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Klay Thompson

G-F · 6′5″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Oct 29, 2025 · IND 105 @ DAL 107 · Final

Klay Thompson 5 points on 2-of-10 vs Pacers (Oct 29, 2025)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 1-of-6 3P · 21:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.3 PTS · 11.3 FGA · 25.0 MIN, from this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games

Game Score -1.2 against a usual 7.9 (-9.1)

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 Klay Thompson score 5 points?

Klay Thompson scored 5 points against the Pacers on Oct 29, 2025 in 21:42: 2-of-10 from the field (20.0%), 1-of-6 from three (16.7%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 12.3 points on 11.3 shots in 25.0 minutes: this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games. Thompson shot 20.0% from the field, against a usual 39.2%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 3 (7.5), two-pointers 2 (3.8), free throws 0 (1.0). Minutes: 21:42, against a usual 25.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: -2.0, against a usual 11.3. At home against the Pacers, the Mavericks won 107-105. 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

Thompson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes21:4225.0-3.3
Points512.3-7.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 20.0%11.3 · 39.2%-1.3 · -19.2
3PA · 3P%6 · 16.7%6.9 · 36.4%-0.9 · -19.7
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 93.6%-1.0
Rebounds13.4-2.4
Assists11.8-0.8
Turnovers11.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 4 games21.323.3-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.011.3-13.3
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
Threes3 (1-of-6)7.5 (2.5-of-6.9)-4.5
Twos2 (1-of-4)3.8 (1.9-of-4.4)-1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.0)-1.0
Total512.3-7.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.2 against a usual 7.9 (-9.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.4
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total-9.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 2.8, 6.1, 7.5, 2.8, -1.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mavericks won 107-105 at home against the Pacers.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Pacers this season.
  • The source holds fewer Mavericks 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.