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Jaren Jackson Jr.

F-C · 6′10″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Dec 2, 2025 · MEM 119 @ SAS 126 · Final

Jaren Jackson Jr. 7 points on 3-of-9 vs Spurs (Dec 2, 2025): lowest of 20 games

ANSWER

7 PTS · 3-of-9 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 26:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.4 PTS · 14.1 FGA · 29.7 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: -0.3 against a usual 11.8 (-12.1)

Season-low 7 points among the games the source holds (previous low 9, set on Nov 5, 2025)

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 Jaren Jackson Jr. score 7 points?

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 7 points against the Spurs on Dec 2, 2025 in 26:36: 3-of-9 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 18.4 points on 14.1 shots in 29.7 minutes: this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games. No earlier game the source holds this season was as low as 7 points. By Game Score it was the lowest of the 20 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 9, against a usual 14.1. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.4); two-pointers 6 points (usual 9.7); free throws 1 point (usual 3.3). Playing time was 26:36, against a usual 29.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -0.4, against a usual 14.3. At the Spurs, the Grizzlies lost 126-119. 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

Jackson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes26:3629.7-3.1
Points718.4-11.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-914.1 · 47.2%-5.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-45.0 · 36.2%-1.0
FTA · FT%1-of-24.1 · 80.4%-2.1
Rebounds65.2+0.8
Assists21.8+0.2
Turnovers52.0+3.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 19 games23.325.0-1.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.414.3-14.7
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-4)5.4 (1.8-of-5.0)-5.4
Twos6 (3-of-5)9.7 (4.9-of-9.1)-3.7
Free throws1 (1-of-2)3.3 (3.3-of-4.1)-2.3
Total718.4-11.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.3 against a usual 11.8 (-12.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.4
Rebounds-0.1
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-3.4
Total-12.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.7, 10.7, 10, 12.8, 14, 8.9, 13.9, 15.1, 11, 12.9, 10.5, 8.5, 8.4, 11.5, 8.1, 8.4, 19.1, 17.3, 10, -0.3

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

Previous lowest: 8.1, set on Nov 18, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Grizzlies lost 126-119 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 30, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 18 points (Nov 18, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Grizzlies games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.