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Matas Buzelis

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Feb 1, 2026 · CHI 91 @ MIA 134 · Final

Matas Buzelis 2 points on 1-of-7 vs Heat (Feb 1, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 21:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.1 PTS · 11.3 FGA · 28.2 MIN, from 49 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 50 games this season: -1.5 against a usual 11.3 (-12.8)

Season-low 2 points (previous low 3, set on Oct 25, 2025)

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 Matas Buzelis score 2 points?

Matas Buzelis scored 2 points against the Heat on Feb 1, 2026 in 21:18: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Buzelis averaged 15.1 points on 11.3 shots in 28.2 minutes across 49 regular-season games. No earlier game this season was as low as 2 points. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 50 games this season. Buzelis took 7 shots, 4.3 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.9), two-pointers 2 (6.9), free throws 0 (2.3). Playing time was 21:18, against a usual 28.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -2.5, against a usual 14.5. At the Heat, the Bulls lost 134-91, a 43-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

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What changed

Buzelis in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (49 games)Change
Minutes21:1828.2-6.9
Points215.1-13.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-711.3 · 47.7%-4.3
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%5.3 · 36.8%-0.3 · -36.8
FTA · FT%0-of-02.9 · 78.3%-2.9
Rebounds35.4-2.4
Assists22.00.0
Turnovers31.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 49 games18.821.8-3.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.514.5-17.0
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 (49 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-5)5.9 (2.0-of-5.3)-5.9
Twos2 (1-of-2)6.9 (3.4-of-6.0)-4.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.3 (2.3-of-2.9)-2.3
Total215.1-13.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.5 against a usual 11.3 (-12.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.5
Rebounds-0.8
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-12.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 50 games, oldest first, this game last: 16.6, -2.6, 10.4, 20.2, 7, 10.4, 5.3, 18.7, -3.2, 11.3, 17, 14.6, 8.2, 10.9, 2.4, 11.1, 5.4, 3.3, 8.5, 20.5, 7.4, 16.1, 12.9, 7.3, 11.2, 4.8, 21.5, 26.4, 12.6, 4.5, 4.8, 6.8, 12.1, 21.2, 9.3, 21.4, 14.9, 9.4, 12.8, 4.9, 13.4, 14.7, 17, 11.7, 11.1, 7.5, 17.6, 13.3, 10.8, -1.5

3rd-lowest Game Score of 50 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls lost 134-91 at the Heat, a 43-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 31, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Heat this season: 6 points (Nov 21, 2025), 16 points (Jan 29, 2026), 21 points (Jan 31, 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.