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Jalen Johnson

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Nov 13, 2025 · ATL 132 @ UTA 122 · Final

Jalen Johnson 31 points vs Jazz (Nov 13, 2025)

ANSWER

31 PTS · 10-of-19 FG · 4-of-5 3P · 7-of-11 FT · 40:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.0 PTS · 14.4 FGA · 32.8 MIN, from this season's 10 games plus last season's average, counted as 5 games

Game Score 37.1 against a usual 18.1 (+19.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
above usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Jalen Johnson score 31 points?

Jalen Johnson scored 31 points against the Jazz on Nov 13, 2025 in 40:36: 10-of-19 from the field (52.6%), 4-of-5 from three (80.0%), 7-of-11 on free throws (63.6%). Before this game, the usual line was 20.0 points on 14.4 shots in 32.8 minutes: this season's 10 games plus last season's average, counted as 5 games. Johnson took 19 shots, 4.6 more than usual. The 52.6% from the field compares with a usual 55.6%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 2.7); free throws 7 points (usual 3.1); two-pointers 12 points (usual 14.2). Playing time was 40:36, against a usual 32.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 32.9, against a usual 19.8. Johnson had 14 assists, against a usual 5.4. At the Jazz, the Hawks won 132-122. 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

Johnson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes40:3632.8+7.8
Points3120.0+11.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%19 · 52.6%14.4 · 55.6%+4.6 · -3.0
3PA · 3P%5 · 80.0%3.0 · 29.2%+2.0 · +50.8
FTA · FT%11 · 63.6%3.8 · 82.0%+7.2 · -18.4
Rebounds189.1+8.9
Assists145.4+8.6
Turnovers62.7+3.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games30.524.6+5.9
Game Score per 36 minutes32.919.8+13.1
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 (blended)Change
Threes12 (4-of-5)2.7 (0.9-of-3.0)+9.3
Twos12 (6-of-14)14.2 (7.1-of-11.4)-2.2
Free throws7 (7-of-11)3.1 (3.1-of-3.8)+3.9
Total3120.0+11.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

37.1 against a usual 18.1 (+19.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds+2.9
Assists+6.1
Steals and blocks+5.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.4
Total+19.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 20.9, 6.9, 22.7, 20.4, 25.2, 19, 13, 13.9, 16.1, 28.4, 37.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 132-122 at the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz 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.