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Duncan Robinson

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Jan 27, 2026 · DET 109 @ DEN 107 · Final

Duncan Robinson 2 points on 1-of-9 vs Nuggets (Jan 27, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 0-of-8 3P · 23:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.0 PTS · 9.1 FGA · 28.6 MIN, from 41 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 42 games the source holds this season: -0.9 against a usual 8.6 (-9.5)

Matched the season low of 2 points among the games the source holds, set on Oct 22, 2025 and Dec 18, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Duncan Robinson score 2 points?

In 23:06 against the Nuggets on Jan 27, 2026, Duncan Robinson scored 2 points: 1-of-9 from the field, 0-of-8 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Robinson averaged 12.0 points on 9.1 shots in 28.6 minutes across 41 regular-season games. The 2 points matched the season low among the games the source holds, set on Oct 22, 2025 and Dec 18, 2025. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of the 42 games the source holds this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (8.8), free throws 0 (1.1). Playing time was 23:06, against a usual 28.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -1.4, against a usual 10.8. The Pistons won 109-107 at the Nuggets. 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

Robinson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (41 games)Change
Minutes23:0628.6-5.5
Points212.0-10.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-99.1 · 43.7%-0.1
3PA · 3P%8 · 0.0%7.3 · 40.3%+0.7 · -40.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.5 · 72.1%-1.5
Rebounds32.6+0.4
Assists31.9+1.1
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 41 games17.315.3+2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.410.8-12.2
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 (41 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-8)8.8 (2.9-of-7.3)-8.8
Twos2 (1-of-1)2.1 (1.1-of-1.8)-0.1
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.1 (1.1-of-1.5)-1.1
Total212.0-10.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.9 against a usual 8.6 (-9.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.9
Rebounds+0.4
Assists+0.8
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.2
Total-9.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 42 games, oldest first, this game last: -4.7, 16.3, 5.6, 3.9, 12.7, 5.7, 1.9, 10.1, 12.9, 10.2, 16, 13.8, 9.4, 11, 17.1, 2.8, 7.9, 6, 15.9, 13.4, 1.2, 12.3, 4.9, -3.5, 11, 8.2, 8.2, 11.6, 3.1, 5.9, 5.9, 8.8, 6.9, 7.6, 12.9, 13.2, 12.7, 11.5, 11.5, 2.9, 8, -0.9

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 42 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pistons won 109-107 at the Nuggets.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 25, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Nuggets this season.
  • The source holds fewer Pistons games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.