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Wendell Carter Jr.

C-F · 6′10″ · Current team: Orlando Magic

Regular season · Feb 1, 2026 · ORL 103 @ SAS 112 · Final

Wendell Carter Jr. 2 points on 1-of-7 in 19 minutes vs Spurs (Feb 1, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 19:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 12.3 PTS · 8.7 FGA · 30.0 MIN, from 42 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of the 43 games the source holds this season: -1.9 against a usual 10.6 (-12.5)

Matched the season low of 2 points among the games the source holds, set on Jan 6, 2026

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 Wendell Carter Jr. score 2 points?

Wendell Carter Jr. scored 2 points against the Spurs on Feb 1, 2026 in 19:24: 1-of-7 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Carter averaged 12.3 points on 8.7 shots in 30.0 minutes across 42 regular-season games. The 2 points matched the season low among the games the source holds, set on Jan 6, 2026. This game had the lowest Game Score of the 43 games the source holds this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (6.5), threes 0 (3.5), free throws 0 (2.3). Minutes: 19:24, against a usual 30.0; Game Score per 36 minutes: -3.5, against a usual 12.7. Carter had 2 rebounds, against a usual 7.5. At the Spurs, the Magic lost 112-103. 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

Carter in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (42 games)Change
Minutes19:2430.0-10.6
Points212.3-10.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-78.7 · 50.7%-1.7
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.4 · 33.3%-1.4
FTA · FT%0-of-03.0 · 77.6%-3.0
Rebounds27.5-5.5
Assists02.1-2.1
Turnovers01.3-1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 42 games15.716.0-0.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.512.7-16.2
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-2)3.5 (1.2-of-3.4)-3.5
Twos2 (1-of-5)6.5 (3.3-of-5.3)-4.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.3 (2.3-of-3.0)-2.3
Total212.3-10.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.9 against a usual 10.6 (-12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.2
Rebounds-2.5
Assists-1.5
Steals and blocks+0.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total-12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 43 games, oldest first, this game last: 9.5, 9.4, 6.7, 8.3, 4.4, 18.7, 13.6, 8.4, 13.8, 5.6, 17.8, 9.2, 7.6, 13.3, 19.5, 6.6, 7.7, 13, 7.2, 18, 2.7, 5.9, 7, 17.6, 24.7, 13.1, 5.8, 12.4, 14.8, 13.3, 5.5, 7.1, 7.1, 20, 0.6, 16, 6.6, 3.8, 9.3, 7.3, 5.2, 21.6, -1.9

Lowest Game Score of the 43 games the source holds this season.

Previous lowest: 0.6, set on Jan 6, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Magic lost 112-103 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Jan 30, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Spurs this season: 5 points (Dec 3, 2025).
  • The source holds fewer Magic games than this season has, so season highs, lows and ranks count only the games it holds.
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.