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Gary Trent Jr.

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Jan 2, 2026 · CHA 121 @ MIL 122 · Final

Gary Trent Jr. 0 points on 0-of-3 in 17 minutes vs Hornets (Jan 2, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 17:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.3 PTS · 8.2 FGA · 26.2 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 33 games this season: -1.2 against a usual 5.8 (-7.0)

Matched the season low of 0 points, set on Dec 31, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Gary Trent Jr. score 0 points?

In 17:24 against the Hornets on Jan 2, 2026, Gary Trent Jr. scored 0 points: 0-of-3 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Trent averaged 9.3 points on 8.2 shots in 26.2 minutes across 32 regular-season games. The 0 points matched the season low set on Dec 31, 2025. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 33 games this season. Shot attempts: 3, against a usual 8.2. From threes, 0 points against a usual 6.4; from two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 2.1. Minutes: 17:24, against a usual 26.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: -2.5, against a usual 8.0. The Bucks won 122-121 at home against the Hornets. 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

Trent in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes17:2426.2-8.8
Points09.3-9.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-38.2 · 38.8%-5.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-35.7 · 37.2%-2.7
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 80.6%-1.0
Rebounds21.3+0.7
Assists11.6-0.6
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 32 games7.815.7-7.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.58.0-10.5
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 (32 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)6.4 (2.1-of-5.7)-6.4
Twos0 (0-of-0)2.1 (1.1-of-2.5)-2.1
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.8 (0.8-of-1.0)-0.8
Total09.3-9.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.2 against a usual 5.8 (-7.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.8
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.9
Total-7.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 14.2, 11.9, 0.5, 8.9, 10.7, 12.9, 5.2, 5.6, -0.2, 8.5, 2.2, 1.3, 7, 6.1, 6.2, 5.6, 4.3, 8.4, 9.9, 0.1, 0.2, 10.3, 1.3, 5.3, 6.9, 10.4, 12.4, 0.8, -0.3, 5.7, 7.6, -2.9, -1.2

2nd-lowest Game Score of 33 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks won 122-121 at home against the Hornets.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 31, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets this season: 2 points (Nov 12, 2025), 8 points (Nov 14, 2025), 9 points (Dec 29, 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.