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Keegan Murray

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

Regular season · Oct 21, 2026 · SAC 96 @ LAC 121 · Final

Keegan Murray 2 points on 1-of-8 vs Clippers (Oct 21, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 28:22 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.0 PTS · 13.0 FGA · 34.5 MIN, from last season's average over 23 regular-season games

Game Score -1.0 against a usual 10.5 (-11.5)

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 2 points?

Keegan Murray scored 2 points against the Clippers on Oct 21, 2026 in 28:22: 1-of-8 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. For the first game of the season, the usual line is last season's average over 23 regular-season games: 14.0 points on 13.0 shots in 34.5 minutes. Murray took 8 shots, 5.0 fewer than usual. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 8.3; from threes, 0 points against a usual 4.0; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.7. Playing time was 28:22, against a usual 34.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -1.3, against a usual 11.0. The Kings lost 121-96 at the Clippers, a 25-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

01

What changed

Murray in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes28:2234.5-6.1
Points214.0-12.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-813.0 · 42.0%-5.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-44.9 · 27.7%-0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-02.1 · 77.6%-2.1
Rebounds45.7-1.7
Assists01.7-1.7
Turnovers01.2-1.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.311.0-12.3
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
Threes0 (0-of-4)4.0 (1.3-of-4.9)-4.0
Twos2 (1-of-4)8.3 (4.1-of-8.1)-6.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.7 (1.7-of-2.1)-1.7
Total214.0-12.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.0 against a usual 10.5 (-11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.0
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-1.2
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.1
Total-11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 121-96 at the Clippers, a 25-point loss.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Clippers 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.