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Pelle Larsson

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Nov 21, 2025 · MIA 143 @ CHI 107 · Final

Pelle Larsson 16 points vs Bulls (Nov 21, 2025): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

16 PTS · 4-of-5 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 26:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.1 PTS · 6.9 FGA · 22.2 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 20.0 against a usual 8.0 (+12.0)

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 Pelle Larsson score 16 points?

In 26:06 against the Bulls on Nov 21, 2025, Pelle Larsson scored 16 points: 4-of-5 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Coming in, Larsson had averaged 10.1 points on 6.9 shots in 22.2 minutes, from 15 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 16 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 6 (1.8), threes 6 (3.6). Larsson played 26:06 against a usual 22.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 27.6, against a usual 13.0. Assists: 7, against a usual 2.9. At the Bulls, the Heat won 143-107, a 36-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

01

What changed

Larsson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes26:0622.2+3.9
Points1610.1+5.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-56.9 · 51.0%-1.9
3PA · 3P%2-of-33.2 · 37.5%-0.2
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%2.3 · 80.0%+3.7 · +20.0
Rebounds22.7-0.7
Assists72.9+4.1
Turnovers01.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games10.916.9-6.0
Game Score per 36 minutes27.613.0+14.6
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 (15 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)3.6 (1.2-of-3.2)+2.4
Twos4 (2-of-2)4.7 (2.3-of-3.7)-0.7
Free throws6 (6-of-6)1.8 (1.8-of-2.3)+4.2
Total1610.1+5.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.0 against a usual 8.0 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.6
Rebounds0.0
Assists+2.9
Steals and blocks+1.5
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: -1.5, 4.9, -0.1, 17.4, 3.5, 15.9, 8.2, 5.2, 16.5, 13.4, 6.1, 4.6, 10.7, 10.4, 5, 20

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 17.4, set on Oct 28, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat won 143-107 at the Bulls, a 36-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 19, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls 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.