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Tari Eason

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

Regular season · Mar 8, 2026 · HOU 120 @ SAS 145 · Final

Tari Eason 2 points on 1-of-6 vs Spurs (Mar 8, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 41 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 20:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.2 PTS · 9.9 FGA · 26.5 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 41 games this season: 0.6 against a usual 9.0 (-8.4)

Matched the season low of 2 points, set on Feb 26, 2026

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Tari Eason score 2 points?

Tari Eason scored 2 points against the Spurs on Mar 8, 2026 in 20:06: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Eason averaged 11.2 points on 9.9 shots in 26.5 minutes across 40 regular-season games. The 2 points tied the season low, set on Feb 26, 2026. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 41 games this season. Eason took 6 shots, 3.9 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.7), two-pointers 2 (4.8). Playing time was 20:06, against a usual 26.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 1.1, against a usual 12.2. At the Spurs, the Rockets lost 145-120, 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

01

What changed

Eason in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes20:0626.5-6.4
Points211.2-9.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-69.9 · 43.7%-3.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-24.7 · 40.6%-2.7
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 70.0%-1.0
Rebounds66.3-0.3
Assists21.7+0.3
Turnovers11.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 40 games14.818.8-4.0
Game Score per 36 minutes1.112.2-11.1
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 (40 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.7 (1.9-of-4.7)-5.7
Twos2 (1-of-4)4.8 (2.4-of-5.2)-2.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.7 (0.7-of-1.0)-0.7
Total211.2-9.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.6 against a usual 9.0 (-8.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.7
Rebounds0.0
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total-8.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: -2.7, 4.6, 20.9, 9.6, 7.8, 15.4, 12, 8.8, 4, 17, 2.5, 17.2, 5.1, 10.3, 7.3, 12.2, 15.1, 14.7, 8.1, 9.5, 5.2, 4.2, 13.7, 9.3, 9.7, 14.1, 8.6, 8.9, 16.1, 1, 6.8, 2.4, 11.8, 9.5, 7.8, 2.7, 10.4, 7.2, 5.9, 4.9, 0.6

2nd-lowest Game Score of 41 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets lost 145-120 at the Spurs, a 25-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 6, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 11 points (Nov 7, 2025), 6 points (Jan 20, 2026), 10 points (Jan 28, 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.