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Dillon Brooks

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

Regular season · Feb 3, 2026 · PHX 130 @ POR 125 · Final

Dillon Brooks 11 points on 3-of-16 vs Trail Blazers (Feb 3, 2026)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 3-of-16 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 31:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.1 PTS · 17.2 FGA · 31.0 MIN, from 44 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 45 games this season: 1.5 against a usual 12.6 (-11.1)

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 Dillon Brooks score 11 points?

In 31:18 against the Trail Blazers on Feb 3, 2026, Dillon Brooks scored 11 points: 3-of-16 from the field (18.8%), 1-of-4 from three, 4-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Brooks averaged 21.1 points on 17.2 shots in 31.0 minutes across 44 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 45 games this season. Brooks shot 18.8% from the field, against a usual 44.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 4 (10.4), threes 3 (7.4). Brooks played 31:18 against a usual 31.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 1.7, against a usual 14.6. The Suns won 130-125 at the Trail Blazers. 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 (44 games)Change
Minutes31:1831.0+0.3
Points1121.1-10.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 18.8%17.2 · 44.6%-1.2 · -25.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-46.9 · 36.0%-2.9
FTA · FT%4-of-43.9 · 85.5%+0.1
Rebounds43.6+0.4
Assists11.8-0.8
Turnovers21.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 44 games26.428.4-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes1.714.6-12.9
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 (44 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)7.4 (2.5-of-6.9)-4.4
Twos4 (2-of-12)10.4 (5.2-of-10.3)-6.4
Free throws4 (4-of-4)3.3 (3.3-of-3.9)+0.7
Total1121.1-10.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.5 against a usual 12.6 (-11.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.9
Rebounds+0.6
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-0.2
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total-11.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 45 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, 3.2, 18.4, 20, 34.1, 21.9, 10.6, 1.5

3rd-lowest Game Score of 45 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 130-125 at the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 1, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season: 12 points (Nov 18, 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.