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Jalen Suggs

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Nov 20, 2025 · LAC 101 @ ORL 129 · Final

Jalen Suggs 23 points vs Clippers (Nov 20, 2025)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 5-of-9 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 26:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.6 PTS · 9.7 FGA · 24.6 MIN, from this season's 11 games plus last season's average, counted as 4.5 games

Game Score 21.9 against a usual 10.7 (+11.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 Jalen Suggs score 23 points?

Jalen Suggs scored 23 points against the Clippers on Nov 20, 2025 in 26:18: 8-of-15 from the field (53.3%), 5-of-9 from three (55.6%), 2-of-2 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 11 games with last season's average, counted as 4.5 games: 13.6 points on 9.7 shots in 24.6 minutes. Shot attempts: 15, against a usual 9.7. The 53.3% from the field compares with a usual 47.3%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 15 (5.4). Minutes: 26:18, against a usual 24.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: 30.0, against a usual 15.7. At home against the Clippers, the Magic won 129-101, a 28-point win. 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

Suggs in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes26:1824.6+1.7
Points2313.6+9.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 53.3%9.7 · 47.3%+5.3 · +6.0
3PA · 3P%9 · 55.6%5.4 · 33.4%+3.6 · +22.2
FTA · FT%2-of-22.9 · 89.7%-0.9
Rebounds34.0-1.0
Assists74.4+2.6
Turnovers33.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games30.122.8+7.3
Game Score per 36 minutes30.015.7+14.3
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
Threes15 (5-of-9)5.4 (1.8-of-5.4)+9.6
Twos6 (3-of-6)5.6 (2.8-of-4.3)+0.4
Free throws2 (2-of-2)2.6 (2.6-of-2.9)-0.6
Total2313.6+9.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.9 against a usual 10.7 (+11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds-0.2
Assists+1.8
Steals and blocks+1.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.9
Total+11.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 12.9, 7.2, 9.9, 9.2, 5.9, 10.8, 10.2, 21.6, 9.4, 8.3, 12.1, 21.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic won 129-101 at home against the Clippers, a 28-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 18, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Clippers this season.
  • The source holds fewer Magic games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.