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Royce O'Neale

F · 6′6″ · Current team: Charlotte Hornets

Regular season · Feb 22, 2026 · POR 92 @ PHX 77 · Final

Royce O'Neale 0 points on 0-of-5 vs Trail Blazers (Feb 22, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-5 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 24:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.2 PTS · 8.5 FGA · 29.6 MIN, from 57 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 58 games this season: -1.7 against a usual 8.5 (-10.2)

Matched the season low of 0 points, set on Dec 5, 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 Royce O'Neale score 0 points?

In 24:48 against the Trail Blazers on Feb 22, 2026, Royce O'Neale scored 0 points: 0-of-5 from the field, 0-of-4 from three. Before this game, O'Neale averaged 10.2 points on 8.5 shots in 29.6 minutes across 57 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, set on Dec 5, 2025. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 58 games this season. Shot attempts: 5, against a usual 8.5. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 8.3); two-pointers 0 points (usual 1.6). Minutes: 24:48, against a usual 29.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: -2.5, against a usual 10.3. O'Neale had 0 assists, against a usual 2.9. The Suns lost 92-77 at home against the Trail Blazers. 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

O'Neale in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (57 games)Change
Minutes24:4829.6-4.8
Points010.2-10.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-58.5 · 41.9%-3.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-46.9 · 40.2%-2.9
Rebounds74.9+2.1
Assists02.9-2.9
Turnovers21.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 57 games12.714.7-2.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.510.3-12.8
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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 (57 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)8.3 (2.8-of-6.9)-8.3
Twos0 (0-of-1)1.6 (0.8-of-1.6)-1.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)-0.3
Total010.2-10.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.7 against a usual 8.5 (-10.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.2
Rebounds+1.1
Assists-2.0
Steals and blocks+0.3
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total-10.2
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 58 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.5, 6.7, 3.6, 17.3, 13.6, 11.5, 12.4, 5.5, 12.9, 13.8, 12.1, 12.5, 4.2, 0, 5.6, 11.5, 4.8, 7.7, 9.6, 8.3, 12, 11.3, -1.2, 15.4, -2, 8.7, 9.1, 0.4, 12.7, 2.1, 11.7, 14.5, 1.5, 9.1, 0, 14.5, 13.6, 11.4, 18.3, 5.8, 9.5, 11, 7.2, 6.2, 3.3, 5.6, 5.4, 5, 11.1, 6.1, 6.3, 7.7, 13.8, 10.4, 6.1, 7.5, 6.7, -1.7

2nd-lowest Game Score of 58 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns lost 92-77 at home against the Trail Blazers.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 21, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Trail Blazers this season: 9 points (Nov 18, 2025), 11 points (Feb 3, 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.