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Cody Williams

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Dec 15, 2025 · DAL 133 @ UTA 140 · Final

Cody Williams 11 points vs Mavericks (Dec 15, 2025)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 5-of-9 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 0-of-1 FT · 22:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.2 PTS · 3.1 FGA · 12.1 MIN, from 13 regular-season games

Game Score 7.2 against a usual 0.5 (+6.7)

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 Cody Williams score 11 points?

In 22:18 against the Mavericks on Dec 15, 2025, Cody Williams scored 11 points: 5-of-9 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 0-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Williams averaged 2.2 points on 3.1 shots in 12.1 minutes across 13 regular-season games. Williams took 9 shots, 5.9 more than usual. From two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 1.7; from threes, 3 points against a usual 0.4. Minutes: 22:18, against a usual 12.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 11.6, against a usual 1.4. The Jazz won 140-133 at home against the Mavericks. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (13 games)Change
Minutes22:1812.1+10.2
Points112.2+8.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-93.1 · 32.5%+5.9
3PA · 3P%1-of-31.5 · 10.5%+1.5
FTA · FT%0-of-10.2 · 33.3%+0.8
Rebounds10.9+0.1
Assists20.5+1.5
Turnovers00.4-0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games18.012.2+5.8
Game Score per 36 minutes11.61.4+10.2
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 (13 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)0.4 (0.1-of-1.5)+2.6
Twos8 (4-of-6)1.7 (0.8-of-1.6)+6.3
Free throws0 (0-of-1)0.1 (0.1-of-0.2)-0.1
Total112.2+8.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

7.2 against a usual 0.5 (+6.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.9
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+6.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 0, 1.1, 4.9, 0.7, 2.1, 1.1, -0.1, -3, 2.6, -2.2, -1.8, -1.8, 2.6, 7.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz won 140-133 at home against the Mavericks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Mavericks 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.