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Dalton Knecht

6′6″ · Inactive · last listed with Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Jan 7, 2026 · LAL 91 @ SAS 107 · Final

Dalton Knecht 2 points on 1-of-6 vs Spurs (Jan 7, 2026): lowest of 30 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 19:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.4 PTS · 4.5 FGA · 13.1 MIN, from 29 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 30 games this season: -3.6 against a usual 3.5 (-7.1)

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 Dalton Knecht score 2 points?

Dalton Knecht scored 2 points against the Spurs on Jan 7, 2026 in 19:12: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-5 from three (0.0%). Coming in, Knecht had averaged 5.4 points on 4.5 shots in 13.1 minutes, from 29 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 30 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (2.8). Minutes: 19:12, against a usual 13.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: -6.8, against a usual 9.7. Knecht had 3 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 0.4 and 1.1. The Lakers lost 107-91 at the Spurs. 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

Knecht in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (29 games)Change
Minutes19:1213.1+6.1
Points25.4-3.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-64.5 · 45.4%+1.5
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%2.7 · 35.1%+2.3 · -35.1
Rebounds31.7+1.3
Assists00.4-0.4
Turnovers30.4+2.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games20.017.2+2.8
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.89.7-16.5
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 (29 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-5)2.8 (0.9-of-2.7)-2.8
Twos2 (1-of-1)2.2 (1.1-of-1.8)-0.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.4 (0.4-of-0.6)-0.4
Total25.4-3.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.6 against a usual 3.5 (-7.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.8
Rebounds+0.3
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.5
Total-7.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 30 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.8, -0.8, 10.5, 12.4, 4.2, -0.2, 4.4, -0.6, 9.2, 3.2, 14, 2.2, 10.6, 0, 0, 2.8, 10.8, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, -0.7, 1.5, 0.5, 1.7, 2.3, 9.4, -2.4, -1.3, 2.5, -3.6

Lowest Game Score of 30 games this season.

Previous lowest: -2.4, set on Jan 2, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers lost 107-91 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 6, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 3 points (Nov 5, 2025), 3 points (Dec 10, 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.