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Kobe Sanders

G · 6′8″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Dec 3, 2025 · LAC 115 @ ATL 92 · Final

Kobe Sanders 17 points vs Hawks (Dec 3, 2025)

ANSWER

17 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 2-of-2 3P · 5-of-5 FT · 27:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.4 PTS · 5.5 FGA · 19.3 MIN, from 13 regular-season games

Game Score 16.7 against a usual 3.4 (+13.3)

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 Kobe Sanders score 17 points?

In 27:12 against the Hawks on Dec 3, 2025, Kobe Sanders scored 17 points: 5-of-6 from the field, 2-of-2 from three, 5-of-5 on free throws (100.0%). Coming in, Sanders had averaged 6.4 points on 5.5 shots in 19.3 minutes, from 13 regular-season games. From two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 2.3; from free throws, 5 points against a usual 1.3; from threes, 6 points against a usual 2.8. Minutes: 27:12, against a usual 19.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: 22.1, against a usual 6.4. At the Hawks, the Clippers won 115-92, a 23-point win. 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

Sanders in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (13 games)Change
Minutes27:1219.3+7.9
Points176.4+10.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-65.5 · 37.5%+0.5
3PA · 3P%2-of-23.0 · 30.8%-1.0
FTA · FT%5 · 100.0%1.4 · 94.4%+3.6 · +5.6
Rebounds31.6+1.4
Assists41.3+2.7
Turnovers21.2+0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games16.416.5-0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes22.16.4+15.7
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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 (13 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-2)2.8 (0.9-of-3.0)+3.2
Twos6 (3-of-4)2.3 (1.2-of-2.5)+3.7
Free throws5 (5-of-5)1.3 (1.3-of-1.4)+3.7
Total176.4+10.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.7 against a usual 3.4 (+13.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.5
Rebounds+0.6
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks+0.4
Turnovers and fouls-1.1
Total+13.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, 0.3, 4.7, -2.7, 12.1, 10.7, -3.4, 9.2, 3.2, 2.8, 2.6, -1.5, 5.1, 16.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers won 115-92 at the Hawks, a 23-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 1, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks 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.