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Tristan Vukčević

F · 7′0″ · Current team: Washington Wizards

Regular season · Feb 19, 2026 · IND 105 @ WAS 112 · Final

Tristan Vukčević 5 steals vs Pacers (Feb 19, 2026): best of 33 games

ANSWER

12 PTS · 5 STL · 4-of-7 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 17:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.7 PTS · 0.3 STL · 5.7 FGA · 12.1 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

Best Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season: 16.9 against a usual 5.4 (+11.5)

Season-high 5 steals among the games the source holds (previous high 2, set on Nov 22, 2025)

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 Tristan Vukčević have 5 steals?

Tristan Vukčević scored 12 points against the Pacers on Feb 19, 2026 in 17:24: 4-of-7 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Vukčević averaged 7.7 points on 5.7 shots in 12.1 minutes across 32 regular-season games. No earlier game the source holds this season reached 5 steals. By Game Score it was the best of the 33 games the source holds this season. From threes, 6 points against a usual 1.8. Vukčević played 17:24 against a usual 12.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 35.0, against a usual 16.1. Steals and blocks: 5 and 1, against a usual 0.3 and 0.7. The Wizards won 112-105 at home against the Pacers. 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

Vukčević in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes17:2412.1+5.3
Points127.7+4.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-75.7 · 46.4%+1.3
3PA · 3P%2-of-32.3 · 26.4%+0.7
FTA · FT%2-of-22.3 · 77.8%-0.3
Rebounds52.5+2.5
Assists21.1+0.9
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 30 games18.627.5-8.9
Game Score per 36 minutes35.016.1+18.9
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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 (32 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)1.8 (0.6-of-2.3)+4.2
Twos4 (2-of-4)4.1 (2.1-of-3.4)-0.1
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.8 (1.8-of-2.3)+0.2
Total127.7+4.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.9 against a usual 5.4 (+11.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+4.2
Rebounds+0.5
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks+4.9
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+11.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 0, -0.5, 4.1, 3, -2.8, 4.2, 4.7, 2, 2, -0.2, 1.6, 11.5, 4.5, 2.6, 14.1, 12.5, 9.5, 14.7, 9.8, -0.4, 5.3, 11.1, 0, -0.4, 7.8, 2.1, 10.1, 3.6, 7.9, 11.9, 8.8, 8.4, 16.9

Best Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season.

Previous best: 14.7, set on Dec 6, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wizards won 112-105 at home against the Pacers.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Pacers this season: 5 points (Nov 28, 2025), 6 points (Dec 14, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Wizards games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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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.