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Taelon Peter

6′3″ · Inactive · last listed with San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Feb 11, 2026 · IND 115 @ BKN 110 · Final

Taelon Peter: season-high 14 points vs Nets (Feb 11, 2026)

ANSWER

14 PTS · 5-of-11 FG · 4-of-10 3P · 26:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 1.9 PTS · 2.0 FGA · 7.3 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 12.8 against a usual 1.5 (+11.3)

Season-high 14 points (previous high 6, set on Dec 29, 2025 and Feb 3, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Taelon Peter score 14 points?

In 26:42 against the Nets on Feb 11, 2026, Taelon Peter scored 14 points: 5-of-11 from the field (45.5%), 4-of-10 from three (40.0%). Before this game, Peter averaged 1.9 points on 2.0 shots in 7.3 minutes across 23 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 14 points. This game had the best Game Score of 24 games this season. Shot attempts: 11, against a usual 2.0. The 45.5% from the field compares with a usual 29.8%. From threes, 12 points against a usual 1.5; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 0.2. Playing time was 26:42, against a usual 7.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 17.3, against a usual 7.2. The Pacers won 115-110 at the Nets. 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

Peter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes26:427.3+19.4
Points141.9+12.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 45.5%2.0 · 29.8%+9.0 · +15.7
3PA · 3P%10 · 40.0%1.9 · 27.9%+8.1 · +12.1
Rebounds41.0+3.0
Assists30.9+2.1
Turnovers00.4-0.4
Game Score per 36 minutes17.37.2+10.1
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 (23 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-10)1.5 (0.5-of-1.9)+10.5
Twos2 (1-of-1)0.2 (0.1-of-0.1)+1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.2 (0.2-of-0.3)-0.2
Total141.9+12.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.8 against a usual 1.5 (+11.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.6
Rebounds+0.8
Assists+1.5
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls-0.2
Total+11.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.3, -0.4, 2.3, -1.7, 1.9, 4.4, -2.1, 2.6, 3.9, 0.7, 1, 2, -0.5, -2.1, 0, -0.4, 0, 2.7, 0, 6.3, 0, 5.4, 5.6, 12.8

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 6.3, set on Dec 29, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Pacers won 115-110 at the Nets.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Nets this season: 3 points (Nov 5, 2025).
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.