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Derik Queen

C · 6′11″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Nov 29, 2025 · NOP 96 @ GSW 104 · Final

Derik Queen 2 points on 1-of-3 in 16 minutes vs Warriors (Nov 29, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-3 FG · 15:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.3 PTS · 9.5 FGA · 23.7 MIN, from 19 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season: -1.6 against a usual 10.5 (-12.1)

Season-low 2 points (previous low 3, set on Oct 22, 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 Derik Queen score 2 points?

In 15:54 against the Warriors on Nov 29, 2025, Derik Queen scored 2 points: 1-of-3 from the field, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Queen had averaged 12.3 points on 9.5 shots in 23.7 minutes, from 19 regular-season games. The previous low this season was 3 points. This game had the lowest Game Score of 20 games this season. The shot count was 3, against a usual 9.5. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 9.2; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 2.8. Playing time was 15:54, against a usual 23.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -3.6, against a usual 15.9. Queen had 0 assists, against a usual 3.6. At the Warriors, the Pelicans lost 104-96. 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

Queen in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (19 games)Change
Minutes15:5423.7-7.8
Points212.3-10.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-39.5 · 49.2%-6.5
FTA · FT%0-of-03.6 · 77.9%-3.6
Rebounds36.3-3.3
Assists03.6-3.6
Turnovers22.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 19 games13.223.8-10.6
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.615.9-19.5
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 (19 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.3 (0.1-of-0.9)-0.3
Twos2 (1-of-3)9.2 (4.6-of-8.6)-7.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.8 (2.8-of-3.6)-2.8
Total212.3-10.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.6 against a usual 10.5 (-12.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.8
Rebounds-1.8
Assists-2.5
Steals and blocks-1.7
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total-12.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.6, 11.2, 8, 1.3, 4.1, 4, 17, 8.5, 8.9, 8.1, 21.7, 4.6, 12.5, 5.1, 25.9, 17.7, 17.7, 7.5, 13.6, -1.6

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season.

Previous lowest: 1.3, set on Oct 29, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 104-96 at the Warriors.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 26, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season: 9 points (Nov 16, 2025).
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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.