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Bruce Brown

6′4″ · Inactive · last listed with New York Knicks

Regular season · Feb 9, 2026 · CLE 119 @ DEN 117 · Final

Bruce Brown 1 point on 0-of-6 vs Cavaliers (Feb 9, 2026)

ANSWER

1 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 25:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.6 PTS · 6.3 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from 53 regular-season games

4th-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season: -0.8 against a usual 6.6 (-7.4)

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 Bruce Brown score 1 point?

Bruce Brown scored 1 point against the Cavaliers on Feb 9, 2026 in 25:18: 0-of-6 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Brown averaged 7.6 points on 6.3 shots in 24.8 minutes across 53 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 4th-lowest of 54 games this season. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 4.8; from threes, 0 points against a usual 1.6. Playing time was 25:18, against a usual 24.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -1.1, against a usual 9.6. The Nuggets lost 119-117 at home against the Cavaliers. 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

Brown in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (53 games)Change
Minutes25:1824.8+0.5
Points17.6-6.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-66.3 · 46.7%-0.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.6 · 34.9%+0.4
FTA · FT%1-of-21.5 · 77.8%+0.5
Rebounds44.00.0
Assists02.2-2.2
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 53 games11.514.2-2.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.19.6-10.7
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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 (53 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.6 (0.5-of-1.6)-1.6
Twos0 (0-of-4)4.8 (2.4-of-4.7)-4.8
Free throws1 (1-of-2)1.2 (1.2-of-1.5)-0.2
Total17.6-6.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.8 against a usual 6.6 (-7.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.8
Rebounds+0.7
Assists-1.5
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total-7.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 54 games, oldest first, this game last: 6.1, 10.3, -0.3, 7.3, 2.7, 10.5, 1.8, 2.4, 3.6, 15.6, 0, 5, -1.2, 12.2, 10.9, -1.3, 4.9, -0.7, 8.1, 4.5, 10.6, 12.8, -2.9, 9.7, 7.8, 4.5, 14.6, 15.3, 14, 3.5, 4.2, 11.2, 6, 2.3, 0, 16.5, 2.1, 3.6, 7.4, 1.7, 5.1, 1.4, 10.4, 2.4, 6.6, 12.7, 16.3, 8.5, 4.4, 5.3, 9.5, 8.5, 13.7, -0.8

4th-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets lost 119-117 at home against the Cavaliers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 7, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Cavaliers this season: 0 points (Jan 2, 2026).
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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.