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Saddiq Bey

F · 6′8″ · Current team: New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season · Mar 13, 2026 · NOP 105 @ HOU 107 · Final

Saddiq Bey 5 points on 2-of-11 vs Rockets (Mar 13, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 2-of-11 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 30:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 17.3 PTS · 13.1 FGA · 30.9 MIN, from 60 regular-season games

4th-lowest Game Score of 61 games this season: 1.3 against a usual 14.0 (-12.7)

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 Saddiq Bey score 5 points?

Saddiq Bey scored 5 points against the Rockets on Mar 13, 2026 in 30:12: 2-of-11 from the field (18.2%), 0-of-4 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Bey had averaged 17.3 points on 13.1 shots in 30.9 minutes, from 60 regular-season games. This game had the 4th-lowest Game Score of 61 games this season. The 18.2% from the field compares with a usual 45.2%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.9); two-pointers 4 points (usual 7.9); free throws 1 point (usual 3.5). Minutes: 30:12, against a usual 30.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 1.5, against a usual 16.4. The Pelicans lost 107-105 at the Rockets. 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

Bey in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (60 games)Change
Minutes30:1230.9-0.7
Points517.3-12.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 18.2%13.1 · 45.2%-2.1 · -27.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-45.6 · 34.6%-1.6
FTA · FT%1-of-14.2 · 83.9%-3.2
Rebounds55.8-0.8
Assists12.5-1.5
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 60 games18.221.6-3.4
Game Score per 36 minutes1.516.4-14.9
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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 (60 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)5.9 (2.0-of-5.6)-5.9
Twos4 (2-of-7)7.9 (4.0-of-7.5)-3.9
Free throws1 (1-of-1)3.5 (3.5-of-4.2)-2.5
Total517.3-12.3
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.3 against a usual 14.0 (-12.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-12.1
Rebounds-0.1
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total-12.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 61 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.1, 8.4, 5.9, 5.8, 7.2, -1.2, 12.7, 18.6, 8.7, 10.3, 21.3, 11.7, 8.8, 0.7, 1.1, 18.4, 19.6, 19.8, 15.2, 22.3, 17.9, 17.6, 14.3, 15.3, 14.1, 8.1, 25.6, 13.8, 11.7, 6.2, 3.1, 16.5, 20.1, 10.5, 14, 10.5, 15.3, 9.9, 14.1, 32.6, 23.9, 16.4, 17.9, 28.4, 5, 16.8, 25.5, 4.7, 8.2, 20.6, 11.4, 11, 38.4, 18.5, 11.6, 11.8, 12.8, 15.7, 20.7, 4.2, 1.3

4th-lowest Game Score of 61 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pelicans lost 107-105 at the Rockets.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 11, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Rockets this season: 29 points (Dec 18, 2025), 11 points (Jan 18, 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.