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Dorian Finney-Smith

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Feb 21, 2026 · HOU 106 @ NYK 108 · Final

Dorian Finney-Smith 2 turnovers vs Knicks (Feb 21, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 22 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 2 TOV · 1-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 21:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.1 PTS · 0.6 TOV · 3.5 FGA · 16.2 MIN, from 21 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season: -3.5 against a usual 2.0 (-5.5)

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 Dorian Finney-Smith have 2 turnovers?

Dorian Finney-Smith scored 2 points against the Knicks on Feb 21, 2026 in 21:06: 1-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three. Coming in, Finney-Smith had averaged 3.1 points on 3.5 shots in 16.2 minutes, from 21 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (2.1), two-pointers 2 (0.8). Playing time was 21:06, against a usual 16.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -6.0, against a usual 4.4. Finney-Smith had 2 turnovers and 6 fouls, against a usual 0.6 and 1.6. The Rockets lost 108-106 at the Knicks. 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

Finney-Smith in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (21 games)Change
Minutes21:0616.2+4.9
Points23.1-1.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-43.5 · 31.1%+0.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-22.8 · 25.4%-0.8
Rebounds32.4+0.6
Assists00.8-0.8
Turnovers20.6+1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 21 games12.511.3+1.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.04.4-10.4
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 (21 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)2.1 (0.7-of-2.8)-2.1
Twos2 (1-of-2)0.8 (0.4-of-0.7)+1.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.2)-0.2
Total23.1-1.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.5 against a usual 2.0 (-5.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-1.5
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls-3.2
Total-5.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 22 games, oldest first, this game last: -1.1, 5, 3.1, 0.2, 1.8, 0.9, -0.3, 0.5, 3.5, 0.4, 5.6, 0.9, 4.5, 5, -3.6, 2.4, 4.1, 1.5, -0.9, 2.6, 5.6, -3.5

2nd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets lost 108-106 at the Knicks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks 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.