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Kon Knueppel

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: Charlotte Hornets

Regular season · Nov 14, 2025 · CHA 134 @ MIL 147 · Final

Kon Knueppel 32 points vs Bucks (Nov 14, 2025)

ANSWER

32 PTS · 12-of-20 FG · 4-of-9 3P · 4-of-5 FT · 41:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 16.6 PTS · 12.6 FGA · 32.4 MIN, from 11 regular-season games

Game Score 25.6 against a usual 11.5 (+14.1)

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 Kon Knueppel score 32 points?

In 41:12 against the Bucks on Nov 14, 2025, Kon Knueppel scored 32 points: 12-of-20 from the field (60.0%), 4-of-9 from three (44.4%), 4-of-5 on free throws (80.0%). Before this game, Knueppel averaged 16.6 points on 12.6 shots in 32.4 minutes across 11 regular-season games. The shot count was 20, against a usual 12.6. The rate from the field was 60.0%, against a usual 44.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 16 (4.9), threes 12 (9.5), free throws 4 (2.2). Minutes: 41:12, against a usual 32.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 22.4, against a usual 12.8. Steals and blocks: 3 and 0, against a usual 0.5 and 0.1. At the Bucks, the Hornets lost 147-134. 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

Knueppel in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (11 games)Change
Minutes41:1232.4+8.8
Points3216.6+15.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%20 · 60.0%12.6 · 44.6%+7.4 · +15.4
3PA · 3P%9 · 44.4%8.0 · 39.8%+1.0 · +4.6
FTA · FT%5 · 80.0%2.5 · 88.9%+2.5 · -8.9
Rebounds36.4-3.4
Assists32.8+0.2
Turnovers22.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games25.220.6+4.6
Game Score per 36 minutes22.412.8+9.6
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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 (11 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-9)9.5 (3.2-of-8.0)+2.5
Twos16 (8-of-11)4.9 (2.5-of-4.6)+11.1
Free throws4 (4-of-5)2.2 (2.2-of-2.5)+1.8
Total3216.6+15.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.6 against a usual 11.5 (+14.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.5
Rebounds-0.9
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+2.4
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+14.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 7.4, 5.7, 15.4, 14.6, -1.2, 0.1, 21.2, 13.8, 20.5, 21.4, 7.6, 25.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hornets lost 147-134 at the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 12, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season: 16 points (Nov 12, 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.