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Jalen Suggs

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Feb 5, 2026 · BKN 98 @ ORL 118 · Final

Jalen Suggs 11 assists vs Nets (Feb 5, 2026): best of 29 games

ANSWER

15 PTS · 11 AST · 6-of-9 FG · 3-of-5 3P · 29:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.9 PTS · 4.9 AST · 11.2 FGA · 25.9 MIN, from 28 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 29 games the source holds this season: 25.7 against a usual 11.1 (+14.6)

Matched the season high of 11 assists among the games the source holds, set on Nov 25, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jalen Suggs have 11 assists?

Jalen Suggs scored 15 points against the Nets on Feb 5, 2026 in 29:06: 6-of-9 from the field, 3-of-5 from three (60.0%), no free throw attempts. Coming in, Suggs had averaged 13.9 points on 11.2 shots in 25.9 minutes, from 28 regular-season games. The 11 assists matched the season high among the games the source holds, set on Nov 25, 2025. By Game Score it was the best of the 29 games the source holds this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (5.6), free throws 0 (2.3). Suggs played 29:06 against a usual 25.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 31.8, against a usual 15.4. Assists: 11, against a usual 4.9. At home against the Nets, the Magic won 118-98, a 20-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

Suggs in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (28 games)Change
Minutes29:0625.9+3.2
Points1513.9+1.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-911.2 · 43.5%-2.2
3PA · 3P%5 · 60.0%5.8 · 31.9%-0.8 · +28.1
FTA · FT%0-of-02.6 · 87.7%-2.6
Rebounds113.9+7.1
Assists114.9+6.1
Turnovers32.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 28 games18.524.3-5.8
Game Score per 36 minutes31.815.4+16.4
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 (28 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-5)5.6 (1.9-of-5.8)+3.4
Twos6 (3-of-4)6.0 (3.0-of-5.4)0.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.3 (2.3-of-2.6)-2.3
Total1513.9+1.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.7 against a usual 11.1 (+14.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+3.3
Rebounds+2.6
Assists+4.3
Steals and blocks+3.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total+14.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 29 games, oldest first, this game last: 12.9, 7.2, 9.9, 9.2, 5.9, 10.8, 10.2, 21.6, 9.4, 8.3, 12.1, 21.9, 15.5, 11.1, 7.9, 7.4, 17.6, 16.2, 11.8, 14.2, 6.3, 11.7, 8.3, 0.7, 10.1, 15.4, 0.4, 17, 25.7

Best Game Score of the 29 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 21.9, set on Nov 20, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic won 118-98 at home against the Nets, a 20-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Feb 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 14 points (Nov 14, 2025).
  • 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.