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Donovan Clingan

C · 7′2″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

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

Donovan Clingan 21 rebounds vs Bulls (Nov 19, 2025)

ANSWER

17 PTS · 21 REB · 7-of-13 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 2-of-3 FT · 33:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.5 PTS · 9.0 REB · 7.0 FGA · 24.1 MIN, from this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games

Game Score 24.6 against a usual 10.0 (+14.6)

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 Donovan Clingan have 21 rebounds?

In 33:30 against the Bulls on Nov 19, 2025, Donovan Clingan scored 17 points: 7-of-13 from the field (53.8%), 1-of-3 from three, 2-of-3 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 14 games with last season's average, counted as 3 games: 8.5 points on 7.0 shots in 24.1 minutes. Clingan took 13 shots, 6.0 more than usual. The rate from the field was 53.8%, against a usual 48.0%. By shot type: two-pointers 12 points (usual 5.7); threes 3 points (usual 1.5). Playing time was 33:30, against a usual 24.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 26.4, against a usual 14.9. Rebounds: 21, against a usual 9.0. 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

01

What changed

Clingan in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes33:3024.1+9.4
Points178.5+8.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 53.8%7.0 · 48.0%+6.0 · +5.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-32.5 · 20.5%+0.5
FTA · FT%2-of-31.4 · 87.7%+1.6
Rebounds219.0+12.0
Assists41.2+2.8
Turnovers00.8-0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games15.114.0+1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes26.414.9+11.5
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
Threes3 (1-of-3)1.5 (0.5-of-2.5)+1.5
Twos12 (6-of-10)5.7 (2.9-of-4.5)+6.3
Free throws2 (2-of-3)1.3 (1.3-of-1.4)+0.7
Total178.5+8.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.6 against a usual 10.0 (+14.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.5
Rebounds+5.8
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+14.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 9.5, 15.9, 13.8, 18.8, 9.2, 7.4, 2.6, 7.3, 15, 1.2, 6.4, 7.7, 18, 13.5, 24.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

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.
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.