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Craig Porter Jr.

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Cleveland Cavaliers

Regular season · Apr 6, 2026 · CLE 142 @ MEM 126 · Final

Craig Porter Jr. 11 points vs Grizzlies (Apr 6, 2026): 2nd-best of 61 games

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-7 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 26:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.4 PTS · 4.0 FGA · 17.7 MIN, from 60 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of the 61 games the source holds this season: 18.9 against a usual 5.8 (+13.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Craig Porter Jr. score 11 points?

Craig Porter Jr. scored 11 points against the Grizzlies on Apr 6, 2026 in 26:12: 4-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Porter averaged 4.4 points on 4.0 shots in 17.7 minutes across 60 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of the 61 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 4.0. From two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 2.5; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.3; from threes, 3 points against a usual 1.6. Minutes: 26:12, against a usual 17.7; Game Score per 36 minutes: 26.0, against a usual 11.9. Porter had 8 rebounds, against a usual 3.3. The Cavaliers won 142-126 at the Grizzlies. 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

Porter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (60 games)Change
Minutes26:1217.7+8.5
Points114.4+6.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-74.0 · 44.4%+3.0
3PA · 3P%1-of-31.5 · 35.2%+1.5
FTA · FT%2-of-20.6 · 55.6%+1.4
Rebounds83.3+4.7
Assists63.2+2.8
Turnovers00.9-0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 58 games12.312.4-0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes26.011.9+14.1
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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 (60 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)1.6 (0.5-of-1.5)+1.4
Twos6 (3-of-4)2.5 (1.2-of-2.5)+3.5
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.3 (0.3-of-0.6)+1.7
Total114.4+6.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.9 against a usual 5.8 (+13.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.5
Rebounds+2.2
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+2.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+13.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 61 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, 15.2, 4.9, 8.6, 7.4, 5.2, 7.4, -0.8, -0.1, 1.3, 24.3, 13.2, 2.2, 10.1, 12, 2.3, 6.1, 6.5, 0, 12, -0.9, 10.3, -2, 9.2, 1.3, 18.5, 1.3, 6.7, 6.9, 12.4, 5.3, 12.9, 3.7, 5.4, 4.7, 2.3, 6.5, 5.4, 4.6, 4.9, 2.7, 5.9, 9.1, 13.7, 7.3, 7.2, -2.1, 4.8, -1.9, 0.3, 13.7, 9.4, 0.8, 8.1, -0.7, -0.4, 7.7, 3.6, -3.1, 5.9, 18.9

2nd-best Game Score of the 61 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Cavaliers won 142-126 at the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 5, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 3 points (Nov 15, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Cavaliers 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.