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Tari Eason

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

Regular season · Mar 13, 2026 · NOP 105 @ HOU 107 · Final

Tari Eason 4 points on 2-of-11 in 19 minutes vs Pelicans (Mar 13, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-11 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 19:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.8 PTS · 9.7 FGA · 26.4 MIN, from 43 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 44 games this season: -2.5 against a usual 8.7 (-11.2)

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 4 points?

In 19:06 against the Pelicans on Mar 13, 2026, Tari Eason scored 4 points: 2-of-11 from the field (18.2%), 0-of-3 from three. Coming in, Eason had averaged 10.8 points on 9.7 shots in 26.4 minutes, from 43 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 44 games this season. The 18.2% from the field compares with a usual 43.4%. From threes, 0 points against a usual 5.3. Minutes: 19:06, against a usual 26.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: -4.7, against a usual 11.9. The Rockets won 107-105 at home against the Pelicans. 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

Eason in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (43 games)Change
Minutes19:0626.4-7.3
Points410.8-6.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 18.2%9.7 · 43.4%+1.3 · -25.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-34.5 · 39.0%-1.5
Rebounds86.2+1.8
Assists01.7-1.7
Turnovers31.4+1.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 43 games31.018.5+12.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.711.9-16.6
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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 (43 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)5.3 (1.8-of-4.5)-5.3
Twos4 (2-of-8)4.9 (2.4-of-5.2)-0.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.6 (0.6-of-0.9)-0.6
Total410.8-6.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.5 against a usual 8.7 (-11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.5
Rebounds+1.0
Assists-1.2
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-1.8
Total-11.2
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 44 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, 6.2, 7.9, -2.5

2nd-lowest Game Score of 44 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 107-105 at home against the Pelicans.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 11, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Pelicans this season.
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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.