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Cole Anthony

6′2″ · Inactive · last listed with Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Dec 14, 2025 · MIL 82 @ BKN 127 · Final

Cole Anthony 2 points on 0-of-4 vs Nets (Dec 14, 2025): lowest of 25 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 20:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.1 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 15.8 MIN, from 24 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season: -3.5 against a usual 5.2 (-8.7)

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 Cole Anthony score 2 points?

Cole Anthony scored 2 points against the Nets on Dec 14, 2025 in 20:12: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Anthony averaged 7.1 points on 7.0 shots in 15.8 minutes across 24 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 25 games this season. Anthony took 4 shots, 3.0 fewer than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 4.9); threes 0 points (usual 1.7); free throws 2 points (usual 0.5). Minutes: 20:12, against a usual 15.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: -6.2, against a usual 11.9. Anthony had 4 turnovers and 4 fouls, against a usual 1.9 and 2.2. At the Nets, the Bucks lost 127-82, a 45-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

Anthony in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (24 games)Change
Minutes20:1215.8+4.4
Points27.1-5.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-47.0 · 43.5%-3.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-22.0 · 28.6%0.0
FTA · FT%2-of-20.8 · 55.0%+1.2
Rebounds42.7+1.3
Assists14.1-3.1
Turnovers41.9+2.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 22 games19.926.2-6.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.211.9-18.1
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 (24 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.7 (0.6-of-2.0)-1.7
Twos0 (0-of-2)4.9 (2.5-of-5.0)-4.9
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.5 (0.5-of-0.8)+1.5
Total27.1-5.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.5 against a usual 5.2 (-8.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.1
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-2.1
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls-2.8
Total-8.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 25 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.9, 21.9, 5.5, 6.9, 0.1, 8.2, 12.2, 6.9, 9.7, 0.9, -1.7, 6.9, 2.5, 2.3, 2.2, 0.3, 11.7, -1.2, 5.5, 2.3, 0, 0.7, 4, 8.5, -3.5

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.7, set on Nov 12, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 127-82 at the Nets, a 45-point loss.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 2 points (Nov 29, 2025).
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.