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Max Christie

G · 6′5″ · Current team: Dallas Mavericks

Regular season · Nov 17, 2025 · DAL 96 @ MIN 120 · Final

Max Christie 1 point on 0-of-1 in 19 minutes vs Timberwolves (Nov 17, 2025)

ANSWER

1 PTS · 0-of-1 FG · 1-of-2 FT · 18:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.2 PTS · 8.9 FGA · 29.7 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score -0.4 against a usual 9.4 (-9.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
below usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Max Christie score 1 point?

Max Christie scored 1 point against the Timberwolves on Nov 17, 2025 in 18:48: 0-of-1 from the field, no three-point attempts, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 12.2 points on 8.9 shots in 29.7 minutes: this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games. Christie took 1 shot, 7.9 fewer than usual. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 7.5); two-pointers 0 points (usual 3.3). Playing time was 18:48, against a usual 29.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -0.8, against a usual 11.4. The Mavericks lost 120-96 at the Timberwolves, a 24-point loss. 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

Christie in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes18:4829.7-10.9
Points112.2-11.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-18.9 · 46.3%-7.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-05.6 · 44.7%-5.6
FTA · FT%1-of-21.7 · 79.2%+0.3
Rebounds03.4-3.4
Assists12.4-1.4
Turnovers11.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games6.215.4-9.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.811.4-12.2
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)7.5 (2.5-of-5.6)-7.5
Twos0 (0-of-1)3.3 (1.6-of-3.3)-3.3
Free throws1 (1-of-2)1.4 (1.4-of-1.7)-0.4
Total112.2-11.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.4 against a usual 9.4 (-9.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.5
Rebounds-1.1
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total-9.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 6.8, 6.2, 14, 8.8, 7.2, 15.2, 8.2, 11.3, 9.9, 10.9, 11.3, 5.3, 14.3, -0.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mavericks lost 120-96 at the Timberwolves, a 24-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 16, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Timberwolves this season.
  • The source holds fewer Mavericks games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.