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Tari Eason

F · 6′8″ · Current team: Houston Rockets

Regular season · Oct 21, 2025 · HOU 124 @ OKC 125 · Final

Tari Eason 3 points on 1-of-6 vs Thunder (Oct 21, 2025)

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 21:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.0 PTS · 9.8 FGA · 25.1 MIN, from last season's average over 56 regular-season games

Game Score -2.7 against a usual 11.0 (-13.7)

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 Tari Eason score 3 points?

In 21:36 against the Thunder on Oct 21, 2025, Tari Eason scored 3 points: 1-of-6 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this first game of the season, the usual line was last season's average over 56 regular-season games: 12.0 points on 9.8 shots in 25.1 minutes. Eason took 6 shots, 3.8 fewer than usual. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 7.4; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.3. Eason played 21:36 against a usual 25.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.5, against a usual 15.8. Eason had 4 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 1.2 and 2.4. The Rockets lost 125-124 at the Thunder. 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

Eason in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes21:3625.1-3.5
Points312.0-9.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-69.8 · 48.8%-3.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-43.2 · 34.3%+0.8
FTA · FT%0-of-01.8 · 76.5%-1.8
Rebounds66.4-0.4
Assists01.5-1.5
Turnovers41.2+2.8
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.515.8-20.3
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
Threes3 (1-of-4)3.3 (1.1-of-3.2)-0.3
Twos0 (0-of-2)7.4 (3.7-of-6.6)-7.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.3 (1.3-of-1.8)-1.3
Total312.0-9.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.7 against a usual 11.0 (-13.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.7
Rebounds-1.0
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-1.7
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total-13.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -2.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets lost 125-124 at the Thunder.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Thunder 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.