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Karlo Matković

F-C · 6′11″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Mar 19, 2026 · LAC 99 @ NOP 105 · Final

Karlo Matković 3 points on 0-of-6 vs Clippers (Mar 19, 2026)

ANSWER

3 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 23:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.7 PTS · 3.6 FGA · 14.4 MIN, from 56 regular-season games

Tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 57 games this season: -0.2 against a usual 5.9 (-6.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Karlo Matković score 3 points?

Karlo Matković scored 3 points against the Clippers on Mar 19, 2026 in 23:06: 0-of-6 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, 3-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Matković averaged 5.7 points on 3.6 shots in 14.4 minutes across 56 regular-season games. This game tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 57 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 3.3); free throws 3 points (usual 0.5); threes 0 points (usual 1.9). Matković played 23:06 against a usual 14.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -0.3, against a usual 14.8. The Pelicans won 105-99 at home against the Clippers. 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

Matković in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (56 games)Change
Minutes23:0614.4+8.7
Points35.7-2.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-63.6 · 62.6%+2.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-41.4 · 47.4%+2.6
FTA · FT%3-of-40.6 · 77.1%+3.4
Rebounds53.7+1.3
Assists00.9-0.9
Turnovers10.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 55 games17.613.1+4.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.314.8-15.1
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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 (56 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)1.9 (0.6-of-1.4)-1.9
Twos0 (0-of-2)3.3 (1.6-of-2.2)-3.3
Free throws3 (3-of-4)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+2.5
Total35.7-2.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.2 against a usual 5.9 (-6.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.5
Rebounds+0.3
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-6.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 57 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.7, 1, 0.2, 3.6, 13, 0.8, 3.2, 11.4, 4.9, 3.2, 6.4, 10.2, 7.1, 1.1, 4.4, 4.1, 3.6, 3.3, 7.7, 3.6, -0.9, 2.9, 14, 3.6, 4.5, 2.5, 2.6, 11.5, 7.4, 7.7, 0.8, 4.9, 3, 6.5, -0.2, 6.7, 7.2, 5.3, 1.9, 5.3, 0.9, 13.2, 3.4, 10.7, 11.2, 13, 8.2, 12.3, 6.2, 11.5, 8.1, 4.8, 5.6, 10.7, 14.8, 8.3, -0.2

Tied for the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 57 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans won 105-99 at home against the Clippers.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 18, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Clippers this season: 0 points (Oct 31, 2025), 4 points (Mar 1, 2026), 9 points (Mar 18, 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.