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Derrick White

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Dec 11, 2025 · BOS 101 @ MIL 116 · Final

Derrick White 11 points on 3-of-12 vs Bucks (Dec 11, 2025)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 2-of-9 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 29:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 17.5 PTS · 15.5 FGA · 33.2 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season: 2.5 against a usual 14.1 (-11.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Derrick White score 11 points?

Derrick White scored 11 points against the Bucks on Dec 11, 2025 in 29:18: 3-of-12 from the field (25.0%), 2-of-9 from three (22.2%), 3-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, White had averaged 17.5 points on 15.5 shots in 33.2 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of 24 games this season. The shot count was 12, against a usual 15.5. The 25.0% from the field compares with a usual 39.3%. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 6.0); threes 6 points (usual 9.3). Minutes: 29:18, against a usual 33.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 3.1, against a usual 15.3. Steals and blocks: 0 and 0, against a usual 1.5 and 1.3. The Celtics lost 116-101 at the Bucks. 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

White in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes29:1833.2-3.9
Points1117.5-6.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 25.0%15.5 · 39.3%-3.5 · -14.3
3PA · 3P%9 · 22.2%9.1 · 33.8%-0.1 · -11.6
FTA · FT%3-of-32.7 · 83.6%+0.3
Rebounds24.1-2.1
Assists35.3-2.3
Turnovers41.7+2.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 23 games25.324.0+1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes3.115.3-12.2
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 (23 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-9)9.3 (3.1-of-9.1)-3.3
Twos2 (1-of-3)6.0 (3.0-of-6.4)-4.0
Free throws3 (3-of-3)2.2 (2.2-of-2.7)+0.8
Total1117.5-6.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.5 against a usual 14.1 (-11.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.1
Rebounds-0.6
Assists-1.6
Steals and blocks-2.4
Turnovers and fouls-1.9
Total-11.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 18.8, 7.9, 12.4, 7.9, 10.3, 9.7, 2.2, 13, 18.1, 16.7, 14.7, 11.4, 20.9, 21.7, 9.4, -0.8, 19, 25.8, 10.6, 15.4, 26.3, 15.4, 16.5, 2.5

3rd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics lost 116-101 at the Bucks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season.
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.