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Keldon Johnson

F-G · 6′5″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Jan 13, 2026 · SAS 98 @ OKC 119 · Final

Keldon Johnson 9 points on 4-of-11 vs Thunder (Jan 13, 2026): lowest of 39 games

ANSWER

9 PTS · 4-of-11 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 20:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.0 PTS · 9.1 FGA · 24.0 MIN, from 38 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 39 games the source holds this season: 1.6 against a usual 12.1 (-10.5)

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 Keldon Johnson score 9 points?

In 20:18 against the Thunder on Jan 13, 2026, Keldon Johnson scored 9 points: 4-of-11 from the field (36.4%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Johnson averaged 14.0 points on 9.1 shots in 24.0 minutes across 38 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 39 games the source holds this season. Johnson shot 36.4% from the field, against a usual 57.5%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 0 (2.2), two-pointers 6 (7.9). Playing time was 20:18, against a usual 24.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 2.8, against a usual 18.2. The Spurs lost 119-98 at the Thunder, a 21-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

Johnson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (38 games)Change
Minutes20:1824.0-3.7
Points914.0-5.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 36.4%9.1 · 57.5%+1.9 · -21.1
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%3.1 · 42.2%+1.9 · -22.2
FTA · FT%0-of-02.8 · 77.8%-2.8
Rebounds36.4-3.4
Assists01.3-1.3
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 38 games26.620.0+6.6
Game Score per 36 minutes2.818.2-15.4
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 (38 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)3.9 (1.3-of-3.1)-0.9
Twos6 (3-of-6)7.9 (3.9-of-6.0)-1.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.2 (2.2-of-2.8)-2.2
Total914.0-5.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.6 against a usual 12.1 (-10.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.6
Rebounds-1.4
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.9
Total-10.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 39 games, oldest first, this game last: 12.7, 7.2, 19.3, 9.3, 9.7, 11.9, 10.2, 8.4, 16.7, 8.9, 6.5, 2.4, 13, 13.8, 22.3, 11, 11.7, 13.1, 21.3, 9, 8.7, 9.9, 11.2, 14.9, 7.5, 12.5, 12.7, 16.6, 7.4, 24.6, 6, 16.8, 12.8, 5.3, 7.6, 23.1, 14, 9.8, 1.6

Lowest Game Score of the 39 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 2.4, set on Nov 14, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs lost 119-98 at the Thunder, a 21-point loss.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Thunder this season: 25 points (Dec 23, 2025), 9 points (Dec 25, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Spurs 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.