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Nicolas Batum

6′7″ · Inactive · last listed with LA Clippers

Regular season · Nov 29, 2025 · DAL 114 @ LAC 110 · Final

Nicolas Batum 0 points on 0-of-4 vs Mavericks (Nov 29, 2025): lowest of 20 games

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 28:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.5 PTS · 3.7 FGA · 18.3 MIN, from this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season: -3.4 against a usual 3.9 (-7.3)

Matched the season low of 0 points, set on Nov 3, 2025 and Nov 6, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
below usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Nicolas Batum score 0 points?

Nicolas Batum scored 0 points against the Mavericks on Nov 29, 2025 in 28:18: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-4 from three. Before this game, the usual line was 4.5 points on 3.7 shots in 18.3 minutes: this season's 19 games plus last season's average, counted as 0.5 games. The 0 points matched the season low set on Nov 3, 2025 and Nov 6, 2025. By Game Score it was the lowest of 20 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (4.0). Playing time was 28:18, against a usual 18.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -4.3, against a usual 7.7. Turnovers and fouls: 2 and 4, against a usual 0.6 and 1.9. The Clippers lost 114-110 at home against the Mavericks. 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

Batum in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes28:1818.3+10.0
Points04.5-4.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-43.7 · 38.7%+0.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-43.4 · 38.6%+0.6
Rebounds42.7+1.3
Assists00.6-0.6
Turnovers20.6+1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 18 games9.111.1-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.37.7-12.0
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)4.0 (1.3-of-3.4)-4.0
Twos0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.1-of-0.3)-0.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.3 (0.3-of-0.4)-0.3
Total04.5-4.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.4 against a usual 3.9 (-7.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.2
Rebounds+1.0
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total-7.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 20 games, oldest first, this game last: 2, 2.5, 6.9, 3.9, 0.1, 0, 0.1, -1.2, 6.2, 1.8, 7.2, 4.6, 4.8, 8.6, 2.9, 10.3, 3.9, 6.2, 3.1, -3.4

Lowest Game Score of 20 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.2, set on Nov 6, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Clippers lost 114-110 at home against the Mavericks.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 28, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Mavericks this season: 7 points (Nov 14, 2025).
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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.