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Jrue Holiday

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Regular season · Jan 30, 2026 · POR 97 @ NYK 127 · Final

Jrue Holiday 5 points on 2-of-7 vs Knicks (Jan 30, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 21 games

ANSWER

5 PTS · 2-of-7 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 21:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.8 PTS · 12.8 FGA · 28.4 MIN, from 20 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 21 games this season: 0.7 against a usual 13.0 (-12.3)

Matched the season low of 5 points, set on Jan 27, 2026

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 Jrue Holiday score 5 points?

In 21:54 against the Knicks on Jan 30, 2026, Jrue Holiday scored 5 points: 2-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Holiday had averaged 14.8 points on 12.8 shots in 28.4 minutes, from 20 regular-season games. The 5 points matched the season low set on Jan 27, 2026. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 21 games this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 12.8. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (6.5), threes 3 (6.9), free throws 0 (1.4). Minutes: 21:54, against a usual 28.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 1.2, against a usual 16.4. Holiday had 4 assists, against a usual 6.8. At the Knicks, the Trail Blazers lost 127-97, a 30-point loss. 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

Holiday in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (20 games)Change
Minutes21:5428.4-6.5
Points514.8-9.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-712.8 · 43.4%-5.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-36.5 · 35.4%-3.5
FTA · FT%0-of-01.9 · 75.7%-1.9
Rebounds24.7-2.7
Assists46.8-2.8
Turnovers42.4+1.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 20 games22.122.6-0.5
Game Score per 36 minutes1.216.4-15.2
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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 (20 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)6.9 (2.3-of-6.5)-3.9
Twos2 (1-of-4)6.5 (3.2-of-6.3)-4.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.4 (1.4-of-1.9)-1.4
Total514.8-9.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.7 against a usual 13.0 (-12.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.0
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-2.0
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-12.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 21 games, oldest first, this game last: 9.6, 11.8, 18.3, 22.4, 24.5, 12.3, 5.6, 14.9, 19.5, 13.1, 16.8, 14.1, 7.3, 6.3, 12.3, 6.7, 13, 19, 11.5, 0.4, 0.7

2nd-lowest Game Score of 21 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers lost 127-97 at the Knicks, a 30-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 27, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks this season: 8 points (Jan 11, 2026).
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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.