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Anthony Davis

F-C · 6′10″ · Current team: Washington Wizards

Regular season · Dec 5, 2025 · DAL 111 @ OKC 132 · Final

Anthony Davis 2 points on 1-of-9 vs Thunder (Dec 5, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 0-of-2 FT · 24:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 22.4 PTS · 16.6 FGA · 31.4 MIN, from this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games

Game Score 1.8 against a usual 20.1 (-18.3)

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 Anthony Davis score 2 points?

Anthony Davis scored 2 points against the Thunder on Dec 5, 2025 in 24:18: 1-of-9 from the field, no three-point attempts, 0-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 22.4 points on 16.6 shots in 31.4 minutes: this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games. Davis took 9 shots, 7.6 fewer than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 15.6); free throws 0 points (usual 4.4); threes 0 points (usual 2.4). Minutes: 24:18, against a usual 31.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: 2.7, against a usual 23.1. The Mavericks lost 132-111 at the Thunder, 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

Davis in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes24:1831.4-7.1
Points222.4-20.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-916.6 · 51.8%-7.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-02.5 · 32.1%-2.5
FTA · FT%0-of-25.8 · 75.7%-3.8
Rebounds811.1-3.1
Assists63.2+2.8
Turnovers22.00.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 8 games22.228.0-5.8
Game Score per 36 minutes2.723.1-20.4
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-0)2.4 (0.8-of-2.5)-2.4
Twos2 (1-of-9)15.6 (7.8-of-14.1)-13.6
Free throws0 (0-of-2)4.4 (4.4-of-5.8)-4.4
Total222.4-20.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.8 against a usual 20.1 (-18.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-18.3
Rebounds-0.5
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks-1.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total-18.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 16.7, 21.2, 25.7, 23.5, 2.6, 14.5, 30.6, 14.9, 1.8

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mavericks lost 132-111 at the Thunder, a 21-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 3, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Thunder this season: 26 points (Oct 27, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Mavericks 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.