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Pete Nance

F · 6′9″ · Current team: Milwaukee Bucks

Regular season · Jan 29, 2026 · MIL 99 @ WAS 109 · Final

Pete Nance: season-high 13 points vs Wizards (Jan 29, 2026)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 20:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.9 PTS · 2.1 FGA · 7.1 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 11.9 against a usual 2.6 (+9.3)

Season-high 13 points (previous high 11, set on Jan 21, 2026)

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 Pete Nance score 13 points?

Pete Nance scored 13 points against the Wizards on Jan 29, 2026 in 20:06: 6-of-10 from the field (60.0%), 1-of-3 from three. Coming in, Nance had averaged 2.9 points on 2.1 shots in 7.1 minutes, from 15 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 13 points. This game had the best Game Score of 16 games this season. The shot count was 10, against a usual 2.1. Nance shot 60.0% from the field, against a usual 54.8%. By shot type: two-pointers 10 points (usual 1.1); threes 3 points (usual 1.8). Playing time was 20:06, against a usual 7.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.3, against a usual 13.0. Rebounds: 6, against a usual 1.2. The Bucks lost 109-99 at the Wizards. 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

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What changed

Nance in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes20:067.1+13.0
Points132.9+10.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 60.0%2.1 · 54.8%+7.9 · +5.2
3PA · 3P%1-of-31.2 · 50.0%+1.8
Rebounds61.2+4.8
Assists10.3+0.7
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes21.313.0+8.3
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-3)1.8 (0.6-of-1.2)+1.2
Twos10 (5-of-7)1.1 (0.5-of-0.9)+8.9
Total132.9+10.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

11.9 against a usual 2.6 (+9.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.5
Rebounds+2.1
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls-0.3
Total+9.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.4, 3, 0.7, 0, 1.6, 1.3, -1.8, 0, -1, 3.6, 2.7, 9, 8.6, 1.4, 1, 11.9

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 9.0, set on Jan 19, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Bucks lost 109-99 at the Wizards.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 27, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wizards this season.
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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.