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Sam Hauser

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Boston Celtics

Regular season · Dec 11, 2025 · BOS 101 @ MIL 116 · Final

Sam Hauser 0 points on 0-of-10 vs Bucks (Dec 11, 2025): lowest of 25 games

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-10 FG · 0-of-9 3P · 21:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.2 PTS · 6.7 FGA · 22.3 MIN, from 24 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season: -5.9 against a usual 5.6 (-11.5)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 3 earlier games

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 Sam Hauser score 0 points?

Sam Hauser scored 0 points against the Bucks on Dec 11, 2025 in 21:48: 0-of-10 from the field (0.0%), 0-of-9 from three (0.0%). Coming in, Hauser had averaged 7.2 points on 6.7 shots in 22.3 minutes, from 24 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, reached in 3 earlier games. This game had the lowest Game Score of 25 games this season. Shot attempts: 10, against a usual 6.7. The rate from the field was 0.0%, against a usual 36.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (6.4). Playing time was 21:48, against a usual 22.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -9.7, against a usual 9.1. At the Bucks, the Celtics lost 116-101. 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

Hauser in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (24 games)Change
Minutes21:4822.3-0.5
Points07.2-7.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 0.0%6.7 · 36.6%+3.3 · -36.6
3PA · 3P%9 · 0.0%5.8 · 36.4%+3.2 · -36.4
Rebounds73.4+3.6
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers20.5+1.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 24 games23.614.1+9.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-9.79.1-18.8
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 (24 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-9)6.4 (2.1-of-5.8)-6.4
Twos0 (0-of-1)0.7 (0.3-of-0.9)-0.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.1-of-0.2)-0.1
Total07.2-7.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-5.9 against a usual 5.6 (-11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.4
Rebounds+0.8
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-0.2
Turnovers and fouls-1.4
Total-11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 25 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 14.6, 4.5, 5.8, 15.9, 4.5, 5.4, 1.4, 0.5, 3.6, -0.6, 2, 2.2, -1.8, 10.9, -0.9, 9.5, 3.6, 12.3, 7.9, 6.9, 6.3, 11.3, 7.4, -5.9

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.8, set on Nov 16, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Celtics lost 116-101 at the Bucks.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks 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.