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DeMar DeRozan

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Mar 17, 2026 · SAS 132 @ SAC 104 · Final

DeMar DeRozan 2 points on 1-of-4 in 17 minutes vs Spurs (Mar 17, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 16:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.8 PTS · 13.2 FGA · 31.9 MIN, from 68 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 69 games this season: -0.2 against a usual 15.1 (-15.3)

Season-low 2 points (previous low 4, set on Nov 12, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 DeMar DeRozan score 2 points?

DeMar DeRozan scored 2 points against the Spurs on Mar 17, 2026 in 16:54: 1-of-4 from the field, no three-point attempts, no free throw attempts. Coming in, DeRozan had averaged 18.8 points on 13.2 shots in 31.9 minutes, from 68 regular-season games. The previous low this season was 4 points. This game had the lowest Game Score of 69 games this season. The shot count was 4, against a usual 13.2. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 11.9); free throws 0 points (usual 5.0); threes 0 points (usual 1.9). DeRozan played 16:54 against a usual 31.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -0.4, against a usual 17.1. Assists: 1, against a usual 4.0. At home against the Spurs, the Kings lost 132-104, a 28-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

DeRozan in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (68 games)Change
Minutes16:5431.9-15.0
Points218.8-16.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-413.2 · 49.8%-9.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-02.0 · 32.1%-2.0
FTA · FT%0-of-05.8 · 86.6%-5.8
Rebounds13.0-2.0
Assists14.0-3.0
Turnovers01.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 68 games10.622.9-12.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.417.1-17.5
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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 (68 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)1.9 (0.6-of-2.0)-1.9
Twos2 (1-of-4)11.9 (5.9-of-11.2)-9.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)5.0 (5.0-of-5.8)-5.0
Total218.8-16.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.2 against a usual 15.1 (-15.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-12.3
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-2.1
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total-15.3
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 69 games, oldest first, this game last: 29.7, 7.6, 12.7, 15.6, 16.5, 19.8, 11, 15.8, 13.5, 17.2, 13.3, 1.2, 5.4, 24.5, 15.8, 6.5, 16.4, 28.4, 4.7, 11.9, 20.7, 5.2, 14.9, 14.8, 10.6, 13.9, 27.5, 14.4, 26.7, 33.1, 10.9, 16, 6.3, 23.7, 9.5, 4.4, 17, 20, 20.5, 30.9, 22.7, 10.7, 12.3, 18.5, 6.9, 13.7, 8.8, 18.9, 22.3, 0.3, 25.8, 18, 6.8, 6.4, 0.3, 11.5, 10.8, 16.6, 21.1, 15.7, 9.3, 11.1, 7.6, 7, 6.1, 33.3, 21.9, 36.8, -0.2

Lowest Game Score of 69 games this season.

Previous lowest: 0.3, set on Jan 30, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 132-104 at home against the Spurs, a 28-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 15, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 27 points (Nov 16, 2025), 20 points (Feb 21, 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.