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Simone Fontecchio

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Miami Heat

Regular season · Jan 29, 2026 · MIA 116 @ CHI 113 · Final

Simone Fontecchio 0 points on 0-of-4 vs Bulls (Jan 29, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 17:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.8 PTS · 6.9 FGA · 16.9 MIN, from 45 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 46 games this season: -2.3 against a usual 6.5 (-8.8)

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

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 Simone Fontecchio score 0 points?

In 17:36 against the Bulls on Jan 29, 2026, Simone Fontecchio scored 0 points: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Fontecchio averaged 8.8 points on 6.9 shots in 16.9 minutes across 45 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, reached in 3 earlier games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 46 games this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.7); two-pointers 0 points (usual 1.9); free throws 0 points (usual 1.2). Minutes: 17:36, against a usual 16.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: -4.7, against a usual 13.8. At the Bulls, the Heat won 116-113. 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

Fontecchio in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (45 games)Change
Minutes17:3616.9+0.7
Points08.8-8.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-46.9 · 41.3%-2.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-44.9 · 38.8%-0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-01.5 · 79.7%-1.5
Rebounds23.2-1.2
Assists31.5+1.5
Turnovers10.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 44 games11.720.2-8.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.713.8-18.5
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 (45 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)5.7 (1.9-of-4.9)-5.7
Twos0 (0-of-0)1.9 (1.0-of-2.0)-1.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.2 (1.2-of-1.5)-1.2
Total08.8-8.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.3 against a usual 6.5 (-8.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.8
Rebounds-0.2
Assists+1.0
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.2
Total-8.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 46 games, oldest first, this game last: 9, 11.7, 11.5, 9.7, 14.2, 1.4, 6.3, 4, 9.6, 4.5, 9.4, 8.3, 4.5, 12, 3.4, 2.7, 3.5, 4.8, 3, 5.1, 6.2, 2.8, 14.3, -3.1, 0.4, 5.5, 6.9, 3.9, 4.2, 2, 1.9, 3.6, 7.1, 0, -0.4, 4.6, 2.6, 2.9, 11.9, 11.4, 11.8, 16.2, 12.8, 1.7, 20.9, -2.3

2nd-lowest Game Score of 46 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Heat won 116-113 at the Bulls.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 28, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season: 9 points (Nov 21, 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.