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Tari Eason

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

Regular season · Nov 7, 2026 · HOU 99 @ PHX 102 · Final

Tari Eason 2 points on 1-of-8 vs Suns (Nov 7, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 22:38 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.2 PTS · 9.0 FGA · 24.9 MIN, from this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games

Game Score -1.2 against a usual 8.6 (-9.8)

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 Tari Eason score 2 points?

Tari Eason scored 2 points against the Suns on Nov 7, 2026 in 22:38: 1-of-8 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. The usual line blends this season's 8 games with last season's average, counted as 6 games: 10.2 points on 9.0 shots in 24.9 minutes. From threes, 0 points against a usual 3.7; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 5.4; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.1. Minutes: 22:38, against a usual 24.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: -1.9, against a usual 12.4. Turnovers and fouls: 4 and 3, against a usual 1.2 and 2.2. At the Suns, the Rockets lost 102-99. 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
Minutes22:3824.9-2.3
Points210.2-8.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-89.0 · 43.7%-1.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.9 · 32.0%-1.9
FTA · FT%0-of-01.3 · 85.9%-1.3
Rebounds76.0+1.0
Assists21.4+0.6
Turnovers41.2+2.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 8 games21.918.2+3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.912.4-14.3
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
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.7 (1.2-of-3.9)-3.7
Twos2 (1-of-6)5.4 (2.7-of-5.1)-3.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.1 (1.1-of-1.3)-1.1
Total210.2-8.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.2 against a usual 8.6 (-9.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.6
Rebounds+1.5
Assists+0.4
Steals and blocks0.0
Turnovers and fouls-3.1
Total-9.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 2.3, 12.9, 13.1, 3.9, 12.5, 6.2, 10.9, 9.3, -1.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Rockets lost 102-99 at the Suns.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 4, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns 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.