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Jalen Duren

C · 6′10″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Dec 26, 2025 · DET 129 @ UTA 131 · Final

Jalen Duren 11 points on 5-of-7 in 22 minutes vs Jazz (Dec 26, 2025)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 1-of-1 FT · 21:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.0 PTS · 11.0 FGA · 29.0 MIN, from 26 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season: 4.1 against a usual 16.7 (-12.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Jalen Duren score 11 points?

Jalen Duren scored 11 points against the Jazz on Dec 26, 2025 in 21:30: 5-of-7 from the field, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Duren averaged 18.0 points on 11.0 shots in 29.0 minutes across 26 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of the 27 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 11.0. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 10 (13.7), free throws 1 (4.3). Playing time was 21:30, against a usual 29.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 6.9, against a usual 20.7. Duren had 4 rebounds, against a usual 11.1. At the Jazz, the Pistons lost 131-129. 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

Duren in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (26 games)Change
Minutes21:3029.0-7.5
Points1118.0-7.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-711.0 · 62.2%-4.0
FTA · FT%1-of-16.0 · 71.6%-5.0
Rebounds411.1-7.1
Assists01.8-1.8
Turnovers42.3+1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games21.522.5-1.0
Game Score per 36 minutes6.920.7-13.8
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 (26 games)Change
Twos10 (5-of-7)13.7 (6.8-of-11.0)-3.7
Free throws1 (1-of-1)4.3 (4.3-of-6.0)-3.3
Total1118.0-7.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

4.1 against a usual 16.7 (-12.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.2
Rebounds-3.1
Assists-1.3
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls-2.5
Total-12.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 27 games, oldest first, this game last: 12.9, 7.3, 22.7, 5.6, 18.5, 13.2, 25.1, 29.1, 21.2, 18.1, 31.5, 22.8, 15.5, 13.2, 9.5, 15.8, 18.1, 7.8, 7.4, 18.4, 13.8, 4.7, 14.6, 16.5, 26.7, 23.6, 4.1

Lowest Game Score of the 27 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 4.7, set on Dec 15, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pistons lost 131-129 at the Jazz.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 23, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Jazz this season: 22 points (Nov 5, 2025).
  • 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.