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Josh Giddey

G · 6′8″ · Current team: Chicago Bulls

Regular season · Feb 19, 2026 · TOR 110 @ CHI 101 · Final

Josh Giddey 5 points on 1-of-7 in 21 minutes vs Raptors (Feb 19, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 3-of-4 FT · 21:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 18.6 PTS · 13.8 FGA · 32.1 MIN, from 34 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 35 games this season: 2.7 against a usual 17.1 (-14.4)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 Josh Giddey score 5 points?

Josh Giddey scored 5 points against the Raptors on Feb 19, 2026 in 21:24: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 3-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Giddey had averaged 18.6 points on 13.8 shots in 32.1 minutes, from 34 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 35 games this season. The shot count was 7, against a usual 13.8. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (9.3), threes 0 (5.2), free throws 3 (4.1). Minutes: 21:24, against a usual 32.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 4.5, against a usual 19.2. Assists: 5, against a usual 8.8. At home against the Raptors, the Bulls lost 110-101. 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

Giddey in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (34 games)Change
Minutes21:2432.1-10.7
Points518.6-13.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-713.8 · 46.2%-6.8
3PA · 3P%0-of-24.7 · 36.6%-2.7
FTA · FT%3-of-45.2 · 77.5%-1.2
Rebounds48.6-4.6
Assists58.8-3.8
Turnovers43.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 34 games24.825.9-1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes4.519.2-14.7
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 (34 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.2 (1.7-of-4.7)-5.2
Twos2 (1-of-5)9.3 (4.6-of-9.1)-7.3
Free throws3 (3-of-4)4.1 (4.1-of-5.2)-1.1
Total518.6-13.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.7 against a usual 17.1 (-14.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.9
Rebounds-1.5
Assists-2.6
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total-14.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 35 games, oldest first, this game last: 13.7, 13.9, 16.7, 18.4, 31.2, 23.7, 28.2, 16.3, 12, 24.9, 21.4, 10, 17.8, 23.8, 14.7, 26.8, 14.7, 16.8, 29.8, 5.4, 11.1, 24.5, 7.2, 23.5, 14.6, 22.7, 18.1, 9.9, 12, 7.5, 19.2, 5.4, 16.1, 9.7, 2.7

Lowest Game Score of 35 games this season.

Previous lowest: 5.4, set on Dec 5, 2025 and Jan 24, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bulls lost 110-101 at home against the Raptors.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors 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.