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Keegan Murray

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Dec 3, 2025 · SAC 95 @ HOU 121 · Final

Keegan Murray 5 points on 2-of-11 vs Rockets (Dec 3, 2025)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 2-of-11 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 37:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.1 PTS · 12.9 FGA · 36.4 MIN, from this season's 6 games plus last season's average, counted as 7 games

Game Score 1.9 against a usual 13.1 (-11.2)

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 Keegan Murray score 5 points?

In 37:24 against the Rockets on Dec 3, 2025, Keegan Murray scored 5 points: 2-of-11 from the field (18.2%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 15.1 points on 12.9 shots in 36.4 minutes: this season's 6 games plus last season's average, counted as 7 games. The 18.2% from the field compares with a usual 45.7%. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 8.0; from threes, 3 points against a usual 5.6; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.5. Minutes: 37:24, against a usual 36.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 1.8, against a usual 12.9. Turnovers and fouls: 3 and 3, against a usual 0.5 and 2.1. At the Rockets, the Kings lost 121-95, a 26-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

Murray in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes37:2436.4+1.0
Points515.1-10.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 18.2%12.9 · 45.7%-1.9 · -27.5
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%6.1 · 30.5%-1.1 · -10.5
FTA · FT%0-of-01.8 · 82.6%-1.8
Rebounds116.8+4.2
Assists11.6-0.6
Turnovers30.5+2.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 6 games15.918.8-2.9
Game Score per 36 minutes1.812.9-11.1
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 (blended)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)5.6 (1.9-of-6.1)-2.6
Twos2 (1-of-6)8.0 (4.0-of-6.8)-6.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.5 (1.5-of-1.8)-1.5
Total515.1-10.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.9 against a usual 13.1 (-11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.3
Rebounds+2.2
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.9
Total-11.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 4.1, 17.3, 23.6, 17.7, 23.2, 13.2, 1.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 121-95 at the Rockets, a 26-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 30, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season.
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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.