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Cameron Johnson

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Nov 17, 2025 · CHI 130 @ DEN 127 · Final

Cameron Johnson 19 points vs Bulls (Nov 17, 2025)

ANSWER

19 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 5-of-7 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 36:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.2 PTS · 7.1 FGA · 24.5 MIN, from 11 regular-season games

Game Score 17.1 against a usual 4.6 (+12.5)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Cameron Johnson score 19 points?

In 36:54 against the Bulls on Nov 17, 2025, Cameron Johnson scored 19 points: 6-of-12 from the field (50.0%), 5-of-7 from three (71.4%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Johnson averaged 7.2 points on 7.1 shots in 24.5 minutes across 11 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 7.1. The rate from the field was 50.0%, against a usual 37.2%. By shot type: threes 15 points (usual 2.2); two-pointers 2 points (usual 3.8). Johnson played 36:54 against a usual 24.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 16.7, against a usual 6.8. At home against the Bulls, the Nuggets lost 130-127. 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

Johnson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (11 games)Change
Minutes36:5424.5+12.4
Points197.2+11.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 50.0%7.1 · 37.2%+4.9 · +12.8
3PA · 3P%7 · 71.4%3.5 · 21.1%+3.5 · +50.3
FTA · FT%2-of-21.5 · 81.3%+0.5
Rebounds42.6+1.4
Assists31.8+1.2
Turnovers00.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games14.414.3+0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes16.76.8+9.9
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 (11 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-7)2.2 (0.7-of-3.5)+12.8
Twos2 (1-of-5)3.8 (1.9-of-3.6)-1.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.2 (1.2-of-1.5)+0.8
Total197.2+11.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.1 against a usual 4.6 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.8
Rebounds+1.0
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.5
Total+12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, 12.8, 0.3, 3.8, 7.7, 5.5, 3.3, 1.6, 10.9, 2.2, 1.6, 17.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets lost 130-127 at home against the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 5 days earlier.
  • Between the previous appearance and this game, the Nuggets played on Nov 15, 2025; Johnson was not in that box score; the data does not say why.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls 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.