NightlyHoops
NT
NBA · BKN

Nolan Traore

G · 6′4″ · Current team: Brooklyn Nets

Regular season · Mar 7, 2026 · BKN 107 @ DET 105 · Final

Nolan Traore 2 points on 1-of-5 in 15 minutes vs Pistons (Mar 7, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 15:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.4 PTS · 7.9 FGA · 22.5 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 41 games this season: -3.3 against a usual 5.3 (-8.6)

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 Nolan Traore score 2 points?

In 15:24 against the Pistons on Mar 7, 2026, Nolan Traore scored 2 points: 1-of-5 from the field, no three-point attempts, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Traore had averaged 8.4 points on 7.9 shots in 22.5 minutes, from 40 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 41 games this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 2.8); two-pointers 2 points (usual 4.4); free throws 0 points (usual 1.2). Traore played 15:24 against a usual 22.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -7.7, against a usual 8.4. Traore had 4 turnovers and 4 fouls, against a usual 2.0 and 2.1. At the Pistons, the Nets won 107-105. 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

Traore in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes15:2422.5-7.1
Points28.4-6.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-57.9 · 39.7%-2.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-03.0 · 32.2%-3.0
FTA · FT%0-of-01.5 · 78.7%-1.5
Rebounds11.6-0.6
Assists23.7-1.7
Turnovers42.0+2.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games25.220.7+4.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-7.78.4-16.1
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 (40 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)2.8 (0.9-of-3.0)-2.8
Twos2 (1-of-5)4.4 (2.2-of-4.9)-2.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.2 (1.2-of-1.5)-1.2
Total28.4-6.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.3 against a usual 5.3 (-8.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.1
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-1.2
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls-2.8
Total-8.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.6, -0.7, -0.7, 0.7, -1.5, 2, 5.1, 1.6, 5.7, 3.5, -2.6, 12.5, 0.5, 5.5, 2.2, 1.5, 3.8, -2, 6.8, 11.9, 7.3, -3.9, 16.1, 8.6, 7.4, -1.9, 4.6, 16.3, 13.2, 14.4, 13.5, 2.1, 12.4, 2.4, 6.1, 6.1, 9.4, 7.4, 1.4, 8.9, -3.3

2nd-lowest Game Score of 41 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Nets won 107-105 at the Pistons.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 5, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pistons this season: 5 points (Feb 1, 2026).
06

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.