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Donovan Clingan

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

Regular season · Mar 13, 2026 · UTA 114 @ POR 124 · Final

Donovan Clingan 21 points vs Jazz (Mar 13, 2026): 2nd-best of 62 games

ANSWER

21 PTS · 7-of-12 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 35:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.8 PTS · 8.6 FGA · 27.3 MIN, from 61 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season: 29.1 against a usual 13.4 (+15.7)

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 score 21 points?

In 35:06 against the Jazz on Mar 13, 2026, Donovan Clingan scored 21 points: 7-of-12 from the field (58.3%), 1-of-3 from three, 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Clingan averaged 11.8 points on 8.6 shots in 27.3 minutes across 61 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 62 games this season. Clingan took 12 shots, 3.4 more than usual. Clingan shot 58.3% from the field, against a usual 52.3%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 12 (6.9), free throws 6 (1.7). Clingan played 35:06 against a usual 27.3 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 29.8, against a usual 17.7. Steals and blocks: 3 and 6, against a usual 0.5 and 1.5. At home against the Jazz, the Trail Blazers won 124-114. 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 (61 games)Change
Minutes35:0627.3+7.8
Points2111.8+9.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 58.3%8.6 · 52.3%+3.4 · +6.0
3PA · 3P%1-of-33.1 · 33.3%-0.1
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%2.7 · 65.0%+3.3 · +35.0
Rebounds1511.5+3.5
Assists22.1-0.1
Turnovers11.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 61 games17.816.5+1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes29.817.7+12.1
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 (61 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)3.2 (1.1-of-3.1)-0.2
Twos12 (6-of-9)6.9 (3.5-of-5.5)+5.1
Free throws6 (6-of-6)1.7 (1.7-of-2.7)+4.3
Total2111.8+9.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

29.1 against a usual 13.4 (+15.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.2
Rebounds+1.3
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+5.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+15.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 62 games, 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, 24, 6.5, 17.2, 10.9, 11.2, 4.6, 8.5, 17.9, 15.7, 20.7, 8.5, 11.5, 19.5, 18.6, 3.4, 14.3, 24.8, 13.1, 13, 13.5, 9.7, 6.1, 7.9, 15.3, 25.2, 9.3, 16.8, 10, 15.6, 5.1, 12.1, 20.7, 13.1, 22.5, 15.6, 10.3, 31.4, 15.1, 21.9, 19.2, 8, 12.1, 10.4, 15.2, 9.6, 12.6, 29.1

2nd-best Game Score of 62 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers won 124-114 at home against the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 10, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz this season: 5 points (Oct 29, 2025), 12 points (Jan 5, 2026), 23 points (Feb 12, 2026).
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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.