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Dylan Harper

G · 6′5″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Dec 31, 2025 · NYK 132 @ SAS 134 · Final

Dylan Harper 2 points on 1-of-6 vs Knicks (Dec 31, 2025)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-6 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 16:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.0 PTS · 10.0 FGA · 21.3 MIN, from 21 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 22 games the source holds this season: -1.6 against a usual 9.5 (-11.1)

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 Dylan Harper score 2 points?

Dylan Harper scored 2 points against the Knicks on Dec 31, 2025 in 16:18: 1-of-6 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Harper had averaged 12.0 points on 10.0 shots in 21.3 minutes, from 21 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of the 22 games the source holds this season. Harper took 6 shots, 4.0 fewer than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 8.3); free throws 0 points (usual 1.9); threes 0 points (usual 1.8). Minutes: 16:18, against a usual 21.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: -3.5, against a usual 16.1. Harper had 0 assists, against a usual 4.2. The Spurs won 134-132 at home against the Knicks. 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

Harper in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (21 games)Change
Minutes16:1821.3-5.0
Points212.0-10.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-610.0 · 47.4%-4.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-32.3 · 26.5%+0.7
FTA · FT%0-of-02.7 · 71.4%-2.7
Rebounds23.3-1.3
Assists04.2-4.2
Turnovers11.6-0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 21 games17.525.4-7.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.516.1-19.6
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 (21 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)1.8 (0.6-of-2.3)-1.8
Twos2 (1-of-3)8.3 (4.1-of-7.7)-6.3
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.9 (1.9-of-2.7)-1.9
Total212.0-10.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.6 against a usual 9.5 (-11.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-8.4
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-3.0
Steals and blocks0.0
Turnovers and fouls+0.6
Total-11.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 22 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.2, 5.8, 23.7, 11.5, 8.6, 8.1, 6.5, 12.4, 11.6, 13.3, 11.6, -2.5, 17.5, 7, 21.5, 4.3, -5.1, 15.2, 9.7, 11.9, 3, -1.6

3rd-lowest Game Score of the 22 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs won 134-132 at home against the Knicks.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 29, 2025, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Knicks this season.
  • 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.