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De'Aaron Fox

G · 6′3″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Dec 18, 2025 · WAS 94 @ SAS 119 · Final

De'Aaron Fox 6 points on 1-of-8 vs Wizards (Dec 18, 2025)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 25:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 23.9 PTS · 17.4 FGA · 33.1 MIN, from this season's 16 games plus last season's average, counted as 2 games

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 17 games the source holds this season: 4.4 against a usual 18.0 (-13.6)

Season-low 6 points among the games the source holds (previous low 13, set on Nov 12, 2025)

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 De'Aaron Fox score 6 points?

In 25:00 against the Wizards on Dec 18, 2025, De'Aaron Fox scored 6 points: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, 3-of-4 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 16 games with last season's average, counted as 2 games: 23.9 points on 17.4 shots in 33.1 minutes. No earlier game the source holds this season was as low as 6 points. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of the 17 games the source holds this season. Fox took 8 shots, 9.4 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (11.9), threes 3 (7.3), free throws 3 (4.7). Fox played 25:00 against a usual 33.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 6.3, against a usual 19.6. Fox had 3 assists, against a usual 6.3. At home against the Wizards, the Spurs won 119-94, a 25-point win. 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

Fox in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes25:0033.1-8.1
Points623.9-17.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-817.4 · 48.3%-9.4
3PA · 3P%1-of-46.4 · 38.0%-2.4
FTA · FT%3-of-45.6 · 84.3%-1.6
Rebounds33.9-0.9
Assists36.3-3.3
Turnovers23.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 16 games20.029.9-9.9
Game Score per 36 minutes6.319.6-13.3
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
Threes3 (1-of-4)7.3 (2.4-of-6.4)-4.3
Twos0 (0-of-4)11.9 (6.0-of-11.0)-11.9
Free throws3 (3-of-4)4.7 (4.7-of-5.6)-1.7
Total623.9-17.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

4.4 against a usual 18.0 (-13.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-14.4
Rebounds-0.2
Assists-2.3
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls+1.9
Total-13.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 17 games, oldest first, this game last: 19, 12.3, 3.4, 20.5, 25.3, 17.5, 24.8, 19.5, 31.2, 11.1, 19.5, 22.1, 17.4, 18.9, 11, 15.2, 4.4

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 17 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 119-94 at home against the Wizards, a 25-point win.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season.
  • The source holds fewer Spurs games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.