

In 39:30 against the Raptors on Dec 18, 2025, Bobby Portis Jr. scored 24 points: 9-of-16 from the field (56.3%), 3-of-6 from three (50.0%), 3-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Portis averaged 11.9 points on 9.8 shots in 21.7 minutes across 27 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season. The shot count was 16, against a usual 9.8. The rate from the field was 56.3%, against a usual 48.9%. From two-pointers, 12 points against a usual 5.9; from threes, 9 points against a usual 5.5; from free throws, 3 points against a usual 0.5. Minutes: 39:30, against a usual 21.7; Game Score per 36 minutes: 19.0, against a usual 14.6. Portis had 2 steals and 1 block, against a usual 0.5 and 0.1. At home against the Raptors, the Bucks lost 111-105. 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 (27 games)Change
Minutes39:3021.7+17.8
Points2411.9+12.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 56.3%9.8 · 48.9%+6.2 · +7.4
3PA · 3P%6 · 50.0%3.8 · 47.6%+2.2 · +2.4
FTA · FT%3-of-30.9 · 60.9%+2.1
Rebounds125.7+6.3
Assists01.3-1.3
Turnovers11.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games20.823.0-2.2
Game Score per 36 minutes19.014.6+4.4
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 (27 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-6)5.5 (1.8-of-3.8)+3.5
Twos12 (6-of-10)5.9 (3.0-of-6.0)+6.1
Free throws3 (3-of-3)0.5 (0.5-of-0.9)+2.5
Total2411.9+12.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.9 against a usual 8.8 (+12.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.6
Rebounds+1.9
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks+2.1
Turnovers and fouls-0.6
Total+12.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 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, 7.4, 8.9, 12.1, 12.8, 5.6, 26.3, 8.9, 20.9

2nd-best Game Score of 28 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 111-105 at home against the Raptors.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season: 11 points (Oct 24, 2025), 2 points (Nov 4, 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.