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Keldon Johnson

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

Regular season · Mar 1, 2026 · SAS 89 @ NYK 114 · Final

Keldon Johnson 3 points on 1-of-4 in 17 minutes vs Knicks (Mar 1, 2026)

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 17:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.3 PTS · 9.4 FGA · 23.6 MIN, from 58 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 59 games the source holds this season: -0.7 against a usual 11.0 (-11.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Keldon Johnson score 3 points?

In 17:12 against the Knicks on Mar 1, 2026, Keldon Johnson scored 3 points: 1-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Johnson had averaged 13.3 points on 9.4 shots in 23.6 minutes, from 58 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 59 games the source holds this season. Johnson took 4 shots, 5.4 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (7.8), threes 0 (3.5), free throws 1 (2.0). Johnson played 17:12 against a usual 23.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.5, against a usual 16.7. At the Knicks, the Spurs lost 114-89, 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

Johnson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (58 games)Change
Minutes17:1223.6-6.4
Points313.3-10.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-49.4 · 54.3%-5.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.1 · 38.1%-1.1
FTA · FT%1-of-22.5 · 78.8%-0.5
Rebounds35.6-2.6
Assists01.4-1.4
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 58 games15.120.5-5.4
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.516.7-18.2
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 (58 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.5 (1.2-of-3.1)-3.5
Twos2 (1-of-2)7.8 (3.9-of-6.3)-5.8
Free throws1 (1-of-2)2.0 (2.0-of-2.5)-1.0
Total313.3-10.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.7 against a usual 11.0 (-11.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.4
Rebounds-1.1
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.5
Total-11.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 59 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, 9.3, 14.7, 1.1, 11.9, 16.4, 7.5, 13.1, 5.6, 10, 20.2, 13, 2.1, 1.4, 18.3, 2.5, 10.5, 5.1, 0.6, 11.9, -0.7

Lowest Game Score of the 59 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 0.6, set on Feb 25, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs lost 114-89 at the Knicks, a 25-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 26, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks this season: 19 points (Dec 31, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Spurs games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.