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Maxi Kleber

6′10″ · Inactive · last listed with Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Jan 17, 2026 · LAL 116 @ POR 132 · Final

Maxi Kleber: season-high 11 points vs Trail Blazers (Jan 17, 2026)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-8 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 20:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 1.6 PTS · 1.7 FGA · 11.0 MIN, from 19 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 20 games this season: 10.6 against a usual 1.2 (+9.4)

Season-high 11 points (previous high 5, set on Dec 1, 2025 and Dec 18, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Maxi Kleber score 11 points?

Maxi Kleber scored 11 points against the Trail Blazers on Jan 17, 2026 in 20:42: 4-of-8 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Kleber had averaged 1.6 points on 1.7 shots in 11.0 minutes, from 19 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 5 points. By Game Score it was the best of 20 games this season. The shot count was 8, against a usual 1.7. By shot type: two-pointers 6 points (usual 0.6); threes 3 points (usual 0.5); free throws 2 points (usual 0.5). Kleber played 20:42 against a usual 11.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 18.4, against a usual 3.9. Rebounds: 5, against a usual 1.7. At the Trail Blazers, the Lakers lost 132-116. 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

01

What changed

Kleber in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (19 games)Change
Minutes20:4211.0+9.7
Points111.6+9.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-81.7 · 28.1%+6.3
3PA · 3P%1-of-20.8 · 20.0%+1.2
FTA · FT%2-of-20.6 · 75.0%+1.4
Rebounds51.7+3.3
Assists10.7+0.3
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes18.43.9+14.5
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 (19 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)0.5 (0.2-of-0.8)+2.5
Twos6 (3-of-6)0.6 (0.3-of-0.9)+5.4
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+1.5
Total111.6+9.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

10.6 against a usual 1.2 (+9.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.5
Rebounds+2.4
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+9.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.6, 4.6, 3.1, 0, 0.8, 0.8, -1.9, 1.9, 5.7, -0.4, 4.4, -1.6, 1.3, -0.5, 1.9, -2.1, 0.4, 1.3, 0.7, 10.6

Best Game Score of 20 games this season.

Previous best: 5.7, set on Dec 1, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers lost 132-116 at the Trail Blazers.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season.
06

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.