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AJ Green

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Dec 21, 2025 · MIL 100 @ MIN 103 · Final

AJ Green 4 points on 1-of-8 vs Timberwolves (Dec 21, 2025)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-8 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 23:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.0 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 28.8 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 26 games this season: -0.9 against a usual 8.3 (-9.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did AJ Green score 4 points?

AJ Green scored 4 points against the Timberwolves on Dec 21, 2025 in 23:24: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-8 from three (12.5%), 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Green averaged 11.0 points on 7.2 shots in 28.8 minutes across 25 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 26 games this season. From threes, 3 points against a usual 9.6. Green played 23:24 against a usual 28.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.4, against a usual 10.3. At the Timberwolves, the Bucks lost 103-100. 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

Green in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes23:2428.8-5.4
Points411.0-7.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-87.2 · 48.6%+0.8
3PA · 3P%8 · 12.5%6.6 · 48.5%+1.4 · -36.0
FTA · FT%1-of-11.0 · 79.2%0.0
Rebounds32.8+0.2
Assists22.1-0.1
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games19.213.1+6.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.410.3-11.7
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
Threes3 (1-of-8)9.6 (3.2-of-6.6)-6.6
Twos0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.3-of-0.6)-0.6
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.8 (0.8-of-1.0)+0.2
Total411.0-7.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.9 against a usual 8.3 (-9.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.5
Rebounds+0.5
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls-0.5
Total-9.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.8, 6.2, 13.1, 5.3, 5.3, 11.2, 8.4, 6.8, 4.8, 1.8, 10.2, 2.1, 11.2, 9.9, 10.1, 6.7, 9.8, 1.6, 17.3, 13.4, 15.1, 12.6, 15.2, -2.8, 2.8, -0.9

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

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 103-100 at the Timberwolves.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 18, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Timberwolves 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.