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Saddiq Bey

F · 6′8″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Nov 12, 2025 · POR 125 @ NOP 117 · Final

Saddiq Bey 25 points vs Trail Blazers (Nov 12, 2025)

ANSWER

25 PTS · 8-of-16 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 6-of-7 FT · 35:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.4 PTS · 9.4 FGA · 25.7 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score 21.3 against a usual 8.8 (+12.5)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Saddiq Bey score 25 points?

Saddiq Bey scored 25 points against the Trail Blazers on Nov 12, 2025 in 35:12: 8-of-16 from the field (50.0%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), 6-of-7 on free throws (85.7%). Before this game, Bey averaged 11.4 points on 9.4 shots in 25.7 minutes across 10 regular-season games. Bey took 16 shots, 6.6 more than usual. Bey shot 50.0% from the field, against a usual 44.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 10 (4.4), free throws 6 (1.0), threes 9 (6.0). Bey played 35:12 against a usual 25.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 21.8, against a usual 12.3. Bey had 5 assists, against a usual 1.3. The Pelicans lost 125-117 at home against the Trail Blazers. 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

Bey in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes35:1225.7+9.5
Points2511.4+13.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 50.0%9.4 · 44.7%+6.6 · +5.3
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%4.9 · 40.8%+3.1 · -3.3
FTA · FT%7 · 85.7%1.6 · 62.5%+5.4 · +23.2
Rebounds64.2+1.8
Assists51.3+3.7
Turnovers10.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games24.917.5+7.4
Game Score per 36 minutes21.812.3+9.5
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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 (10 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-8)6.0 (2.0-of-4.9)+3.0
Twos10 (5-of-8)4.4 (2.2-of-4.5)+5.6
Free throws6 (6-of-7)1.0 (1.0-of-1.6)+5.0
Total2511.4+13.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.3 against a usual 8.8 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.3
Rebounds+1.7
Assists+2.6
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.4
Total+12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 11.1, 8.4, 5.9, 5.8, 7.2, -1.2, 12.7, 18.6, 8.7, 10.3, 21.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 125-117 at home against the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 10, 2025, 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.