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Onyeka Okongwu

F-C · 6′10″ · Current team: Atlanta Hawks

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · CLE 102 @ ATL 124 · Final

Onyeka Okongwu 2 points on 1-of-5 vs Cavaliers (Apr 10, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 26:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.4 PTS · 11.7 FGA · 31.1 MIN, from 73 regular-season games

4th-lowest Game Score of 74 games this season: 2.5 against a usual 13.2 (-10.7)

Season-low 2 points (previous low 4, reached in 3 earlier games)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Onyeka Okongwu score 2 points?

Onyeka Okongwu scored 2 points against the Cavaliers on Apr 10, 2026 in 26:48: 1-of-5 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Okongwu had averaged 15.4 points on 11.7 shots in 31.1 minutes, from 73 regular-season games. The previous low this season was 4 points. This game had the 4th-lowest Game Score of 74 games this season. The shot count was 5, against a usual 11.7. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.9); two-pointers 2 points (usual 7.4); free throws 0 points (usual 2.1). Minutes: 26:48, against a usual 31.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 3.4, against a usual 15.3. Okongwu had 0 turnovers and 0 fouls, against a usual 1.7 and 3.3. At home against the Cavaliers, the Hawks won 124-102, a 22-point win. 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

Okongwu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (73 games)Change
Minutes26:4831.1-4.3
Points215.4-13.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-511.7 · 48.2%-6.7
3PA · 3P%0-of-25.2 · 37.8%-3.2
FTA · FT%0-of-02.8 · 75.7%-2.8
Rebounds57.6-2.6
Assists13.2-2.2
Turnovers01.7-1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 73 games7.819.8-12.0
Game Score per 36 minutes3.415.3-11.9
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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 (73 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.9 (2.0-of-5.2)-5.9
Twos2 (1-of-3)7.4 (3.7-of-6.5)-5.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.1 (2.1-of-2.8)-2.1
Total215.4-13.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.5 against a usual 13.2 (-10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.3
Rebounds-1.1
Assists-1.5
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls+3.1
Total-10.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 74 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.3, 14, 11.5, 17.6, 11.8, 13.3, 0.2, 15, 1.7, 12.6, 7.1, 17.6, 27.4, 25, 12.5, 13.3, 12.6, 12.8, 15.3, 7.3, 15.3, 3.2, 12.6, 21.9, 9, 15.4, 11.2, 6.6, 21.6, 6.5, 8.4, 27.7, 22.6, 16.2, 20.3, 0.7, 19.4, 12.9, 20.8, 5.9, 18.3, 16.6, 6.9, 10.2, 21.3, 8.6, 15.2, 12.3, 9.5, 16, 4.6, 20.2, 13.1, 9.2, 11.4, 25.8, 19.9, 11.4, 19.3, 13.5, 2.6, 12.4, 10.4, 6.6, 6.8, 16.9, 7.7, 6.2, 19.8, 13.6, 13.4, 7.1, 14.6, 2.5

4th-lowest Game Score of 74 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks won 124-102 at home against the Cavaliers, a 22-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Cavaliers this season: 7 points (Nov 2, 2025), 18 points (Nov 28, 2025), 18 points (Apr 8, 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.