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Bennedict Mathurin

G-F · 6′5″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Nov 24, 2025 · DET 122 @ IND 117 · Final

Bennedict Mathurin 14 points on 3-of-13 vs Pistons (Nov 24, 2025)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 3-of-13 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 7-of-8 FT · 28:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.1 PTS · 13.1 FGA · 31.5 MIN, from this season's 5 games plus last season's average, counted as 7.5 games

Game Score 2.6 against a usual 14.4 (-11.8)

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 Bennedict Mathurin score 14 points?

In 28:24 against the Pistons on Nov 24, 2025, Bennedict Mathurin scored 14 points: 3-of-13 from the field (23.1%), 1-of-4 from three, 7-of-8 on free throws (87.5%). The usual line blends this season's 5 games with last season's average, counted as 7.5 games: 20.1 points on 13.1 shots in 31.5 minutes. The 23.1% from the field compares with a usual 47.9%. From two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 9.0; from threes, 3 points against a usual 5.2; from free throws, 7 points against a usual 5.9. Playing time was 28:24, against a usual 31.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 3.3, against a usual 16.4. The Pacers lost 122-117 at home against the Pistons. 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

Mathurin in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes28:2431.5-3.1
Points1420.1-6.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 23.1%13.1 · 47.9%-0.1 · -24.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-44.8 · 36.1%-0.8
FTA · FT%8 · 87.5%7.1 · 82.0%+0.9 · +5.5
Rebounds46.1-2.1
Assists12.0-1.0
Turnovers32.2+0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 5 games30.027.6+2.4
Game Score per 36 minutes3.316.4-13.1
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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
Threes3 (1-of-4)5.2 (1.7-of-4.8)-2.2
Twos4 (2-of-9)9.0 (4.5-of-8.3)-5.0
Free throws7 (7-of-8)5.9 (5.9-of-7.1)+1.1
Total1420.1-6.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.6 against a usual 14.4 (-11.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.3
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-0.7
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.8
Total-11.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 24.3, 23.1, 11.5, 22.7, 15.5, 2.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pacers lost 122-117 at home against the Pistons.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 21, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pistons this season: 25 points (Nov 17, 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.