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De'Andre Hunter

F-G · 6′7″ · Current team: Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Dec 27, 2025 · CLE 100 @ HOU 117 · Final

De'Andre Hunter 2 points on 0-of-7 in 20 minutes vs Rockets (Dec 27, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 0-of-7 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 20:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.5 PTS · 12.0 FGA · 28.4 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season: -2.3 against a usual 10.2 (-12.5)

Season-low 2 points among the games the source holds (previous low 4, set on Dec 14, 2025)

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 De'Andre Hunter score 2 points?

De'Andre Hunter scored 2 points against the Rockets on Dec 27, 2025 in 20:18: 0-of-7 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Hunter averaged 15.5 points on 12.0 shots in 28.4 minutes across 27 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season was as low as 2 points. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 12.0. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 6.6; from threes, 0 points against a usual 5.9; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 3.0. Hunter played 20:18 against a usual 28.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.1, against a usual 12.9. The Cavaliers lost 117-100 at the Rockets. 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

Hunter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes20:1828.4-8.1
Points215.5-13.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-712.0 · 44.0%-5.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-36.1 · 32.3%-3.1
FTA · FT%2-of-23.6 · 84.5%-1.6
Rebounds14.1-3.1
Assists22.1-0.1
Turnovers11.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games18.321.9-3.6
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.112.9-17.0
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 (27 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)5.9 (2.0-of-6.1)-5.9
Twos0 (0-of-4)6.6 (3.3-of-5.9)-6.6
Free throws2 (2-of-2)3.0 (3.0-of-3.6)-1.0
Total215.5-13.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.3 against a usual 10.2 (-12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.9
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total-12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.9, 10.8, 10.3, 15.9, 16, 20.9, 15.3, 16.9, 11.9, 6, 4.3, 18.9, 16.2, 12.3, 11.4, 0.6, 8.3, 6.7, 6, 0.9, 8, -0.7, 6.3, 3.8, 21.9, 5.5, 10.8, -2.3

Lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: -0.7, set on Dec 14, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Cavaliers lost 117-100 at the Rockets.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 25, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season: 25 points (Nov 19, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Cavaliers games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.