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Jordan Clarkson

G · 6′5″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Nov 14, 2025 · MIA 132 @ NYK 140 · Final

Jordan Clarkson 24 points vs Heat (Nov 14, 2025)

ANSWER

24 PTS · 6-of-13 FG · 3-of-6 3P · 9-of-11 FT · 33:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.1 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 15.8 MIN, from 11 regular-season games

Game Score 20.5 against a usual 5.8 (+14.7)

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 Jordan Clarkson score 24 points?

Jordan Clarkson scored 24 points against the Heat on Nov 14, 2025 in 33:12: 6-of-13 from the field (46.2%), 3-of-6 from three (50.0%), 9-of-11 on free throws (81.8%). Before this game, Clarkson averaged 9.1 points on 7.2 shots in 15.8 minutes across 11 regular-season games. The shot count was 13, against a usual 7.2. The rate from the field was 46.2%, against a usual 46.8%. From free throws, 9 points against a usual 0.9; from threes, 9 points against a usual 4.4; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 3.8. Playing time was 33:12, against a usual 15.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 22.2, against a usual 13.3. Rebounds: 5, against a usual 1.5. The Knicks won 140-132 at home against the Heat. 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

Clarkson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (11 games)Change
Minutes33:1215.8+17.4
Points249.1+14.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 46.2%7.2 · 46.8%+5.8 · -0.6
3PA · 3P%6 · 50.0%3.9 · 37.2%+2.1 · +12.8
FTA · FT%11 · 81.8%1.0 · 90.9%+10.0 · -9.1
Rebounds51.5+3.5
Assists31.5+1.5
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games20.722.5-1.8
Game Score per 36 minutes22.213.3+8.9
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 (11 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-6)4.4 (1.5-of-3.9)+4.6
Twos6 (3-of-7)3.8 (1.9-of-3.3)+2.2
Free throws9 (9-of-11)0.9 (0.9-of-1.0)+8.1
Total249.1+14.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.5 against a usual 5.8 (+14.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.2
Rebounds+2.4
Assists+1.1
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+14.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 0.5, 3.5, 2, 6.1, 3.6, 10.3, 12.1, 3.2, 9.5, 10.2, 3.3, 20.5

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks won 140-132 at home against the Heat.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Heat this season: 8 points (Oct 26, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Knicks games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.