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De'Anthony Melton

G · 6′2″ · Current team: Golden State Warriors

Regular season · Mar 23, 2026 · GSW 137 @ DAL 131 · Final

De'Anthony Melton 0 points on 0-of-6 vs Mavericks (Mar 23, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 22:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.3 PTS · 11.4 FGA · 22.8 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 41 games this season: -3.3 against a usual 9.2 (-12.5)

Matched the season low of 0 points, 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'Anthony Melton score 0 points?

De'Anthony Melton scored 0 points against the Mavericks on Mar 23, 2026 in 22:30: 0-of-6 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Melton averaged 13.3 points on 11.4 shots in 22.8 minutes across 40 regular-season games. The 0 points matched the season low set on Dec 14, 2025. By Game Score it was the lowest of 41 games this season. Shot attempts: 6, against a usual 11.4. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (6.5), threes 0 (4.6), free throws 0 (2.2). Minutes: 22:30, against a usual 22.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: -5.3, against a usual 14.5. Turnovers and fouls: 7 and 3, against a usual 1.7 and 2.1. At the Mavericks, the Warriors won 137-131. 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

Melton in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes22:3022.8-0.3
Points013.3-13.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-611.4 · 42.0%-5.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-35.2 · 29.5%-2.2
FTA · FT%0-of-02.7 · 83.0%-2.7
Rebounds63.0+3.0
Assists52.4+2.6
Turnovers71.7+5.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 40 games22.626.8-4.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.314.5-19.8
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 (40 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)4.6 (1.5-of-5.2)-4.6
Twos0 (0-of-3)6.5 (3.3-of-6.2)-6.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.2 (2.2-of-2.7)-2.2
Total013.3-13.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.3 against a usual 9.2 (-12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.3
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+1.8
Steals and blocks+1.2
Turnovers and fouls-5.6
Total-12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.2, 6.7, 5.7, -1.6, -0.8, 1, 2.5, 12.1, 12.2, 3.9, 11.8, 1.7, 16.5, 12.5, 6.5, 16.9, 3.2, 19.5, 2.2, 17.1, 5.8, 8.4, 13.7, 7.5, 11.1, 1.1, 3.4, 17.5, 10.7, 16.4, 16.1, 6.6, -0.8, 17.2, 18.2, 8.6, 23.6, 1.5, 4.1, 15.7, -3.3

Lowest Game Score of 41 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.6, set on Dec 14, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Warriors won 137-131 at the Mavericks.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 21, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Mavericks this season: 16 points (Dec 25, 2025), 22 points (Jan 22, 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.