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Scottie Barnes

F-G · 6′8″ · Current team: Toronto Raptors

Regular season · Dec 5, 2025 · CHA 111 @ TOR 86 · Final

Scottie Barnes 13 points on 6-of-15 vs Hornets (Dec 5, 2025)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 6-of-15 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 31:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.4 PTS · 15.1 FGA · 33.7 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season: 6.2 against a usual 18.6 (-12.4)

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 Scottie Barnes score 13 points?

In 31:24 against the Hornets on Dec 5, 2025, Scottie Barnes scored 13 points: 6-of-15 from the field (40.0%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), no free throw attempts. Coming in, Barnes had averaged 20.4 points on 15.1 shots in 33.7 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season. The 40.0% from the field compares with a usual 51.4%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 0 (3.4), two-pointers 10 (12.6), threes 3 (4.4). Barnes played 31:24 against a usual 33.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 7.1, against a usual 19.8. Rebounds: 3, against a usual 8.0. The Raptors lost 111-86 at home against the Hornets, a 25-point loss. 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

Barnes in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes31:2433.7-2.3
Points1320.4-7.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 40.0%15.1 · 51.4%-0.1 · -11.4
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%3.6 · 41.5%+1.4 · -21.5
FTA · FT%0-of-04.0 · 84.6%-4.0
Rebounds38.0-5.0
Assists55.2-0.2
Turnovers42.4+1.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 23 games24.924.3+0.6
Game Score per 36 minutes7.119.8-12.7
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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 (23 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)4.4 (1.5-of-3.6)-1.4
Twos10 (5-of-10)12.6 (6.3-of-11.5)-2.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.4 (3.4-of-4.0)-3.4
Total1320.4-7.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

6.2 against a usual 18.6 (-12.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.8
Rebounds-2.4
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls-1.2
Total-12.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 23.7, 11.3, 24.5, 3.3, 26.8, 10.6, 21.4, 24.5, 13, 14.7, 16.4, 29.3, 15.5, 15.8, 10, 19.2, 19.6, 16.6, 20.9, 29.6, 11.8, 21.2, 27.5, 6.2

2nd-lowest Game Score of 24 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Raptors lost 111-86 at home against the Hornets, a 25-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 4, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets this season: 16 points (Nov 17, 2025), 30 points (Nov 29, 2025).
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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.