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Herbert Jones

F · 6′7″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Oct 24, 2025 · SAS 120 @ NOP 116 · Final

Herbert Jones 0 points on 0-of-8 vs Spurs (Oct 24, 2025)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-8 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 28:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.9 PTS · 9.1 FGA · 32.8 MIN, from this season's 1 game plus last season's average, counted as 9.5 games

Game Score -4.3 against a usual 9.2 (-13.5)

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 Herbert Jones score 0 points?

In 28:24 against the Spurs on Oct 24, 2025, Herbert Jones scored 0 points: 0-of-8 from the field, 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 10.9 points on 9.1 shots in 32.8 minutes: this season's 1 game plus last season's average, counted as 9.5 games. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 5.4; from threes, 0 points against a usual 3.8; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.7. Playing time was 28:24, against a usual 32.8 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -5.5, against a usual 10.1. At home against the Spurs, the Pelicans lost 120-116. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes28:2432.8-4.4
Points010.9-10.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-89.1 · 43.5%-1.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%3.7 · 34.3%+1.3 · -34.3
FTA · FT%0-of-02.0 · 84.2%-2.0
Rebounds74.4+2.6
Assists23.2-1.2
Turnovers21.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 1 game15.217.8-2.6
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.510.1-15.6
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-5)3.8 (1.3-of-3.7)-3.8
Twos0 (0-of-3)5.4 (2.7-of-5.4)-5.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.7 (1.7-of-2.0)-1.7
Total010.9-10.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-4.3 against a usual 9.2 (-13.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.6
Rebounds+1.1
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks-1.3
Turnovers and fouls-0.8
Total-13.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 14.9, -4.3

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 120-116 at home against the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Oct 22, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs 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.