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Tyrese Maxey

G · 6′2″ · Current team: Philadelphia 76ers

Regular season · Jan 26, 2026 · PHI 93 @ CHA 130 · Final

Tyrese Maxey 6 points on 3-of-12 in 25 minutes vs Hornets (Jan 26, 2026)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 3-of-12 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 25:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 29.9 PTS · 22.3 FGA · 39.5 MIN, from 42 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 43 games this season: 1.7 against a usual 23.8 (-22.1)

Season-low 6 points (previous low 12, set on Dec 5, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
99Very rare
below usual

No more than 1 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 less than once a season.

How the score works

Why did Tyrese Maxey score 6 points?

In 25:18 against the Hornets on Jan 26, 2026, Tyrese Maxey scored 6 points: 3-of-12 from the field (25.0%), 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Maxey had averaged 29.9 points on 22.3 shots in 39.5 minutes, from 42 regular-season games. No earlier game this season was as low as 6 points. By Game Score it was the lowest of 43 games this season. Shot attempts: 12, against a usual 22.3. The rate from the field was 25.0%, against a usual 47.2%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 10.5); two-pointers 6 points (usual 14.1); free throws 0 points (usual 5.3). Minutes: 25:18, against a usual 39.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 2.4, against a usual 21.7. Steals and blocks: 0 and 0, against a usual 2.1 and 1.0. The 76ers lost 130-93 at the Hornets, a 37-point loss. 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

Maxey in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (42 games)Change
Minutes25:1839.5-14.2
Points629.9-23.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 25.0%22.3 · 47.2%-10.3 · -22.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-38.9 · 39.2%-5.9
FTA · FT%0-of-06.0 · 88.2%-6.0
Rebounds24.2-2.2
Assists76.8+0.2
Turnovers32.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 42 games24.929.5-4.6
Game Score per 36 minutes2.421.7-19.3
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 (42 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)10.5 (3.5-of-8.9)-10.5
Twos6 (3-of-9)14.1 (7.0-of-13.4)-8.1
Free throws0 (0-of-0)5.3 (5.3-of-6.0)-5.3
Total629.9-23.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.7 against a usual 23.8 (-22.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-19.4
Rebounds-0.4
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks-2.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total-22.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 43 games, oldest first, this game last: 32.5, 22, 32.6, 29.5, 27.8, 21.8, 29.7, 19.8, 25.3, 22.7, 18.7, 18.9, 26.6, 24.6, 46.1, 18.2, 14.2, 21.1, 29, 31.3, 22.5, 10.9, 22.2, 20.9, 27.4, 5.1, 18.8, 21.3, 34.9, 32.6, 28.6, 25.8, 21.5, 20.6, 24.6, 28.4, 9.6, 21.7, 29.7, 10.9, 30, 17.9, 1.7

Lowest Game Score of 43 games this season.

Previous lowest: 5.1, set on Dec 23, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The 76ers lost 130-93 at the Hornets, a 37-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 24, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Hornets this season: 28 points (Oct 25, 2025).
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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.