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Keldon Johnson

F-G · 6′5″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Nov 20, 2025 · ATL 126 @ SAS 135 · Final

Keldon Johnson 25 points vs Hawks (Nov 20, 2025)

ANSWER

25 PTS · 9-of-12 FG · 3-of-5 3P · 4-of-5 FT · 32:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.8 PTS · 8.8 FGA · 23.7 MIN, from this season's 14 games plus last season's average, counted as 3 games

Game Score 22.3 against a usual 10.6 (+11.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Keldon Johnson score 25 points?

Keldon Johnson scored 25 points against the Hawks on Nov 20, 2025 in 32:06: 9-of-12 from the field (75.0%), 3-of-5 from three (60.0%), 4-of-5 on free throws (80.0%). The usual line blends this season's 14 games with last season's average, counted as 3 games: 11.8 points on 8.8 shots in 23.7 minutes. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 8.8. Johnson shot 75.0% from the field, against a usual 54.0%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (2.0), two-pointers 12 (8.1), free throws 4 (1.7). Playing time was 32:06, against a usual 23.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 25.0, against a usual 16.0. The Spurs won 135-126 at home against the Hawks. 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
Minutes32:0623.7+8.4
Points2511.8+13.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 75.0%8.8 · 54.0%+3.2 · +21.0
3PA · 3P%5 · 60.0%2.6 · 26.1%+2.4 · +33.9
FTA · FT%5 · 80.0%2.0 · 80.6%+3.0 · -0.6
Rebounds76.0+1.0
Assists21.7+0.3
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games21.218.5+2.7
Game Score per 36 minutes25.016.0+9.0
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
Threes9 (3-of-5)2.0 (0.7-of-2.6)+7.0
Twos12 (6-of-7)8.1 (4.1-of-6.2)+3.9
Free throws4 (4-of-5)1.7 (1.7-of-2.0)+2.3
Total2511.8+13.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.3 against a usual 10.6 (+11.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.4
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls-1.3
Total+11.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 12.7, 7.2, 19.3, 9.3, 9.7, 11.9, 10.2, 8.4, 16.7, 8.9, 6.5, 2.4, 13, 13.8, 22.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 135-126 at home against the Hawks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 18, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks this season.
  • The source holds fewer Spurs 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.