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Rudy Gobert

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

Regular season · Dec 12, 2025 · MIN 127 @ GSW 120 · Final

Rudy Gobert 24 points vs Warriors (Dec 12, 2025): 2nd-best of 25 games

ANSWER

24 PTS · 11-of-13 FG · 2-of-3 FT · 35:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.1 PTS · 6.2 FGA · 31.4 MIN, from 24 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season: 26.5 against a usual 12.4 (+14.1)

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 Rudy Gobert score 24 points?

Rudy Gobert scored 24 points against the Warriors on Dec 12, 2025 in 35:12: 11-of-13 from the field (84.6%), 2-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Gobert had averaged 11.1 points on 6.2 shots in 31.4 minutes, from 24 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season. Gobert took 13 shots, 6.8 more than usual. Gobert shot 84.6% from the field, against a usual 73.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 22 (9.1). Playing time was 35:12, against a usual 31.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 27.1, against a usual 14.3. At the Warriors, the Timberwolves won 127-120. 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

Gobert in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (24 games)Change
Minutes35:1231.4+3.8
Points2411.1+12.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 84.6%6.2 · 73.6%+6.8 · +11.0
FTA · FT%2-of-33.8 · 53.8%-0.8
Rebounds1410.1+3.9
Assists11.9-0.9
Turnovers01.5-1.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 24 games17.612.7+4.9
Game Score per 36 minutes27.114.3+12.8
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 (24 games)Change
Twos22 (11-of-13)9.1 (4.5-of-6.2)+12.9
Free throws2 (2-of-3)2.0 (2.0-of-3.8)0.0
Total2411.1+12.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.5 against a usual 12.4 (+14.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.0
Rebounds+1.3
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks+1.3
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total+14.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 25 games, 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, 18.8, 11.2, 12.1, 12.8, 7.7, 14.3, 9.2, 28.4, 17.6, 3.5, 16.4, 26.5

2nd-best Game Score of 25 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves won 127-120 at the Warriors.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors 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.