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Jamal Murray

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Denver Nuggets

Regular season · Oct 22, 2026 · DEN 84 @ OKC 96 · Final

Jamal Murray 6 points on 2-of-11 vs Thunder (Oct 22, 2026)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 2-of-11 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 2-of-4 FT · 36:45 MIN

Usual before this game: 25.4 PTS · 18.1 FGA · 35.4 MIN, from last season's average over 75 regular-season games

Game Score -1.6 against a usual 20.6 (-22.2)

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 Jamal Murray score 6 points?

In 36:45 against the Thunder on Oct 22, 2026, Jamal Murray scored 6 points: 2-of-11 from the field (18.2%), 0-of-1 from three, 2-of-4 on free throws. Before this first game of the season, the usual line was last season's average over 75 regular-season games: 25.4 points on 18.1 shots in 35.4 minutes. Murray took 11 shots, 7.1 fewer than usual. Murray shot 18.2% from the field, against a usual 48.3%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 9.8); two-pointers 4 points (usual 11.0); free throws 2 points (usual 4.6). Playing time was 36:45, against a usual 35.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -1.6, against a usual 21.0. Turnovers and fouls: 6 and 2, against a usual 2.3 and 1.7. The Nuggets lost 96-84 at the Thunder. 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

Murray in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes36:4535.4+1.4
Points625.4-19.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 18.2%18.1 · 48.3%-7.1 · -30.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-17.5 · 43.5%-6.5
FTA · FT%2-of-45.2 · 88.7%-1.2
Rebounds104.4+5.6
Assists37.1-4.1
Turnovers62.3+3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.621.0-22.6
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-1)9.8 (3.3-of-7.5)-9.8
Twos4 (2-of-10)11.0 (5.5-of-10.6)-7.0
Free throws2 (2-of-4)4.6 (4.6-of-5.2)-2.6
Total625.4-19.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.6 against a usual 20.6 (-22.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-17.7
Rebounds+2.3
Assists-2.9
Steals and blocks-0.1
Turnovers and fouls-3.8
Total-22.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -1.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nuggets lost 96-84 at the Thunder.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Thunder 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.