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Tari Eason

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

Regular season · Apr 1, 2026 · MIL 113 @ HOU 119 · Final

Tari Eason 5 points on 1-of-8 vs Bucks (Apr 1, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-7 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 23:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.5 PTS · 9.7 FGA · 26.0 MIN, from 53 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season: 0.0 against a usual 8.3 (-8.3)

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 Tari Eason score 5 points?

In 23:54 against the Bucks on Apr 1, 2026, Tari Eason scored 5 points: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-7 from three (14.3%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Eason averaged 10.5 points on 9.7 shots in 26.0 minutes across 53 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of 54 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (4.8), threes 3 (4.9), free throws 2 (0.8). Minutes: 23:54, against a usual 26.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: 0.0, against a usual 11.5. The Rockets won 119-113 at home against the Bucks. 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 (53 games)Change
Minutes23:5426.0-2.1
Points510.5-5.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-89.7 · 41.5%-1.7
3PA · 3P%7 · 14.3%4.4 · 37.2%+2.6 · -22.9
FTA · FT%2-of-21.1 · 74.1%+0.9
Rebounds26.4-4.4
Assists01.6-1.6
Turnovers01.4-1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 53 games17.219.0-1.8
Game Score per 36 minutes0.011.5-11.5
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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 (53 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-7)4.9 (1.6-of-4.4)-1.9
Twos0 (0-of-1)4.8 (2.4-of-5.3)-4.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.8 (0.8-of-1.1)+1.2
Total510.5-5.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.0 against a usual 8.3 (-8.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.4
Rebounds-1.7
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks-1.6
Turnovers and fouls+1.5
Total-8.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 54 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, 3.3, 4.7, 9, 0.8, 3.2, 2.1, 12, 13.9, 18.8, 0

3rd-lowest Game Score of 54 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets won 119-113 at home against the Bucks.
  • Previous appearance: Mar 31, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bucks this season: 6 points (Nov 9, 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.