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John Collins

F-C · 6′9″ · Current team: Detroit Pistons

Regular season · Nov 12, 2025 · DEN 130 @ LAC 116 · Final

John Collins 2 points on 1-of-6 vs Nuggets (Nov 12, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 20:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.9 PTS · 9.4 FGA · 25.3 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score -2.0 against a usual 9.5 (-11.5)

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 John Collins score 2 points?

In 20:42 against the Nuggets on Nov 12, 2025, John Collins scored 2 points: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-1 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Collins had averaged 12.9 points on 9.4 shots in 25.3 minutes, from 10 regular-season games. Collins took 6 shots, 3.4 fewer than usual. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 7.8; from threes, 0 points against a usual 3.3; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.8. Minutes: 20:42, against a usual 25.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: -3.5, against a usual 13.5. The Clippers lost 130-116 at home against the Nuggets. 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

Collins in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes20:4225.3-4.6
Points212.9-10.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-69.4 · 53.2%-3.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-12.8 · 39.3%-1.8
FTA · FT%0-of-02.4 · 75.0%-2.4
Rebounds45.1-1.1
Assists00.9-0.9
Turnovers22.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games17.422.2-4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.513.5-17.0
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 (10 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)3.3 (1.1-of-2.8)-3.3
Twos2 (1-of-5)7.8 (3.9-of-6.6)-5.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.8 (1.8-of-2.4)-1.8
Total212.9-10.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.0 against a usual 9.5 (-11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.9
Rebounds-0.6
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks0.0
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total-11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 11.6, 10.1, 13.7, 3.8, 10.4, 4.6, 10.5, 6.9, 17.8, 5.5, -2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers lost 130-116 at home against the Nuggets.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 10, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Nuggets 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.