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Zach LaVine

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Sacramento Kings

Regular season · Nov 19, 2025 · SAC 99 @ OKC 113 · Final

Zach LaVine 8 points on 4-of-10 vs Thunder (Nov 19, 2025)

ANSWER

8 PTS · 4-of-10 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 30:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 22.8 PTS · 15.6 FGA · 34.6 MIN, from this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games

Game Score 0.2 against a usual 15.6 (-15.4)

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 Zach LaVine score 8 points?

Zach LaVine scored 8 points against the Thunder on Nov 19, 2025 in 30:12: 4-of-10 from the field (40.0%), 0-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 22.8 points on 15.6 shots in 34.6 minutes: this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games. LaVine took 10 shots, 5.6 fewer than usual. The 40.0% from the field compares with a usual 51.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (9.5), free throws 0 (3.7), two-pointers 8 (9.6). LaVine played 30:12 against a usual 34.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 0.2, against a usual 16.2. Turnovers and fouls: 5 and 1, against a usual 2.2 and 2.3. At the Thunder, the Kings lost 113-99. 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

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What changed

LaVine in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes30:1234.6-4.4
Points822.8-14.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 40.0%15.6 · 51.1%-5.6 · -11.1
3PA · 3P%0-of-47.4 · 42.8%-3.4
FTA · FT%0-of-04.2 · 87.1%-4.2
Rebounds43.7+0.3
Assists22.7-0.7
Turnovers52.2+2.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games20.923.8-2.9
Game Score per 36 minutes0.216.2-16.0
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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-4)9.5 (3.2-of-7.4)-9.5
Twos8 (4-of-6)9.6 (4.8-of-8.2)-1.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.7 (3.7-of-4.2)-3.7
Total822.8-14.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.2 against a usual 15.6 (-15.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-12.3
Rebounds+0.4
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks-0.7
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total-15.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 16.1, 22.2, 19.2, 15.2, 24.1, 24.7, 7.4, 6.1, 20.3, 6.3, 16.3, 5.2, 0.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings lost 113-99 at the Thunder.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 16, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Thunder this season: 23 points (Oct 28, 2025), 9 points (Nov 7, 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.