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Aaron Gordon

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Mar 11, 2026 · HOU 93 @ DEN 129 · Final

Aaron Gordon 0 points on 0-of-3 vs Rockets (Mar 11, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 22:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 17.3 PTS · 11.8 FGA · 27.7 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 26 games this season: 0.9 against a usual 14.4 (-13.5)

Season-low 0 points (previous low 1, set on Nov 21, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Aaron Gordon score 0 points?

Aaron Gordon scored 0 points against the Rockets on Mar 11, 2026 in 22:30: 0-of-3 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Gordon had averaged 17.3 points on 11.8 shots in 27.7 minutes, from 25 regular-season games. The previous low this season was 1 point. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 26 games this season. Shot attempts: 3, against a usual 11.8. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 8.2; from threes, 0 points against a usual 5.3; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 3.8. Playing time was 22:30, against a usual 27.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 1.4, against a usual 18.7. At home against the Rockets, the Nuggets won 129-93, 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

Gordon in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes22:3027.7-5.2
Points017.3-17.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-311.8 · 49.7%-8.8
3PA · 3P%0-of-24.5 · 39.3%-2.5
FTA · FT%0-of-04.8 · 79.3%-4.8
Rebounds46.2-2.2
Assists12.6-1.6
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games6.123.7-17.6
Game Score per 36 minutes1.418.7-17.3
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 (25 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.3 (1.8-of-4.5)-5.3
Twos0 (0-of-1)8.2 (4.1-of-7.3)-8.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.8 (3.8-of-4.8)-3.8
Total017.3-17.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.9 against a usual 14.4 (-13.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-13.1
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.6
Total-13.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 44.2, 16, 3, 8.3, 8.1, 17.5, 16.5, 14.2, 13.5, 14.3, 19.8, 18, -0.5, 12.5, 9.2, 12.7, 18.8, 11.9, 20.2, 13.5, 17.2, 15.2, 12, 1.9, 21.1, 0.9

2nd-lowest Game Score of 26 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets won 129-93 at home against the Rockets, a 36-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 9, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season: 1 point (Nov 21, 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.