NightlyHoops
CB
NBA · SAS

Carter Bryant

F · 6′6″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Feb 10, 2026 · SAS 136 @ LAL 108 · Final

Carter Bryant 16 points vs Lakers (Feb 10, 2026): best of 42 games

ANSWER

16 PTS · 6-of-12 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 1-of-4 FT · 26:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.0 PTS · 3.1 FGA · 8.8 MIN, from 41 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 42 games the source holds this season: 12.3 against a usual 1.8 (+10.5)

Season-high 16 points among the games the source holds (previous high 11, reached in 3 earlier games)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Carter Bryant score 16 points?

Carter Bryant scored 16 points against the Lakers on Feb 10, 2026 in 26:54: 6-of-12 from the field (50.0%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), 1-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Bryant averaged 3.0 points on 3.1 shots in 8.8 minutes across 41 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season reached 16 points. By Game Score it was the best of the 42 games the source holds this season. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 3.1. Bryant shot 50.0% from the field, against a usual 35.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (1.5), two-pointers 6 (1.2). Minutes: 26:54, against a usual 8.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 16.5, against a usual 7.3. The Spurs won 136-108 at the Lakers, a 28-point win. 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

Bryant in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (41 games)Change
Minutes26:548.8+18.1
Points163.0+13.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 50.0%3.1 · 35.7%+8.9 · +14.3
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%1.6 · 31.3%+6.4 · +6.2
FTA · FT%1-of-40.3 · 78.6%+3.7
Rebounds41.9+2.1
Assists30.2+2.8
Turnovers00.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 37 games21.417.5+3.9
Game Score per 36 minutes16.57.3+9.2
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 (41 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-8)1.5 (0.5-of-1.6)+7.5
Twos6 (3-of-4)1.2 (0.6-of-1.5)+4.8
Free throws1 (1-of-4)0.3 (0.3-of-0.3)+0.7
Total163.0+13.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.3 against a usual 1.8 (+10.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.5
Rebounds+0.5
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls-0.1
Total+10.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 42 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.8, -0.4, 0.2, -0.4, 7.9, -0.4, 0.6, -2.9, 3.3, 0.7, 3.2, -1.8, 2.5, -0.6, 3.9, 3.8, 0.5, 1.9, 3.2, -0.1, 2.7, 0.7, 0.8, -0.4, -1.9, 0.2, 0.9, -1.4, 1.3, 0.3, -0.3, 2.1, 10.6, 1.6, 7.7, 3.5, 0, 2.4, 9.1, 1.5, 8.1, 12.3

Best Game Score of the 42 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 10.6, set on Jan 19, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 136-108 at the Lakers, a 28-point win.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lakers this season: 2 points (Jan 7, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Spurs games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
06

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.