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Christian Braun

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

Regular season · Jan 9, 2026 · ATL 110 @ DEN 87 · Final

Christian Braun 0 points on 0-of-5 vs Hawks (Jan 9, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 24:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.3 PTS · 8.6 FGA · 30.2 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score -4.0 against a usual 9.7 (-13.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
below usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Christian Braun score 0 points?

In 24:48 against the Hawks on Jan 9, 2026, Christian Braun scored 0 points: 0-of-5 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. The usual line blends this season's 13 games with last season's average, counted as 3.5 games: 11.3 points on 8.6 shots in 30.2 minutes. Shot attempts: 5, against a usual 8.6. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 7.4; from threes, 0 points against a usual 2.0; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.9. Playing time was 24:48, against a usual 30.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -5.8, against a usual 11.5. At home against the Hawks, the Nuggets lost 110-87, a 23-point loss. 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
Minutes24:4830.2-5.4
Points011.3-11.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-58.6 · 50.6%-3.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-32.4 · 27.4%+0.6
FTA · FT%0-of-02.5 · 76.8%-2.5
Rebounds44.4-0.4
Assists02.7-2.7
Turnovers21.1+0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games13.615.3-1.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.811.5-17.3
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)2.0 (0.7-of-2.4)-2.0
Twos0 (0-of-2)7.4 (3.7-of-6.2)-7.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.9 (1.9-of-2.5)-1.9
Total011.3-11.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-4.0 against a usual 9.7 (-13.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.3
Rebounds-0.7
Assists-1.9
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total-13.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 19, 6.2, 16.6, -2.1, 17.7, 14, 8, 5.5, 10.7, 8.8, 0.7, 4.5, -4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets lost 110-87 at home against the Hawks, a 23-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 7, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Hawks 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.