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Leonard Miller

F · 6′10″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Feb 26, 2026 · POR 121 @ CHI 112 · Final

Leonard Miller: season-high 11 points vs Trail Blazers (Feb 26, 2026)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 1-of-1 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 23:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.3 PTS · 1.7 FGA · 4.9 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 10.0 against a usual 1.8 (+8.2)

Season-high 11 points (previous high 7, set on Dec 31, 2025 and Jan 13, 2026)

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 Leonard Miller score 11 points?

Leonard Miller scored 11 points against the Trail Blazers on Feb 26, 2026 in 23:12: 4-of-5 from the field, 1-of-1 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Miller averaged 2.3 points on 1.7 shots in 4.9 minutes across 23 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 7 points. This game had the best Game Score of 24 games this season. Shot attempts: 5, against a usual 1.7. By shot type: two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.7); threes 3 points (usual 0.3); free throws 2 points (usual 0.3). Playing time was 23:12, against a usual 4.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 15.5, against a usual 13.2. Miller had 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 0.4 and 0.6. At home against the Trail Blazers, the Bulls lost 121-112. 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

Miller in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes23:124.9+18.3
Points112.3+8.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-51.7 · 57.9%+3.3
3PA · 3P%1-of-10.6 · 15.4%+0.4
FTA · FT%2-of-20.5 · 66.7%+1.5
Rebounds31.3+1.7
Assists20.3+1.7
Turnovers20.4+1.6
Game Score per 36 minutes15.513.2+2.3
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 (23 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-1)0.3 (0.1-of-0.6)+2.7
Twos6 (3-of-4)1.7 (0.9-of-1.1)+4.3
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)+1.7
Total112.3+8.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

10.0 against a usual 1.8 (+8.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.6
Rebounds+0.4
Assists+1.2
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls-2.1
Total+8.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.6, 0, 0.9, 2.3, 3.5, 2.4, 0.2, 0.4, -0.4, 0, 1.6, 5, 2.8, 6.4, 0, 5.9, 1, -1.7, -0.4, 1, 4.9, 0, 4.7, 10

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 6.4, set on Jan 6, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls lost 121-112 at home against the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 24, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers 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.