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Kristaps Porziņģis

F-C · 7′2″ · Current team: Golden State Warriors

Regular season · Jan 5, 2026 · ATL 100 @ TOR 118 · Final

Kristaps Porziņģis 9 points on 2-of-12 vs Raptors (Jan 5, 2026)

ANSWER

9 PTS · 2-of-12 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 20:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 17.9 PTS · 12.5 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 16 games this season: 1.6 against a usual 14.7 (-13.1)

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 Kristaps Porziņģis score 9 points?

Kristaps Porziņģis scored 9 points against the Raptors on Jan 5, 2026 in 20:00: 2-of-12 from the field (16.7%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), 4-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, Porziņģis averaged 17.9 points on 12.5 shots in 24.8 minutes across 15 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 16 games this season. The 16.7% from the field compares with a usual 48.1%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (8.5), threes 3 (5.2). Minutes: 20:00, against a usual 24.8; Game Score per 36 minutes: 2.9, against a usual 21.4. The Hawks lost 118-100 at the Raptors. 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

Porziņģis in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes20:0024.8-4.8
Points917.9-8.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 16.7%12.5 · 48.1%-0.5 · -31.4
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%4.9 · 35.6%+0.1 · -15.6
FTA · FT%4-of-45.0 · 84.0%-1.0
Rebounds15.5-4.5
Assists12.9-1.9
Turnovers01.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games29.426.8+2.6
Game Score per 36 minutes2.921.4-18.5
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 (15 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)5.2 (1.7-of-4.9)-2.2
Twos2 (1-of-7)8.5 (4.3-of-7.6)-6.5
Free throws4 (4-of-4)4.2 (4.2-of-5.0)-0.2
Total917.9-8.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.6 against a usual 14.7 (-13.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.9
Rebounds-1.9
Assists-1.3
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls+1.5
Total-13.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.7, 20.1, 13.4, 10.6, 13.9, 13.5, 15.6, 17.8, 11.6, 13.2, 27.1, 17.2, 20.2, 9.1, 1.4, 1.6

2nd-lowest Game Score of 16 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Hawks lost 118-100 at the Raptors.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 2, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Between the previous appearance and this game, the Hawks played on Jan 3, 2026; Porziņģis was not in that box score; the data does not say why.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season: 20 points (Oct 22, 2025), 17 points (Nov 7, 2025).
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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.