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Mikal Bridges

G-F · 6′6″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Mar 8, 2026 · NYK 97 @ LAL 110 · Final

Mikal Bridges 0 points on 0-of-6 vs Lakers (Mar 8, 2026): lowest of 64 games

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-6 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 27:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.5 PTS · 12.5 FGA · 33.8 MIN, from 63 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 64 games the source holds this season: 0.4 against a usual 13.8 (-13.4)

Season-low 0 points among the games the source holds (previous low 5, set on Feb 4, 2026)

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 Mikal Bridges score 0 points?

In 27:24 against the Lakers on Mar 8, 2026, Mikal Bridges scored 0 points: 0-of-6 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Bridges had averaged 15.5 points on 12.5 shots in 33.8 minutes, from 63 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season was as low as 0 points. By Game Score it was the lowest of the 64 games the source holds this season. The shot count was 6, against a usual 12.5. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (8.3), threes 0 (6.2), free throws 0 (1.0). Bridges played 27:24 against a usual 33.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 0.5, against a usual 14.7. The Knicks lost 110-97 at the Lakers. 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

Bridges in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (63 games)Change
Minutes27:2433.8-6.4
Points015.5-15.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-612.5 · 49.8%-6.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-45.4 · 38.6%-1.4
FTA · FT%0-of-01.3 · 82.3%-1.3
Rebounds64.0+2.0
Assists54.0+1.0
Turnovers21.0+1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 63 games12.817.8-5.0
Game Score per 36 minutes0.514.7-14.2
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 (63 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)6.2 (2.1-of-5.4)-6.2
Twos0 (0-of-2)8.3 (4.1-of-7.1)-8.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.3)-1.0
Total015.5-15.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.4 against a usual 13.8 (-13.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-13.4
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+0.7
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-1.7
Total-13.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 64 games, oldest first, this game last: 20, 10.9, 17.2, 24.1, 19.9, 11.9, 14.1, 10.6, 15.8, 24.1, 4.1, 14.1, 22.9, 17.4, 17.9, 15.6, 19.1, 12.5, 13.6, 33.4, 13.9, 10.3, 7.7, 13.4, 17.5, 17.4, 18.8, 6.1, 11.4, 13.4, 13.5, 12.3, 13.1, 12, 5.6, 16.1, 9.7, 20.2, 11.7, 18.5, 9.1, 5.9, 11.6, 0.7, 15.5, 26.7, 9.5, 5.6, 23.9, 4.7, 8.1, 12, 18.1, 19.6, 3, 10.6, 9.4, 12.2, 14, 22.8, 8.6, 5.9, 8.7, 0.4

Lowest Game Score of the 64 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 0.7, set on Jan 24, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks lost 110-97 at the Lakers.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 6, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lakers this season: 10 points (Feb 1, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Knicks 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.