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Craig Porter Jr.

G · 6′1″ · Current team: Cleveland Cavaliers

Regular season · Feb 19, 2026 · BKN 84 @ CLE 112 · Final

Craig Porter Jr. 2 points on 1-of-5 vs Nets (Feb 19, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 16:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.7 PTS · 4.1 FGA · 17.9 MIN, from 48 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 49 games the source holds this season: -1.9 against a usual 6.4 (-8.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Craig Porter Jr. score 2 points?

Craig Porter Jr. scored 2 points against the Nets on Feb 19, 2026 in 16:48: 1-of-5 from the field, 0-of-2 from three. Before this game, Porter averaged 4.7 points on 4.1 shots in 17.9 minutes across 48 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of the 49 games the source holds this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 1.6). Porter played 16:48 against a usual 17.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.1, against a usual 12.8. The Cavaliers won 112-84 at home against the Nets, 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

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What changed

Porter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (48 games)Change
Minutes16:4817.9-1.1
Points24.7-2.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-54.1 · 46.2%+0.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.4 · 38.2%+0.6
Rebounds23.4-1.4
Assists23.2-1.2
Turnovers20.9+1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 47 games18.612.3+6.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.112.8-16.9
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 (48 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.6 (0.5-of-1.4)-1.6
Twos2 (1-of-3)2.7 (1.4-of-2.7)-0.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.4 (0.4-of-0.7)-0.4
Total24.7-2.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.9 against a usual 6.4 (-8.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-3.6
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-0.8
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total-8.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 49 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, 15.2, 4.9, 8.6, 7.4, 5.2, 7.4, -0.8, -0.1, 1.3, 24.3, 13.2, 2.2, 10.1, 12, 2.3, 6.1, 6.5, 0, 12, -0.9, 10.3, -2, 9.2, 1.3, 18.5, 1.3, 6.7, 6.9, 12.4, 5.3, 12.9, 3.7, 5.4, 4.7, 2.3, 6.5, 5.4, 4.6, 4.9, 2.7, 5.9, 9.1, 13.7, 7.3, 7.2, -2.1, 4.8, -1.9

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 49 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Cavaliers won 112-84 at home against the Nets, a 28-point win.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 14 points (Oct 24, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Cavaliers 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.