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Kevin Huerter

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Nov 10, 2025 · SAS 121 @ CHI 117 · Final

Kevin Huerter 23 points vs Spurs (Nov 10, 2025)

ANSWER

23 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 4-of-9 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 33:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.9 PTS · 9.4 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from this season's 9 games plus last season's average, counted as 5.5 games

Game Score 19.9 against a usual 9.3 (+10.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Kevin Huerter score 23 points?

In 33:30 against the Spurs on Nov 10, 2025, Kevin Huerter scored 23 points: 8-of-14 from the field (57.1%), 4-of-9 from three (44.4%), 3-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 11.9 points on 9.4 shots in 24.8 minutes: this season's 9 games plus last season's average, counted as 5.5 games. Huerter took 14 shots, 4.6 more than usual. The rate from the field was 57.1%, against a usual 46.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 12 (4.9), two-pointers 8 (5.5), free throws 3 (1.5). Playing time was 33:30, against a usual 24.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.4, against a usual 13.5. The Bulls lost 121-117 at home against the Spurs. 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

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What changed

Huerter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes33:3024.8+8.7
Points2311.9+11.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 57.1%9.4 · 46.6%+4.6 · +10.5
3PA · 3P%9 · 44.4%5.0 · 32.6%+4.0 · +11.8
FTA · FT%3-of-41.8 · 84.1%+2.2
Rebounds53.6+1.4
Assists52.7+2.3
Turnovers11.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 9 games20.921.3-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes21.413.5+7.9
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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-9)4.9 (1.6-of-5.0)+7.1
Twos8 (4-of-5)5.5 (2.8-of-4.4)+2.5
Free throws3 (3-of-4)1.5 (1.5-of-1.8)+1.5
Total2311.9+11.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.9 against a usual 9.3 (+10.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.1
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+1.6
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total+10.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 11, 12.5, 10.3, 15.6, 13, 5.1, 6.2, 6.8, 14.5, 19.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls lost 121-117 at home against the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 8, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season.
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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.