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Drake Powell

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: Brooklyn Nets

Regular season · Apr 9, 2026 · IND 123 @ BKN 94 · Final

Drake Powell 2 points on 1-of-7 vs Pacers (Apr 9, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 62 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 0-of-2 FT · 20:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.5 PTS · 5.6 FGA · 20.9 MIN, from 61 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 62 games this season: -3.1 against a usual 4.4 (-7.5)

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 Drake Powell score 2 points?

Drake Powell scored 2 points against the Pacers on Apr 9, 2026 in 20:06: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, 0-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Powell had averaged 6.5 points on 5.6 shots in 20.9 minutes, from 61 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 62 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (2.5), free throws 0 (1.1). Powell played 20:06 against a usual 20.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -5.6, against a usual 7.6. At home against the Pacers, the Nets lost 123-94, a 29-point loss. 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

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What changed

Powell in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (61 games)Change
Minutes20:0620.9-0.8
Points26.5-4.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-75.6 · 41.1%+1.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-42.9 · 29.3%+1.1
FTA · FT%0-of-21.2 · 91.8%+0.8
Rebounds21.8+0.2
Assists01.5-1.5
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 60 games18.515.1+3.4
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.67.6-13.2
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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 (61 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)2.5 (0.8-of-2.9)-2.5
Twos2 (1-of-3)2.9 (1.5-of-2.7)-0.9
Free throws0 (0-of-2)1.1 (1.1-of-1.2)-1.1
Total26.5-4.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.1 against a usual 4.4 (-7.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.8
Rebounds-0.1
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.3
Total-7.5
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 62 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.3, 3.4, 1.9, 11.6, 5.2, 8.1, 5.2, -2.1, 10.3, 4.5, 13, 2.2, 2.9, 10.3, 3, 1.6, -0.4, 10.2, 0.9, 5.5, 0.2, 1, 12.5, 3.6, -1.9, 0.3, 2.5, 13.9, 0.6, 8.7, 3.5, 6.9, 1.3, -1, 3.5, 2.6, 9.9, -1.1, 1.8, 2.8, 9.1, 2.5, 0.7, 0.9, 4.9, 1.6, 2.4, 6.6, 6.9, 4.4, -3.3, 1, 1.9, 5.5, 6.8, 4, 15.4, 6.8, 5.8, 11.9, 4.6, -3.1

2nd-lowest Game Score of 62 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nets lost 123-94 at home against the Pacers, a 29-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 7, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pacers this season: 6 points (Feb 11, 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.