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Mark Williams

C · 7′1″ · Current team: Phoenix Suns

Regular season · Jan 20, 2026 · PHX 116 @ PHI 110 · Final

Mark Williams 4 points on 2-of-3 vs 76ers (Jan 20, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 39 games

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-3 FG · 18:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.4 PTS · 7.3 FGA · 24.1 MIN, from 38 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 39 games this season: 1.6 against a usual 13.2 (-11.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Mark Williams score 4 points?

In 18:12 against the 76ers on Jan 20, 2026, Mark Williams scored 4 points: 2-of-3 from the field, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Williams averaged 12.4 points on 7.3 shots in 24.1 minutes across 38 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 39 games this season. Shot attempts: 3, against a usual 7.3. From two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 9.5; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 2.8. Minutes: 18:12, against a usual 24.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 3.2, against a usual 19.7. Turnovers and fouls: 5 and 3, against a usual 1.1 and 2.3. The Suns won 116-110 at the 76ers. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (38 games)Change
Minutes18:1224.1-5.9
Points412.4-8.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-37.3 · 65.9%-4.3
FTA · FT%0-of-03.5 · 78.4%-3.5
Rebounds98.3+0.7
Assists01.1-1.1
Turnovers51.1+3.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 38 games17.217.3-0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes3.219.7-16.5
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 (38 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.0-of-0.0)-0.1
Twos4 (2-of-3)9.5 (4.8-of-7.3)-5.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.8 (2.8-of-3.5)-2.8
Total412.4-8.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.6 against a usual 13.2 (-11.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.2
Rebounds+1.3
Assists-0.7
Steals and blocks-1.8
Turnovers and fouls-4.2
Total-11.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 39 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.4, 0.3, 24.1, 22.2, 8.7, 8.6, 19.4, 13.2, 16.5, 5.8, 13.2, 4.8, 14.7, 17.4, 17.2, 26.1, 9.3, 14.6, 9.1, 23.5, 9.1, 20.2, 6.9, 8, 21.5, 23.1, 10.5, 4.9, 16, 6.9, 3.3, 15, 9.7, 14, 18.6, 8.2, 12.1, 17.9, 1.6

2nd-lowest Game Score of 39 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Suns won 116-110 at the 76ers.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the 76ers 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.