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Rudy Gobert

C · 7′1″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Nov 15, 2025 · DEN 123 @ MIN 112 · Final

Rudy Gobert 4 points on 2-of-3 in 23 minutes vs Nuggets (Nov 15, 2025)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-3 FG · 23:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.2 PTS · 6.4 FGA · 32.5 MIN, from this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games

Game Score 1.8 against a usual 12.5 (-10.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far below the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Rudy Gobert score 4 points?

Rudy Gobert scored 4 points against the Nuggets on Nov 15, 2025 in 23:12: 2-of-3 from the field, no free throw attempts. The usual line blends this season's 12 games with last season's average, counted as 4 games: 11.2 points on 6.4 shots in 32.5 minutes. Gobert took 3 shots, 3.4 fewer than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 4 points (usual 9.4); free throws 0 points (usual 1.8). Gobert played 23:12 against a usual 32.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 2.8, against a usual 13.9. Gobert had 4 turnovers and 4 fouls, against a usual 1.4 and 2.9. At home against the Nuggets, the Timberwolves lost 123-112. 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

Gobert in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes23:1232.5-9.3
Points411.2-7.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-36.4 · 74.0%-3.4
FTA · FT%0-of-03.4 · 54.0%-3.4
Rebounds610.2-4.2
Assists01.5-1.5
Turnovers41.4+2.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games13.011.9+1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes2.813.9-11.1
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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 (blended)Change
Twos4 (2-of-3)9.4 (4.7-of-6.4)-5.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.8 (1.8-of-3.4)-1.8
Total411.2-7.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.8 against a usual 12.5 (-10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.3
Rebounds-1.7
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks+0.4
Turnovers and fouls-3.0
Total-10.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 8.9, 4.3, 16.8, 7.1, 7.9, 21.3, 14, 6.8, 10.6, 23, 13.7, 9.8, 1.8

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves lost 123-112 at home against the Nuggets.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 14, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nuggets this season: 8 points (Oct 27, 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.