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Kris Murray

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Memphis Grizzlies

Regular season · Apr 6, 2026 · POR 132 @ DEN 137 · Final

Kris Murray 1 point vs Nuggets (Apr 6, 2026)

ANSWER

1 PTS · 0-of-0 FG · 1-of-2 FT · 21:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.8 PTS · 5.0 FGA · 23.6 MIN, from 53 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season: -1.3 against a usual 5.6 (-6.9)

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 Kris Murray score 1 point?

In 21:48 against the Nuggets on Apr 6, 2026, Kris Murray scored 1 point: no field goal attempts, no three-point attempts, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Murray averaged 5.8 points on 5.0 shots in 23.6 minutes across 53 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season. Murray took 0 shots, 5.0 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (3.4), threes 0 (1.7). Playing time was 21:48, against a usual 23.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -2.1, against a usual 8.5. Turnovers and fouls: 2 and 4, against a usual 0.8 and 1.6. At the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers lost 137-132. 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 (53 games)Change
Minutes21:4823.6-1.8
Points15.8-4.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-05.0 · 45.7%-5.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-02.2 · 26.5%-2.2
FTA · FT%1-of-21.0 · 70.6%+1.0
Rebounds13.7-2.7
Assists21.4+0.6
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 52 games6.010.8-4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.18.5-10.6
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 (53 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)1.7 (0.6-of-2.2)-1.7
Twos0 (0-of-0)3.4 (1.7-of-2.8)-3.4
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.7 (0.7-of-1.0)+0.3
Total15.8-4.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.3 against a usual 5.6 (-6.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-2.5
Rebounds-1.4
Assists+0.4
Steals and blocks-1.2
Turnovers and fouls-2.2
Total-6.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 54 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.3, 12.4, 1.6, 2.8, 8.7, 5.8, -2.1, 2.8, 2.5, 7.2, 2.6, 11.3, 2.2, 8, 1.6, 6.8, 5.2, 9.4, 11.7, 2.9, -1.1, 4.5, 8.8, 4.6, 6.2, 5.6, 3.1, 13, 7.2, 5.7, 7.5, 8.4, 4.6, 11.7, 0.9, 6, 15.8, 9.4, -0.5, -0.4, 2.6, -0.1, 2, 11.3, 8.8, -0.1, 4, 16.7, 6.1, -3.2, 5.6, 9.8, 3.9, -1.3

3rd-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers lost 137-132 at the Nuggets.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 2, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nuggets this season: 10 points (Oct 31, 2025), 1 point (Feb 20, 2026), 2 points (Mar 22, 2026).
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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.