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Jalen Smith

F-C · 6′9″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Oct 22, 2025 · DET 111 @ CHI 115 · Final

Jalen Smith 2 points on 0-of-7 vs Pistons (Oct 22, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 0-of-7 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 13:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.2 PTS · 6.4 FGA · 15.0 MIN, from last season's average over 64 regular-season games

Game Score -0.7 against a usual 7.3 (-8.0)

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 Jalen Smith score 2 points?

In 13:36 against the Pistons on Oct 22, 2025, Jalen Smith scored 2 points: 0-of-7 from the field, 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. For the first game of the season, the usual line is last season's average over 64 regular-season games: 8.2 points on 6.4 shots in 15.0 minutes. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 3.7; from threes, 0 points against a usual 3.4. Playing time was 13:36, against a usual 15.0 minutes. The Bulls won 115-111 at home against the Pistons. 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

Smith in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes13:3615.0-1.4
Points28.2-6.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-76.4 · 46.6%+0.6
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%3.5 · 32.4%+1.5 · -32.4
FTA · FT%2-of-21.4 · 80.9%+0.6
Rebounds55.6-0.6
Assists11.00.0
Turnovers00.6-0.6
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)3.4 (1.1-of-3.5)-3.4
Twos0 (0-of-2)3.7 (1.8-of-2.9)-3.7
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.1 (1.1-of-1.4)+0.9
Total28.2-6.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.7 against a usual 7.3 (-8.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.7
Rebounds-0.3
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total-8.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -0.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls won 115-111 at home against the Pistons.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Pistons 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.