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Davion Mitchell

G · 6′0″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Mar 27, 2026 · MIA 128 @ CLE 149 · Final

Davion Mitchell 2 points on 1-of-6 vs Cavaliers (Mar 27, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 24:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.1 PTS · 7.5 FGA · 28.4 MIN, from 62 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 63 games this season: -2.2 against a usual 9.3 (-11.5)

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 Davion Mitchell score 2 points?

Davion Mitchell scored 2 points against the Cavaliers on Mar 27, 2026 in 24:00: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Mitchell had averaged 9.1 points on 7.5 shots in 28.4 minutes, from 62 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 63 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (3.8), two-pointers 2 (4.7). Playing time was 24:00, against a usual 28.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -3.3, against a usual 11.8. Mitchell had 4 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 1.5 and 2.6. At the Cavaliers, the Heat lost 149-128, a 21-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

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What changed

Mitchell in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (62 games)Change
Minutes24:0028.4-4.4
Points29.1-7.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-67.5 · 48.1%-1.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-43.1 · 40.2%+0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 66.7%-1.0
Rebounds42.6+1.4
Assists46.5-2.5
Turnovers41.5+2.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 62 games16.613.6+3.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.311.8-15.1
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 (62 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)3.8 (1.3-of-3.1)-3.8
Twos2 (1-of-2)4.7 (2.3-of-4.4)-2.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-1.0)-0.6
Total29.1-7.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.2 against a usual 9.3 (-11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.9
Rebounds+0.6
Assists-1.8
Steals and blocks-1.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.2
Total-11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 63 games, oldest first, this game last: 19.4, 2, 8.5, 8.3, 5.5, 9.3, 13.7, 10, 11.5, 16.3, 6.5, 12.2, 15.3, 13, 5.2, 16.1, 14.6, 8.3, 5.7, 11.3, 21.9, 6.1, 9.9, 12.1, 10.2, 7.8, 11.4, -1.3, 5.2, 0.7, 9.3, 10, 9.3, 7.1, 3.5, -1.6, 17.4, 9.9, 8.8, 9.1, 13.7, 6.8, 9.2, 1.5, 12.2, 5.8, 11.4, 12.2, 1.3, 7.2, 8.6, 4.2, 12.4, 9.7, 12.1, 13.5, 11.6, 2.9, 17.6, 12.7, 2.1, 10, -2.2

Lowest Game Score of 63 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.6, set on Jan 10, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat lost 149-128 at the Cavaliers, a 21-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 25, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Cavaliers this season: 11 points (Nov 10, 2025), 16 points (Nov 12, 2025), 11 points (Mar 25, 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.