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Victor Wembanyama

F-C · 7′4″ · Current team: San Antonio Spurs

Regular season · Nov 2, 2025 · SAS 118 @ PHX 130 · Final

Victor Wembanyama 9 points on 4-of-14 vs Suns (Nov 2, 2025)

ANSWER

9 PTS · 4-of-14 FG · 1-of-5 3P · 34:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 26.6 PTS · 18.9 FGA · 33.4 MIN, from this season's 5 games plus last season's average, counted as 7.5 games

Game Score 1.9 against a usual 24.1 (-22.2)

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 Victor Wembanyama score 9 points?

Victor Wembanyama scored 9 points against the Suns on Nov 2, 2025 in 34:30: 4-of-14 from the field (28.6%), 1-of-5 from three (20.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 26.6 points on 18.9 shots in 33.4 minutes: this season's 5 games plus last season's average, counted as 7.5 games. Shot attempts: 14, against a usual 18.9. Wembanyama shot 28.6% from the field, against a usual 51.0%. From two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 14.7; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 5.1; from threes, 3 points against a usual 6.8. Wembanyama played 34:30 against a usual 33.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 2.0, against a usual 26.0. Wembanyama had 6 turnovers and 4 fouls, against a usual 2.6 and 2.8. At the Suns, the Spurs lost 130-118. 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

Wembanyama in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes34:3033.4+1.1
Points926.6-17.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 28.6%18.9 · 51.0%-4.9 · -22.4
3PA · 3P%5 · 20.0%6.5 · 34.5%-1.5 · -14.5
FTA · FT%0-of-06.3 · 81.0%-6.3
Rebounds912.4-3.4
Assists23.5-1.5
Turnovers62.6+3.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 5 games22.832.9-10.1
Game Score per 36 minutes2.026.0-24.0
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 (blended)Change
Threes3 (1-of-5)6.8 (2.3-of-6.5)-3.8
Twos6 (3-of-9)14.7 (7.4-of-12.4)-8.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)5.1 (5.1-of-6.3)-5.1
Total926.6-17.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

1.9 against a usual 24.1 (-22.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-16.0
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-3.8
Total-22.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 37.6, 28.5, 29.3, 26.6, 24.8, 1.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Spurs lost 130-118 at the Suns.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Suns this season.
  • The source holds fewer Spurs 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.