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Deni Avdija

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Regular season · Nov 19, 2025 · CHI 122 @ POR 121 · Final

Deni Avdija 11 assists vs Bulls (Nov 19, 2025)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 11 AST · 11-of-22 FG · 3-of-7 3P · 7-of-12 FT · 37:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 24.0 PTS · 4.6 AST · 16.1 FGA · 33.1 MIN, from this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games

Game Score 29.3 against a usual 17.6 (+11.7)

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 Deni Avdija have 11 assists?

Deni Avdija scored 32 points against the Bulls on Nov 19, 2025 in 37:30: 11-of-22 from the field (50.0%), 3-of-7 from three (42.9%), 7-of-12 on free throws (58.3%). Before this game, the usual line was 24.0 points on 16.1 shots in 33.1 minutes: this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games. Shot attempts: 22, against a usual 16.1. Avdija shot 50.0% from the field, against a usual 48.2%. By shot type: two-pointers 16 points (usual 10.8); threes 9 points (usual 7.1). Minutes: 37:30, against a usual 33.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 28.1, against a usual 19.1. Assists: 11, against a usual 4.6. At home against the Bulls, the Trail Blazers lost 122-121. 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

Avdija in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes37:3033.1+4.4
Points3224.0+8.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%22 · 50.0%16.1 · 48.2%+5.9 · +1.8
3PA · 3P%7 · 42.9%6.4 · 37.2%+0.6 · +5.7
FTA · FT%12 · 58.3%7.2 · 84.9%+4.8 · -26.6
Rebounds116.6+4.4
Assists114.6+6.4
Turnovers33.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games28.528.1+0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes28.119.1+9.0
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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 (blended)Change
Threes9 (3-of-7)7.1 (2.4-of-6.4)+1.9
Twos16 (8-of-15)10.8 (5.4-of-9.7)+5.2
Free throws7 (7-of-12)6.1 (6.1-of-7.2)+0.9
Total3224.0+8.0
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

29.3 against a usual 17.6 (+11.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+3.6
Rebounds+1.2
Assists+4.5
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total+11.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 11.1, 19.7, 15.4, 20, 13.3, 14.3, 22.1, 24.7, 27.7, 18.9, 24.5, 11.9, 21.5, 13.1, 29.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers lost 122-121 at home against the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 18, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season.
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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.