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Walter Clayton Jr.

G · 6′3″ · Current team: Dallas Mavericks

Regular season · Feb 25, 2026 · GSW 133 @ MEM 112 · Final

Walter Clayton Jr. 4 points on 1-of-8 vs Warriors (Feb 25, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 22:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.0 PTS · 6.0 FGA · 18.5 MIN, from 49 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season: -1.7 against a usual 5.5 (-7.2)

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 Walter Clayton Jr. score 4 points?

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 4 points against the Warriors on Feb 25, 2026 in 22:12: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Clayton had averaged 7.0 points on 6.0 shots in 18.5 minutes, from 49 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 2.8. Clayton played 22:12 against a usual 18.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -2.8, against a usual 10.8. The Grizzlies lost 133-112 at home against the Warriors, a 21-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

Clayton in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (49 games)Change
Minutes22:1218.5+3.7
Points47.0-3.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-86.0 · 39.9%+2.0
3PA · 3P%1-of-43.3 · 29.6%+0.7
FTA · FT%1-of-21.3 · 93.8%+0.7
Rebounds02.0-2.0
Assists33.4-0.4
Turnovers11.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 49 games19.817.9+1.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.810.8-13.6
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 (49 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)2.9 (1.0-of-3.3)+0.1
Twos0 (0-of-4)2.8 (1.4-of-2.7)-2.8
Free throws1 (1-of-2)1.3 (1.3-of-1.3)-0.3
Total47.0-3.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.7 against a usual 5.5 (-7.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.3
Rebounds-0.7
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls-0.1
Total-7.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 50 games, oldest first, this game last: 11.7, 9.3, 0.2, 2.3, 2.3, 2.4, 12.5, 3, 4.6, 3.9, 5.6, 0.3, -0.1, -0.1, 8.1, 7.7, 9.9, 7.2, 18.5, -0.9, 0.9, 5.9, -0.8, 5.9, 7.1, 0.6, 20.3, 3.1, 9.3, 6.1, 3.3, 10.4, 9.9, 8.1, 4.5, 13.8, 4.7, 7.5, 3.2, 1, 5.6, 2.6, 2, -1.2, 0.5, 6.2, 10.3, 3.9, 8.4, -1.7

Lowest Game Score of the 50 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: -1.2, set on Jan 30, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Grizzlies lost 133-112 at home against the Warriors, a 21-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 23, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Warriors this season: 0 points (Nov 24, 2025), 8 points (Jan 3, 2026), 3 points (Jan 28, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Grizzlies games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.