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Jaylen Wells

F · 6′7″ · Current team: Memphis Grizzlies

Regular season · Dec 20, 2025 · WAS 130 @ MEM 122 · Final

Jaylen Wells 4 points on 2-of-10 vs Wizards (Dec 20, 2025)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 32:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.7 PTS · 9.7 FGA · 27.0 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season: -1.8 against a usual 9.4 (-11.2)

Matched the season low of 4 points among the games the source holds, set on Nov 3, 2025

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 Jaylen Wells score 4 points?

In 32:00 against the Wizards on Dec 20, 2025, Jaylen Wells scored 4 points: 2-of-10 from the field (20.0%), 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Wells averaged 12.7 points on 9.7 shots in 27.0 minutes across 27 regular-season games. The 4 points matched the season low among the games the source holds, set on Nov 3, 2025. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season. The 20.0% from the field compares with a usual 44.3%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 5.4); free throws 0 points (usual 2.3); two-pointers 4 points (usual 5.0). Wells played 32:00 against a usual 27.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -2.0, against a usual 12.6. At home against the Wizards, the Grizzlies lost 130-122. 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

Wells in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes32:0027.0+5.0
Points412.7-8.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 20.0%9.7 · 44.3%+0.3 · -24.3
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%5.0 · 36.3%0.0 · -36.3
FTA · FT%0-of-03.0 · 78.8%-3.0
Rebounds53.6+1.4
Assists11.7-0.7
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games14.618.3-3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.012.6-14.6
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 (27 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-5)5.4 (1.8-of-5.0)-5.4
Twos4 (2-of-5)5.0 (2.5-of-4.7)-1.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.3 (2.3-of-3.0)-2.3
Total412.7-8.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.8 against a usual 9.4 (-11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.6
Rebounds0.0
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls-1.2
Total-11.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.3, 4.4, -2.5, 6.5, 7.1, 10.1, 2.6, 0.1, 7.7, 4.3, 5.9, 17.4, 2.4, 0.6, 7.6, 9.4, 7.5, 20.3, 22, 12.1, 12.9, 15.8, 11.6, 16, 13.1, 13.8, 15.1, -1.8

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 28 games the source holds this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Grizzlies lost 130-122 at home against the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 17, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season.
  • The source holds fewer Grizzlies 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.