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Corey Kispert

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Nov 22, 2025 · WAS 120 @ CHI 121 · Final

Corey Kispert 20 points vs Bulls (Nov 22, 2025)

ANSWER

20 PTS · 7-of-10 FG · 3-of-6 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 36:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.8 PTS · 6.0 FGA · 19.7 MIN, from this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games

Game Score 20.8 against a usual 5.5 (+15.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Corey Kispert score 20 points?

In 36:48 against the Bulls on Nov 22, 2025, Corey Kispert scored 20 points: 7-of-10 from the field (70.0%), 3-of-6 from three (50.0%), 3-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 7.8 points on 6.0 shots in 19.7 minutes: this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games. Kispert took 10 shots, 4.0 more than usual. The 70.0% from the field compares with a usual 45.9%. By shot type: two-pointers 8 points (usual 2.7); threes 9 points (usual 4.2); free throws 3 points (usual 0.9). Minutes: 36:48, against a usual 19.7; Game Score per 36 minutes: 20.3, against a usual 10.1. Assists: 5, against a usual 1.4. The Wizards lost 121-120 at the Bulls. 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

Kispert in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes36:4819.7+17.1
Points207.8+12.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 70.0%6.0 · 45.9%+4.0 · +24.1
3PA · 3P%6 · 50.0%3.8 · 36.8%+2.2 · +13.2
FTA · FT%3-of-31.3 · 68.8%+1.7
Rebounds52.3+2.7
Assists51.4+3.6
Turnovers10.7+0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games13.414.8-1.4
Game Score per 36 minutes20.310.1+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 (blended)Change
Threes9 (3-of-6)4.2 (1.4-of-3.8)+4.8
Twos8 (4-of-4)2.7 (1.3-of-2.2)+5.3
Free throws3 (3-of-3)0.9 (0.9-of-1.3)+2.1
Total207.8+12.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.8 against a usual 5.5 (+15.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.3
Rebounds+1.1
Assists+2.5
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+15.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 7.7, 7.1, 0.2, 7.3, 5.8, -2.9, 13.8, 5.6, 3.9, 9.8, 2.7, 3.2, -2.4, 8.2, 20.8

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wizards lost 121-120 at the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 21, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season.
  • The source holds fewer Wizards games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.