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Joan Beringer

F · 7′0″ · Current team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season · Jan 17, 2026 · MIN 123 @ SAS 126 · Final

Joan Beringer 10 points vs Spurs (Jan 17, 2026): 2nd-best of 17 games

ANSWER

10 PTS · 5-of-6 FG · 23:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.7 PTS · 1.8 FGA · 6.1 MIN, from 16 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 17 games this season: 12.7 against a usual 2.6 (+10.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Joan Beringer score 10 points?

Joan Beringer scored 10 points against the Spurs on Jan 17, 2026 in 23:00: 5-of-6 from the field. Coming in, Beringer had averaged 2.7 points on 1.8 shots in 6.1 minutes, from 16 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 17 games this season. Shot attempts: 6, against a usual 1.8. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 10 (2.5). Beringer played 23:00 against a usual 6.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 19.9, against a usual 15.5. Beringer had 8 rebounds, against a usual 1.7. The Timberwolves lost 126-123 at the Spurs. 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

Beringer in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (16 games)Change
Minutes23:006.1+16.9
Points102.7+7.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-61.8 · 71.4%+4.2
Rebounds81.7+6.3
Assists30.1+2.9
Turnovers10.3+0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes19.915.5+4.4
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 (16 games)Change
Twos10 (5-of-6)2.5 (1.2-of-1.8)+7.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)-0.2
Total102.7+7.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.7 against a usual 2.6 (+10.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.9
Rebounds+3.6
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls-2.4
Total+10.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 17 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.3, -0.4, 0, -0.8, 1.7, 3.5, 1.5, 0, 5.5, 0, 0.3, 1.7, 5.8, 7.1, 13.4, -0.8, 12.7

2nd-best Game Score of 17 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Timberwolves lost 126-123 at the Spurs.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season.
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.