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Josh Hart

G · 6′5″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Feb 21, 2026 · HOU 106 @ NYK 108 · Final

Josh Hart 2 points on 1-of-7 vs Rockets (Feb 21, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 44 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 27:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.1 PTS · 9.1 FGA · 30.5 MIN, from 43 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 44 games the source holds this season: 0.5 against a usual 12.3 (-11.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Josh Hart score 2 points?

Josh Hart scored 2 points against the Rockets on Feb 21, 2026 in 27:06: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Hart had averaged 12.1 points on 9.1 shots in 30.5 minutes, from 43 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of the 44 games the source holds this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 4.7); two-pointers 2 points (usual 5.9); free throws 0 points (usual 1.5). Hart played 27:06 against a usual 30.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 0.7, against a usual 14.5. The Knicks won 108-106 at home against the Rockets. 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

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What changed

Hart in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (43 games)Change
Minutes27:0630.5-3.4
Points212.1-10.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-79.1 · 50.0%-2.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-33.8 · 41.7%-0.8
FTA · FT%0-of-02.0 · 73.6%-2.0
Rebounds67.6-1.6
Assists65.2+0.8
Turnovers42.0+2.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 43 games18.916.6+2.3
Game Score per 36 minutes0.714.5-13.8
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 (43 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)4.7 (1.6-of-3.8)-4.7
Twos2 (1-of-4)5.9 (3.0-of-5.3)-3.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.5 (1.5-of-2.0)-1.5
Total212.1-10.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.5 against a usual 12.3 (-11.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.9
Rebounds-0.7
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks-0.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total-11.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 44 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.3, 6.3, 4.3, -1.5, 12.6, 13.8, 15.3, 12.4, 10.1, 5.2, 15.4, 12, 17, 6.6, 12.7, 23.2, 20.8, 23.5, 17.6, 16.6, 10, 16.9, 20.5, 6.5, 15.7, 10.7, 12.9, 12.1, 8.8, 7.6, 5.3, 12.5, 13, 7.7, 20.8, 16.5, 17.6, 8.9, 2.7, 12.9, 20.5, 9.7, 8.9, 0.5

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 44 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks won 108-106 at home against the Rockets.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season.
  • The source holds fewer Knicks 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.