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Robert Williams III

C-F · 6′9″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Regular season · Mar 20, 2026 · POR 108 @ MIN 104 · Final

Robert Williams III 2 points on 1-of-4 vs Timberwolves (Mar 20, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 16:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.8 PTS · 4.2 FGA · 17.0 MIN, from 48 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 49 games this season: 1.4 against a usual 9.1 (-7.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Robert Williams III score 2 points?

Robert Williams III scored 2 points against the Timberwolves on Mar 20, 2026 in 16:54: 1-of-4 from the field. Coming in, Williams had averaged 6.8 points on 4.2 shots in 17.0 minutes, from 48 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 49 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (5.8). Minutes: 16:54, against a usual 17.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 3.0, against a usual 19.3. Williams had 12 rebounds, against a usual 6.9. At the Timberwolves, the Trail Blazers won 108-104. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (48 games)Change
Minutes16:5417.0-0.1
Points26.8-4.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-44.2 · 72.5%-0.2
Rebounds126.9+5.1
Assists01.1-1.1
Turnovers30.8+2.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 47 games16.613.2+3.4
Game Score per 36 minutes3.019.3-16.3
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 (48 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.4 (0.1-of-0.4)-0.4
Twos2 (1-of-4)5.8 (2.9-of-3.8)-3.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-0.9)-0.6
Total26.8-4.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.4 against a usual 9.1 (-7.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.3
Rebounds+2.2
Assists-0.7
Steals and blocks-1.8
Turnovers and fouls-2.1
Total-7.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 49 games, oldest first, this game last: 6, 8.4, -0.5, 2.7, 8.8, 6.3, 2.9, 9, 4.4, 12, 12.2, 12.6, 10.5, 7.5, 11.2, 13.6, 4, 13.6, 8.5, 7.4, 9.4, 11.7, 5.9, 4.3, 5.2, 1, 14.5, 10.6, 12.3, 9.3, 9.2, 6.6, 11.9, 12.7, 16.1, 15.2, 8.4, 7.3, 3.3, 5.6, 19.4, 7.3, 20.8, 9, 12.7, 7.1, 11.8, 7.4, 1.4

3rd-lowest Game Score of 49 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers won 108-104 at the Timberwolves.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 18, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Timberwolves this season: 5 points (Feb 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.