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Peyton Watson

G · 6′7″ · Current team: Cleveland Cavaliers

Regular season · Nov 13, 2026 · CLE 121 @ MIA 133 · Final

Peyton Watson 4 points on 2-of-10 vs Heat (Nov 13, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-10 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 30:25 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.0 PTS · 10.8 FGA · 28.0 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score -2.4 against a usual 7.9 (-10.3)

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 Peyton Watson score 4 points?

Peyton Watson scored 4 points against the Heat on Nov 13, 2026 in 30:25: 2-of-10 from the field (20.0%), 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Watson averaged 11.0 points on 10.8 shots in 28.0 minutes across 10 regular-season games. The 20.0% from the field compares with a usual 38.0%. From threes, 0 points against a usual 3.0; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 6.2; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.8. Playing time was 30:25, against a usual 28.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -2.8, against a usual 10.1. Watson had 0 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.8 and 1.7. At the Heat, the Cavaliers lost 133-121. 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

Watson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes30:2528.0+2.4
Points411.0-7.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 20.0%10.8 · 38.0%-0.8 · -18.0
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%4.2 · 23.8%+0.8 · -23.8
FTA · FT%0-of-02.6 · 69.2%-2.6
Rebounds44.6-0.6
Assists22.8-0.8
Turnovers21.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games17.920.8-2.9
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.810.1-12.9
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 (10 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-5)3.0 (1.0-of-4.2)-3.0
Twos4 (2-of-5)6.2 (3.1-of-6.6)-2.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.8 (1.8-of-2.6)-1.8
Total411.0-7.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.4 against a usual 7.9 (-10.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.9
Rebounds-0.4
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-2.0
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total-10.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 2.5, 6.3, 14.4, 16.4, -0.9, 7.4, 8.9, 12.2, 6.4, 4.9, -2.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Cavaliers lost 133-121 at the Heat.
  • Previous appearance: Nov 11, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Heat 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.