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Bogdan Bogdanović

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Dec 20, 2025 · LAL 88 @ LAC 103 · Final

Bogdan Bogdanović 2 points on 1-of-6 in 18 minutes vs Lakers (Dec 20, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 17:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.7 PTS · 8.2 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score -2.0 against a usual 6.8 (-8.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Bogdan Bogdanović score 2 points?

In 17:54 against the Lakers on Dec 20, 2025, Bogdan Bogdanović scored 2 points: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 9.7 points on 8.2 shots in 24.8 minutes: this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games. From threes, 0 points against a usual 5.4; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.2; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 3.1. Minutes: 17:54, against a usual 24.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: -4.0, against a usual 9.8. The Clippers won 103-88 at home against the Lakers. 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

Bogdanović in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes17:5424.8-6.9
Points29.7-7.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-68.2 · 40.9%-2.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-45.0 · 36.0%-1.0
FTA · FT%0-of-01.4 · 84.9%-1.4
Rebounds23.2-1.2
Assists42.9+1.1
Turnovers21.3+0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games20.517.6+2.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.09.8-13.8
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
Threes0 (0-of-4)5.4 (1.8-of-5.0)-5.4
Twos2 (1-of-2)3.1 (1.6-of-3.2)-1.1
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.2 (1.2-of-1.4)-1.2
Total29.7-7.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.0 against a usual 6.8 (-8.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.1
Rebounds-0.5
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.3
Total-8.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -5.6, -1.2, 11.4, 10.8, 7.2, 18.8, 6.1, 8.9, 1.5, 5.8, 11.1, 5.6, 5.3, -2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers won 103-88 at home against the Lakers.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 18, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Lakers 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.