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Rui Hachimura

F · 6′8″ · Current team: LA Clippers

Regular season · Dec 1, 2025 · PHX 125 @ LAL 108 · Final

Rui Hachimura 0 points on 0-of-1 in 23 minutes vs Suns (Dec 1, 2025)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-1 FG · 23:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.7 PTS · 10.5 FGA · 33.5 MIN, from this season's 18 games plus last season's average, counted as 1 game

Lowest Game Score of 19 games this season: -0.4 against a usual 10.6 (-11.0)

Season-low 0 points (previous low 6, set on Nov 18, 2025)

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 Rui Hachimura score 0 points?

In 23:00 against the Suns on Dec 1, 2025, Rui Hachimura scored 0 points: 0-of-1 from the field, no three-point attempts, no free throw attempts. The usual line blends this season's 18 games with last season's average, counted as 1 game: 14.7 points on 10.5 shots in 33.5 minutes. No earlier game this season was as low as 0 points. This game had the lowest Game Score of 19 games this season. Hachimura took 1 shot, 9.5 fewer than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 7.5); threes 0 points (usual 5.8); free throws 0 points (usual 1.4). Playing time was 23:00, against a usual 33.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -0.6, against a usual 11.4. At home against the Suns, the Lakers lost 125-108. 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

Hachimura in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes23:0033.5-10.5
Points014.7-14.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-110.5 · 54.3%-9.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-04.2 · 45.8%-4.2
FTA · FT%0-of-01.9 · 73.7%-1.9
Rebounds13.8-2.8
Assists01.0-1.0
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 18 games1.916.0-14.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.611.4-12.0
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-0)5.8 (1.9-of-4.2)-5.8
Twos0 (0-of-1)7.5 (3.7-of-6.3)-7.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.4 (1.4-of-1.9)-1.4
Total014.7-14.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.4 against a usual 10.6 (-11.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.1
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-0.7
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls+1.7
Total-11.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.5, 18.1, 14.9, 9, 10.5, 7.3, 10.8, 22.3, 10.3, 2.5, 18.2, 11.1, 10.6, 3.9, 10.7, 8.6, 7.5, 6.8, -0.4

Lowest Game Score of 19 games this season.

Previous lowest: 2.5, set on Nov 8, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lakers lost 125-108 at home against the Suns.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 30, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns this season.
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.