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Tyler Kolek

G · 6′2″ · Current team: New York Knicks

Regular season · Jan 9, 2026 · NYK 107 @ PHX 112 · Final

Tyler Kolek 2 points on 1-of-4 vs Suns (Jan 9, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 33 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-4 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 10:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.2 PTS · 4.8 FGA · 13.4 MIN, from 32 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season: -2.5 against a usual 4.4 (-6.9)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Tyler Kolek score 2 points?

Tyler Kolek scored 2 points against the Suns on Jan 9, 2026 in 10:12: 1-of-4 from the field, 0-of-1 from three. Coming in, Kolek had averaged 5.2 points on 4.8 shots in 13.4 minutes, from 32 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of the 33 games the source holds this season. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 2.2). Playing time was 10:12, against a usual 13.4 minutes. Kolek had 3 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 0.9 and 1.4. At the Suns, the Knicks lost 112-107. 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

Kolek in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (32 games)Change
Minutes10:1213.4-3.2
Points25.2-3.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-44.8 · 44.1%-0.8
3PA · 3P%0-of-12.1 · 34.3%-1.1
Rebounds21.9+0.1
Assists12.8-1.8
Turnovers30.9+2.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 30 games30.518.6+11.9
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 (32 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)2.2 (0.7-of-2.1)-2.2
Twos2 (1-of-3)2.7 (1.4-of-2.7)-0.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)-0.3
Total25.2-3.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.5 against a usual 4.4 (-6.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-3.1
Rebounds+0.3
Assists-1.3
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total-6.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 33 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.9, 1.4, 0.9, 3.2, -1.1, 0, 1, -0.7, 1.7, 1.7, 7.7, 3.6, 6.5, 4.2, 6.3, 3.6, 8.2, 3.5, 0.7, 3.7, 21.8, -3.7, 4.5, 17.7, 16.8, -2.4, 7, 5.2, 2.7, 2.8, 5.4, 1.1, -2.5

2nd-lowest Game Score of the 33 games the source holds this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Knicks lost 112-107 at the Suns.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 7, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns this season.
  • The source holds fewer Knicks 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.