Brook Lopez: season-high 31 points vs Trail Blazers (Dec 26, 2025)
31 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 9-of-14 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 33:18 MIN
Usual before this game: 6.0 PTS · 5.3 FGA · 15.2 MIN, from 22 regular-season games
Best Game Score of 23 games this season: 25.2 against a usual 3.7 (+21.5)
Season-high 31 points (previous high 15, set on Oct 22, 2025)
above usual
No more than 1 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 less than once a season.
How the score worksWhy did Brook Lopez score 31 points?
In 33:18 against the Trail Blazers on Dec 26, 2025, Brook Lopez scored 31 points: 9-of-16 from the field (56.3%), 9-of-14 from three (64.3%), 4-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Lopez had averaged 6.0 points on 5.3 shots in 15.2 minutes, from 22 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 31 points. By Game Score it was the best of 23 games this season. Shot attempts: 16, against a usual 5.3. Lopez shot 56.3% from the field, against a usual 39.7%. By shot type: threes 27 points (usual 4.0); free throws 4 points (usual 0.5); two-pointers 0 points (usual 1.5). Minutes: 33:18, against a usual 15.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 27.2, against a usual 8.8. The Clippers won 119-103 at the Trail Blazers. 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
What changed
Lopez in this game against the usual line
| Stat | This game | Usual (22 games) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 33:18 | 15.2 | +18.1 |
| Points | 31 | 6.0 | +25.0 |
| Shots (FGA) · FG% | 16 · 56.3% | 5.3 · 39.7% | +10.7 · +16.6 |
| 3PA · 3P% | 14 · 64.3% | 3.6 · 36.7% | +10.4 · +27.6 |
| FTA · FT% | 4-of-4 | 0.7 · 73.3% | +3.3 |
| Rebounds | 5 | 2.2 | +2.8 |
| Assists | 1 | 0.7 | +0.3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0.9 | +0.1 |
| UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 22 games | 28.6 | 18.9 | +9.7 |
| Game Score per 36 minutes | 27.2 | 8.8 | +18.4 |
Points by shot type
Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change
| Shot type | This game | Usual (22 games) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threes | 27 (9-of-14) | 4.0 (1.3-of-3.6) | +23.0 |
| Twos | 0 (0-of-2) | 1.5 (0.8-of-1.7) | -1.5 |
| Free throws | 4 (4-of-4) | 0.5 (0.5-of-0.7) | +3.5 |
| Total | 31 | 6.0 | +25.0 |
Game Score
One measure of the whole box score line
25.2 against a usual 3.7 (+21.5)
Its five parts
| Part | Change |
|---|---|
| Scoring, net of shot attempts | +20.3 |
| Rebounds | +0.7 |
| Assists | +0.2 |
| Steals and blocks | +0.5 |
| Turnovers and fouls | -0.2 |
| Total | +21.5 |
Season so far
Regular season, in date order
Best Game Score of 23 games this season.
Previous best: 7.7, set on Oct 22, 2025.
Context
From the rows this page already reads
- The Clippers won 119-103 at the Trail Blazers.
- Previous appearance: Dec 23, 2025, 3 days earlier.
- Earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season: 5 points (Oct 26, 2025).
What this page cannot tell you
The same on every performance page
Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.
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.