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Kobe Brown

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Indiana Pacers

Regular season · Dec 5, 2025 · LAC 98 @ MEM 107 · Final

Kobe Brown: season-high 13 points vs Grizzlies (Dec 5, 2025)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 3-of-7 FG · 2-of-6 3P · 5-of-6 FT · 21:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.2 PTS · 2.9 FGA · 11.4 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 12.8 against a usual 2.8 (+10.0)

Season-high 13 points (previous high 9, set on Nov 10, 2025 and Nov 20, 2025)

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 Kobe Brown score 13 points?

In 21:12 against the Grizzlies on Dec 5, 2025, Kobe Brown scored 13 points: 3-of-7 from the field, 2-of-6 from three (33.3%), 5-of-6 on free throws (83.3%). Before this game, Brown averaged 3.2 points on 2.9 shots in 11.4 minutes across 15 regular-season games. The 13 points were a season high, above the previous 9. By Game Score it was the best of 16 games this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 2.9. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 5 (0.3), threes 6 (1.4). Playing time was 21:12, against a usual 11.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.7, against a usual 8.7. Brown had 3 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.3 and 0.1. At the Grizzlies, the Clippers lost 107-98. 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

Brown in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes21:1211.4+9.8
Points133.2+9.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-72.9 · 40.9%+4.1
3PA · 3P%6 · 33.3%1.8 · 25.9%+4.2 · +7.4
FTA · FT%6 · 83.3%0.4 · 83.3%+5.6 · 0.0
Rebounds42.1+1.9
Assists11.1-0.1
Turnovers10.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games23.314.5+8.8
Game Score per 36 minutes21.78.7+13.0
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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 (15 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-6)1.4 (0.5-of-1.8)+4.6
Twos2 (1-of-1)1.5 (0.7-of-1.1)+0.5
Free throws5 (5-of-6)0.3 (0.3-of-0.4)+4.7
Total133.2+9.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.8 against a usual 2.8 (+10.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.3
Rebounds+0.3
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks+2.6
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+10.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.1, 0.3, 1, -0.4, 1.5, 8.7, 1.3, 5.6, -1.7, 1.7, 5.4, 2.1, 2.2, 5.3, 4.2, 12.8

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 8.7, set on Nov 10, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers lost 107-98 at the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 3, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 5 points (Nov 28, 2025).
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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.