Career best, four games

Bane has the best four-game stretch of his career

Desmond Bane averaged 29.5 points over four games from Feb. 11 to 22, shooting 42 for 63, and the Magic went 2-⁠2.

By Performance Score the four add up to +33.9, the best four-game stretch of his 400 games.

The best of them was 36 points at the Clippers on Feb. 22, +12.3. He went 6 for 10 at the rim, 11 for 14 in the paint and 5 for 8 from mid-range. His 104 points from the field came on 63 shots, 38.1 more than the league scores from the same zones. Paolo Banchero set up 7 of his 42 baskets.

His old best four, +33.8, came March 20 to 26, 2022: 24.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists a game, 4-⁠0.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Feb. 11, 2026vs MIL	L 108-116	39	31	2	5	2	1	11-17	8-11	1-1	4	−7	+7.3
Feb. 19, 2026at SAC	W 131-94	32	17	4	2	2	1	6-9	3-5	2-3	0	+11	+4.7
Feb. 21, 2026at PHX	L 110-113	40	34	4	3	2	1	12-18	5-9	5-5	2	−7	+9.5
Feb. 22, 2026at LAC	W 111-109	32	36	5	1	2	0	13-19	4-6	6-10	1	+12	+12.3
Four games	2-2	143	118	15	11	8	3	42-63	20-31	14-19	7	+9	+33.9

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Desmond Bane

118 PTS · 42-63 FG · 20-31 3P · 14-19 FT

42-63 FG 66.7%20-31 3P 64.5%

104 points from the field on 63 shots: 38.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	6-10	60.0%	67%
In the paint	11-14	78.6%	45%
Mid-range	5-8	62.5%	42%
Corner 3	6-7	85.7%	39%
Above-the-break 3	14-24	58.3%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
March 20, 2022at HOU	W 122-98	32	24	5	7	3	0	8-13	3-6	5-5	1	+24	+11.7
March 23, 2022vs BKN	W 132-120	32	23	4	5	1	0	8-17	6-10	1-1	4	+20	+1.9
March 24, 2022vs IND	W 133-103	24	30	5	5	0	1	12-15	5-7	1-1	1	+40	+15.9
March 26, 2022vs MIL	W 127-102	28	20	3	5	2	0	9-19	2-7	0-0	0	+10	+4.3
Four games	4-0	115	97	17	22	6	1	37-64	16-30	7-7	6	+94	+33.8

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Desmond Bane

97 PTS · 37-64 FG · 16-30 3P · 7-7 FT

37-64 FG 57.8%16-30 3P 53.3%

90 points from the field on 64 shots: 23.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	10-15	66.7%	65%
In the paint	5-11	45.5%	43%
Mid-range	6-8	75.0%	41%
Corner 3	0-3	0.0%	38%
Above-the-break 3	16-27	59.3%	35%