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Dillon Brooks

G-F · 6′7″ · Current team: Phoenix Suns

Regular season · Jan 20, 2026 · PHX 116 @ PHI 110 · Final

Dillon Brooks 6 points on 2-of-13 vs 76ers (Jan 20, 2026)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 2-of-13 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 30:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.9 PTS · 17.1 FGA · 30.8 MIN, from 37 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 38 games this season: -0.8 against a usual 12.0 (-12.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
below usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Dillon Brooks score 6 points?

Dillon Brooks scored 6 points against the 76ers on Jan 20, 2026 in 30:18: 2-of-13 from the field (15.4%), 0-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Brooks averaged 20.9 points on 17.1 shots in 30.8 minutes across 37 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 38 games this season. Brooks took 13 shots, 4.1 fewer than usual. Brooks shot 15.4% from the field, against a usual 44.7%. From threes, 0 points against a usual 7.6; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 10.2; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 3.1. Brooks played 30:18 against a usual 30.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.0, against a usual 14.1. At the 76ers, the Suns won 116-110. 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

Brooks in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (37 games)Change
Minutes30:1830.8-0.5
Points620.9-14.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 15.4%17.1 · 44.7%-4.1 · -29.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-37.2 · 35.1%-4.2
FTA · FT%2-of-23.6 · 85.1%-1.6
Rebounds53.4+1.6
Assists11.7-0.7
Turnovers21.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 37 games20.528.4-7.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.014.1-15.1
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 (37 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)7.6 (2.5-of-7.2)-7.6
Twos4 (2-of-10)10.2 (5.1-of-9.9)-6.2
Free throws2 (2-of-2)3.1 (3.1-of-3.6)-1.1
Total620.9-14.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.8 against a usual 12.0 (-12.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-14.1
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total-12.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 38 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.2, 11.4, 9.6, 15.9, 9.2, 14.2, 21.9, 23, 8.5, 11.3, 12.7, 15.9, 4.1, 8.5, 17.7, 17.4, 10.4, 6, 6.1, 10.4, 12.6, 16.7, 17.7, 7.6, 10.3, 14.3, 15.7, 13.3, 8.9, 7.3, 12.6, 22.1, 6.4, 11.2, 2.6, -0.9, 21.4, -0.8

2nd-lowest Game Score of 38 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 116-110 at the 76ers.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the 76ers 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.