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Christian Braun

G · 6′6″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Oct 23, 2025 · DEN 131 @ GSW 137 · Final

Christian Braun 6 points on 3-of-7 vs Warriors (Oct 23, 2025)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 3-of-7 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 38:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.4 PTS · 10.4 FGA · 33.9 MIN, from last season's average over 79 regular-season games

Game Score 1.7 against a usual 13.7 (-12.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 Christian Braun score 6 points?

In 38:30 against the Warriors on Oct 23, 2025, Christian Braun scored 6 points: 3-of-7 from the field, 0-of-1 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this first game of the season, the usual line was last season's average over 79 regular-season games: 15.4 points on 10.4 shots in 33.9 minutes. Shot attempts: 7, against a usual 10.4. From two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 9.8; from threes, 0 points against a usual 3.4; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 2.2. Playing time was 38:30, against a usual 33.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 1.6, against a usual 14.6. Braun had 2 turnovers and 5 fouls, against a usual 1.0 and 2.2. The Nuggets lost 137-131 at the Warriors. 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

Braun in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes38:3033.9+4.6
Points615.4-9.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-710.4 · 58.0%-3.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-12.8 · 39.7%-1.8
FTA · FT%0-of-02.7 · 82.7%-2.7
Rebounds45.2-1.2
Assists22.6-0.6
Turnovers21.0+1.0
Game Score per 36 minutes1.614.6-13.0
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)3.4 (1.1-of-2.8)-3.4
Twos6 (3-of-6)9.8 (4.9-of-7.6)-3.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.2 (2.2-of-2.7)-2.2
Total615.4-9.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.7 against a usual 13.7 (-12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.1
Rebounds0.0
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls-2.1
Total-12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets lost 137-131 at the Warriors.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season.
06

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.