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Doug McDermott

6′7″ · Inactive · last listed with Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · GSW 118 @ SAC 124 · Final

Doug McDermott 3 points on 0-of-5 vs Warriors (Apr 10, 2026): lowest of 28 games

ANSWER

3 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 14:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.7 PTS · 4.8 FGA · 14.8 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 28 games this season: -1.7 against a usual 3.7 (-5.4)

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 Doug McDermott score 3 points?

Doug McDermott scored 3 points against the Warriors on Apr 10, 2026 in 14:00: 0-of-5 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, 3-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, McDermott averaged 5.7 points on 4.8 shots in 14.8 minutes across 27 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 28 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.1), free throws 3 (0.2). McDermott played 14:00 against a usual 14.8 minutes. At home against the Warriors, the Kings won 124-118. 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

McDermott in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes14:0014.8-0.8
Points35.7-2.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-54.8 · 40.3%+0.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-34.3 · 39.7%-1.3
FTA · FT%3-of-30.1 · 100.0%+2.9
Rebounds11.2-0.2
Assists10.8+0.2
Turnovers10.4+0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games20.915.5+5.4
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 (27 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)5.1 (1.7-of-4.3)-5.1
Twos0 (0-of-2)0.4 (0.2-of-0.5)-0.4
Free throws3 (3-of-3)0.2 (0.2-of-0.1)+2.8
Total35.7-2.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.7 against a usual 3.7 (-5.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-3.6
Rebounds-0.2
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks-0.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total-5.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.3, -1.1, 7.6, 0.9, 1.3, -0.9, -1.4, 2.7, -0.8, -0.1, 10.7, 8.7, -1.5, 0, 1.8, -0.4, 5.5, 10.9, 7.9, 8, 7, 4.7, 7.9, 0.9, 1.5, 3.4, 10.8, -1.7

Lowest Game Score of 28 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.5, set on Mar 5, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings won 124-118 at home against the Warriors.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 7, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season: 16 points (Apr 7, 2026).
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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.