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Mike Conley

G · 6′0″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Jan 17, 2026 · MIN 123 @ SAS 126 · Final

Mike Conley 0 points on 0-of-4 vs Spurs (Jan 17, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 21:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.1 PTS · 4.1 FGA · 18.6 MIN, from 36 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 37 games this season: -2.3 against a usual 5.0 (-7.3)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 3 earlier games

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 Mike Conley score 0 points?

In 21:12 against the Spurs on Jan 17, 2026, Mike Conley scored 0 points: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Conley had averaged 5.1 points on 4.1 shots in 18.6 minutes, from 36 regular-season games. The 0 points matched the season low reached in 3 earlier games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of 37 games this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 3.3); free throws 0 points (usual 1.0). Minutes: 21:12, against a usual 18.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: -3.9, against a usual 9.6. At the Spurs, the Timberwolves lost 126-123. 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

Conley in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (36 games)Change
Minutes21:1218.6+2.6
Points05.1-5.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-44.1 · 35.8%-0.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.1 · 35.1%-1.1
FTA · FT%0-of-01.2 · 88.1%-1.2
Rebounds21.7+0.3
Assists33.00.0
Turnovers10.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 36 games10.012.0-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.99.6-13.5
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 (36 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.3 (1.1-of-3.1)-3.3
Twos0 (0-of-2)0.8 (0.4-of-1.0)-0.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.2)-1.0
Total05.1-5.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.3 against a usual 5.0 (-7.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.5
Rebounds-0.1
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-7.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 37 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.1, -4, 3.1, 11.4, 12.4, 10.5, 9.7, 10.6, 5.7, 8.7, 3.7, 5.9, 3.2, 6.1, 12.3, 0.1, 3.5, 1, 7, 7.1, 3.9, -2.7, 5.2, -1.9, 11.1, 7.8, 2.4, 1.2, 0.8, 5.2, 7.5, 2.5, 2.3, 4.3, 8.7, 2.2, -2.3

3rd-lowest Game Score of 37 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves lost 126-123 at the Spurs.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 5 points (Nov 30, 2025), 4 points (Jan 11, 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.