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Desmond Bane

G · 6′6″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Apr 10, 2026 · ORL 127 @ CHI 103 · Final

Desmond Bane 2 points on 1-of-4 in 17 minutes vs Bulls (Apr 10, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 17:19 MIN

Usual before this game: 20.7 PTS · 14.9 FGA · 33.9 MIN, from 77 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 78 games the source holds this season: 2.5 against a usual 15.7 (-13.2)

Season-low 2 points among the games the source holds (previous low 5, set on Nov 1, 2025 and Dec 5, 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 Desmond Bane score 2 points?

Desmond Bane scored 2 points against the Bulls on Apr 10, 2026 in 17:19: 1-of-4 from the field, no three-point attempts, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Bane had averaged 20.7 points on 14.9 shots in 33.9 minutes, from 77 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season was as low as 2 points. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of the 78 games the source holds this season. Bane took 4 shots, 10.9 fewer than usual. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 10.4; from threes, 0 points against a usual 6.3; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 4.0. Playing time was 17:19, against a usual 33.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 5.2, against a usual 16.7. The Magic won 127-103 at the Bulls, a 24-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

Bane in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (77 games)Change
Minutes17:1933.9-16.6
Points220.7-18.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-414.9 · 48.9%-10.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-05.3 · 39.4%-5.3
FTA · FT%0-of-04.4 · 90.8%-4.4
Rebounds14.2-3.2
Assists44.1-0.1
Turnovers12.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 77 games11.723.7-12.0
Game Score per 36 minutes5.216.7-11.5
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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 (77 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)6.3 (2.1-of-5.3)-6.3
Twos2 (1-of-4)10.4 (5.2-of-9.6)-8.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)4.0 (4.0-of-4.4)-4.0
Total220.7-18.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.5 against a usual 15.7 (-13.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-13.4
Rebounds-1.4
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total-13.2
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 78 games, oldest first, this game last: 12.3, 9.4, 8.6, 15.7, 5, 4.2, 5.9, 3.9, 21.2, 7.4, 14.3, 17.5, 8.7, 17.9, 20.7, 11.5, 22, 15, 10.5, 28.1, 33.8, 10.4, -5, 13.1, 29.9, 4.9, 21.5, 13.9, 19.1, 5.8, 19.6, 14.4, 12.4, 11.9, 29.4, 8.5, 1, 16.3, 21.3, 17.6, 14.5, 12.8, 19.8, 24, 18.9, 3.3, 21.3, 13.3, 19.3, 24.7, 17.2, 28.2, 29.5, 15.6, 26.7, 13.9, 23.8, 9.2, 23.2, 21.6, 31.5, 19.5, 12, 11.4, 12.1, 20, 6.4, 14.8, 13.3, 19.5, 11.3, 12.6, 6.1, 27.1, 19.6, 19, 13.3, 2.5

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 78 games the source holds this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic won 127-103 at the Bulls, a 24-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 8, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Bulls this season: 14 points (Oct 25, 2025), 37 points (Dec 1, 2025), 14 points (Jan 2, 2026).
  • The source holds fewer Magic 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.