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Isaiah Joe

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Dec 22, 2025 · MEM 103 @ OKC 119 · Final

Isaiah Joe 5 points on 1-of-5 vs Grizzlies (Dec 22, 2025): lowest of 20 games

ANSWER

5 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 20:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.5 PTS · 8.4 FGA · 22.7 MIN, from this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games

Lowest Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season: 0.6 against a usual 9.6 (-9.0)

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 Isaiah Joe score 5 points?

In 20:06 against the Grizzlies on Dec 22, 2025, Isaiah Joe scored 5 points: 1-of-5 from the field, 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 12.5 points on 8.4 shots in 22.7 minutes: this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season. Shot attempts: 5, against a usual 8.4. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 3 (8.7), two-pointers 0 (2.0). Playing time was 20:06, against a usual 22.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 1.1, against a usual 15.2. At home against the Grizzlies, the Thunder won 119-103. 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

Joe in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes20:0622.7-2.6
Points512.5-7.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-58.4 · 46.5%-3.4
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%6.7 · 42.9%-1.7 · -22.9
FTA · FT%2-of-22.0 · 92.2%0.0
Rebounds22.9-0.9
Assists11.6-0.6
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 19 games14.519.3-4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes1.115.2-14.1
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
Threes3 (1-of-5)8.7 (2.9-of-6.7)-5.7
Twos0 (0-of-0)2.0 (1.0-of-1.7)-2.0
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.8 (1.8-of-2.0)+0.2
Total512.5-7.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.6 against a usual 9.6 (-9.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.3
Rebounds-0.5
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-9.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 17.1, 8.6, 15.9, 5.8, 10.7, 3.5, 8.3, 19.6, 3.5, 11.4, 5.1, 17.1, 6.9, 1.2, 7.5, 12.6, 7.2, 13.3, 7.4, 0.6

Lowest Game Score of the 20 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 1.2, set on Nov 26, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Thunder won 119-103 at home against the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 19, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 8 points (Nov 9, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Thunder 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.