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De'Aaron Fox

G · 6′3″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Nov 26, 2025 · SAS 115 @ POR 102 · Final

De'Aaron Fox 37 points vs Trail Blazers (Nov 26, 2025)

ANSWER

37 PTS · 11-of-25 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 12-of-12 FT · 33:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 23.5 PTS · 17.4 FGA · 34.7 MIN, from this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games

Game Score 31.2 against a usual 17.7 (+13.5)

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 De'Aaron Fox score 37 points?

In 33:06 against the Trail Blazers on Nov 26, 2025, De'Aaron Fox scored 37 points: 11-of-25 from the field (44.0%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), 12-of-12 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, the usual line was 23.5 points on 17.4 shots in 34.7 minutes: this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games. The shot count was 25, against a usual 17.4. The rate from the field was 44.0%, against a usual 48.9%. By shot type: free throws 12 points (usual 4.3); two-pointers 16 points (usual 12.7); threes 9 points (usual 6.5). Fox played 33:06 against a usual 34.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 33.9, against a usual 18.4. Fox had 3 steals and 1 block, against a usual 1.3 and 0.3. The Spurs won 115-102 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

01

What changed

Fox in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes33:0634.7-1.6
Points3723.5+13.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%25 · 44.0%17.4 · 48.9%+7.6 · -4.9
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%6.2 · 35.0%+1.8 · +2.5
FTA · FT%12 · 100.0%5.3 · 81.9%+6.7 · +18.1
Rebounds64.1+1.9
Assists86.2+1.8
Turnovers33.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 8 games39.928.3+11.6
Game Score per 36 minutes33.918.4+15.5
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-8)6.5 (2.2-of-6.2)+2.5
Twos16 (8-of-17)12.7 (6.3-of-11.2)+3.3
Free throws12 (12-of-12)4.3 (4.3-of-5.3)+7.7
Total3723.5+13.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

31.2 against a usual 17.7 (+13.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.5
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+1.3
Steals and blocks+2.1
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+13.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 19, 12.3, 3.4, 20.5, 25.3, 17.5, 24.8, 19.5, 31.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 115-102 at the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 23, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season.
  • The source holds fewer Spurs games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.