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T.J. McConnell

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Indiana Pacers

Regular season · Dec 8, 2025 · SAC 105 @ IND 116 · Final

T.J. McConnell 4 points on 2-of-9 vs Kings (Dec 8, 2025)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-9 FG · 15:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.4 PTS · 8.4 FGA · 16.9 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score -0.5 against a usual 9.2 (-9.7)

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 T.J. McConnell score 4 points?

In 15:36 against the Kings on Dec 8, 2025, T.J. McConnell scored 4 points: 2-of-9 from the field, no three-point attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 9.4 points on 8.4 shots in 16.9 minutes: this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 4 (8.2), threes 0 (1.0). McConnell played 15:36 against a usual 16.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.2, against a usual 19.6. At home against the Kings, the Pacers won 116-105. 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

McConnell in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes15:3616.9-1.3
Points49.4-5.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-98.4 · 53.0%+0.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-01.1 · 31.3%-1.1
Rebounds12.5-1.5
Assists34.4-1.4
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games27.424.3+3.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.219.6-20.8
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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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)1.0 (0.3-of-1.1)-1.0
Twos4 (2-of-9)8.2 (4.1-of-7.3)-4.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)-0.2
Total49.4-5.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.5 against a usual 9.2 (-9.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.8
Rebounds-0.5
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total-9.7
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 6.6, 3.5, 6, -1.9, 18.2, 9.7, 16.2, 11.6, 16.8, 11.4, 4.3, 15.8, 3.6, -0.5

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pacers won 116-105 at home against the Kings.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 5, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Kings 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.