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Jarred Vanderbilt

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Oct 27, 2025 · POR 122 @ LAL 108 · Final

Jarred Vanderbilt 14 points vs Trail Blazers (Oct 27, 2025)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 6-of-11 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 28:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.0 PTS · 3.4 FGA · 17.0 MIN, from this season's 3 games plus last season's average, counted as 8.5 games

Game Score 16.4 against a usual 4.4 (+12.0)

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 Jarred Vanderbilt score 14 points?

Jarred Vanderbilt scored 14 points against the Trail Blazers on Oct 27, 2025 in 28:00: 6-of-11 from the field (54.5%), 0-of-1 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 4.0 points on 3.4 shots in 17.0 minutes: this season's 3 games plus last season's average, counted as 8.5 games. The shot count was 11, against a usual 3.4. Vanderbilt shot 54.5% from the field, against a usual 42.8%. From two-pointers, 12 points against a usual 2.6; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.8. Playing time was 28:00, against a usual 17.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.1, against a usual 9.4. The Lakers lost 122-108 at home against the Trail Blazers. 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

Vanderbilt in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes28:0017.0+11.0
Points144.0+10.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 54.5%3.4 · 42.8%+7.6 · +11.7
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.9 · 20.1%+0.1
FTA · FT%2-of-21.3 · 67.0%+0.7
Rebounds85.0+3.0
Assists31.0+2.0
Turnovers11.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 3 games18.314.6+3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes21.19.4+11.7
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
Threes0 (0-of-1)0.6 (0.2-of-0.9)-0.6
Twos12 (6-of-10)2.6 (1.3-of-2.5)+9.4
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.8 (0.8-of-1.3)+1.2
Total144.0+10.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.4 against a usual 4.4 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.7
Rebounds+1.9
Assists+1.4
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -2.9, 4.7, 7.4, 16.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers lost 122-108 at home against the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Oct 26, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers 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.