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Jarred Vanderbilt

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Los Angeles Lakers

Regular season · Jan 12, 2026 · LAL 112 @ SAC 124 · Final

Jarred Vanderbilt 0 points on 0-of-3 vs Kings (Jan 12, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 25:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.3 PTS · 4.1 FGA · 20.0 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 28 games this season: -2.1 against a usual 5.4 (-7.5)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 4 earlier games

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 Jarred Vanderbilt score 0 points?

In 25:36 against the Kings on Jan 12, 2026, Jarred Vanderbilt scored 0 points: 0-of-3 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Vanderbilt averaged 5.3 points on 4.1 shots in 20.0 minutes across 27 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, reached in 4 earlier games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 28 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 2.7); threes 0 points (usual 1.8). Playing time was 25:36, against a usual 20.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -3.0, against a usual 9.6. At the Kings, the Lakers lost 124-112. 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

Vanderbilt in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes25:3620.0+5.6
Points05.3-5.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-34.1 · 47.3%-1.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-31.7 · 34.0%+1.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.1 · 72.4%-1.1
Rebounds45.4-1.4
Assists01.4-1.4
Turnovers01.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games5.312.8-7.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.09.6-12.6
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 (27 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)1.8 (0.6-of-1.7)-1.8
Twos0 (0-of-0)2.7 (1.4-of-2.4)-2.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.8 (0.8-of-1.1)-0.8
Total05.3-5.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.1 against a usual 5.4 (-7.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.2
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total-7.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: -2.9, 4.7, 7.4, 16.4, 5.1, 3.6, 4, 6, 3.5, 14.6, -1.6, 4.3, 2.9, -1, -0.4, 11.1, 7.5, 1.5, 4.4, 11.9, 2.8, 9.2, 3, 5.8, 11, -0.6, 10.6, -2.1

2nd-lowest Game Score of 28 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers lost 124-112 at the Kings.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings this season: 9 points (Oct 26, 2025), 5 points (Dec 28, 2025).
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.