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Zach LaVine

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

Regular season · Nov 24, 2025 · MIN 112 @ SAC 117 · Final

Zach LaVine 7 points on 3-of-10 vs Timberwolves (Nov 24, 2025)

ANSWER

7 PTS · 3-of-10 FG · 1-of-6 3P · 31:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 21.7 PTS · 15.2 FGA · 33.9 MIN, from this season's 15 games plus last season's average, counted as 2.5 games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 16 games this season: 1.6 against a usual 14.4 (-12.8)

Season-low 7 points (previous low 8, set on Nov 16, 2025 and Nov 19, 2025)

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 Zach LaVine score 7 points?

Zach LaVine scored 7 points against the Timberwolves on Nov 24, 2025 in 31:48: 3-of-10 from the field (30.0%), 1-of-6 from three (16.7%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 21.7 points on 15.2 shots in 33.9 minutes: this season's 15 games plus last season's average, counted as 2.5 games. The 7 points were a season low, below the previous 8. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 16 games this season. Shot attempts: 10, against a usual 15.2. The rate from the field was 30.0%, against a usual 50.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 3 (8.8), two-pointers 4 (9.6), free throws 0 (3.3). LaVine played 31:48 against a usual 33.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 1.8, against a usual 15.3. At home against the Timberwolves, the Kings won 117-112. 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
Minutes31:4833.9-2.1
Points721.7-14.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 30.0%15.2 · 50.7%-5.2 · -20.7
3PA · 3P%6 · 16.7%7.2 · 40.5%-1.2 · -23.8
FTA · FT%0-of-03.8 · 88.3%-3.8
Rebounds33.5-0.5
Assists12.5-1.5
Turnovers12.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games15.124.1-9.0
Game Score per 36 minutes1.815.3-13.5
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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 (blended)Change
Threes3 (1-of-6)8.8 (2.9-of-7.2)-5.8
Twos4 (2-of-4)9.6 (4.8-of-8.0)-5.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.3 (3.3-of-3.8)-3.3
Total721.7-14.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.6 against a usual 14.4 (-12.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-12.7
Rebounds-0.2
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total-12.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, 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, 17.3, 9.9, 1.6

2nd-lowest Game Score of 16 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Kings won 117-112 at home against the Timberwolves.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 22, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Timberwolves this season: 26 points (Nov 9, 2025), 25 points (Nov 14, 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.