Bryn Forbes Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2022-23

Inside his season

Through Feb. 8

Forbes's three-point attempts have fallen the most of his numbers this season, to 7.9 per 100 possessions from 10.8.

He's averaging 3.6 points a game, down from 8.8 last season, and his true shooting is 49.7%, down from 57.4%.

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

Last time, Dec. 12, 2022: 2 points on 1 for 4 shooting, 1 assist and no rebounds in a 133-112 loss.
In 18 games against the Trail Blazers, he has averaged 9.1 points, 1.2 assists and 1.5 rebounds.
Of the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard has guarded him the most in their careers: 117 possessions over 12 games. Forbes has 13 points on 4 for 10 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	7.3%	5.6%	50.0%	56.7%
Rest of the paint	20.7%	16.1%	35.3%	46.0%
Midrange	17.1%	23.9%	50.0%	41.9%
Corner threes	15.9%	9.6%	38.5%	57.7%
Threes above the break	39.0%	44.7%	28.1%	37.3%

He takes 18.1 free throws per 100 shots, from 16.1 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots and his threes. His shots have moved closer to the basket: fewer from midrange, 17.1%, down from 23.9%, and more in the paint away from the rim, 20.7%, up from 16.1%. Fewer of his shots are going in: he's 14 for 46 on threes, 30.4%, down from 41.4%, and he's making 35.3% in the paint away from the rim (6 for 17), down from 46.0%. More of his baskets come off a pass: 91.3% are assisted, up from 84.8%.

He's taking 3.3 shots a game, down from 7.2, and playing 10.7 minutes a game, down from 17.1. His usage rate is 15.5%, down from 20.1%. He's making 0.6 threes a game, down from 1.6.

With him on the floor

The Timberwolves have been outscored by 9.5 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 109.6 to 119.1, with garbage time left out. They're plus 0.2 overall.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Feb. 8, 2023, a 143-118 win at Utah

Bryn Forbes

13:43 min

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His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 3.3 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 24 regular-season games.

Shot making: 9 points from the field on 5 shots3.6 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a 3-pointer2nd quarter, 4:39 leftchance to win 71% to 80%
Guarded by: Fontecchio: 7 poss, 3 ptsClarkson: 7 poss, 3 ptsAgbaji: 5 poss, 3 pts
He guarded: Fontecchio: 14 poss, 5 ptsSexton: 5 poss, 0 ptsAgbaji: 5 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.06 miles4.35 mph on average13 touches
Hustle: 1 shot contested
Rating: Performance Score +2.890.0% true shooting17.6% usage

His last game

His season

Career

7 seasons

Champion once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2016-17SAS	SAS	36	7.9	2.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.3	.364	0.5	.321	.833	.462	−1.4
2017-18SAS	SAS	80	19.0	6.9	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.421	1.1	.390	.667	.525	+1.5
2018-19SAS	SAS	82	28.0	11.8	2.9	2.1	0.5	0.0	1.0	.456	2.1	.426	.885	.586	−0.1
2019-20SAS	SAS	63	25.1	11.2	2.0	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.9	.417	2.3	.388	.833	.570	−3.4
2020-21MIL	MIL	70	19.3	10.0	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	.473	2.2	.452	.770	.631	+1.4	Champion
2021-222 teams	2 teams	75	17.1	8.8	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	.429	1.6	.414	.908	.574	+0.3
SAS	SAS	40	16.9	9.1	1.6	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.8	.432	1.6	.417	.898	.572	−1.0
DEN	DEN	35	17.4	8.6	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.7	.424	1.7	.410	.921	.578	+1.9
2022-23MIN	MIN	25	10.7	3.6	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	.361	0.6	.304	100	.497	−1.9
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	431	19.9	8.8	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	.436	1.7	.410	.826	.572	−0.2

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 473 games

Best game+10.621 points on 7 for 9 shooting against New York, March 11, 2021The story Best four games+15.013.5 points a game, Feb. 4 to 10, 2020Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Forbes	NBA avg
Paint	20.2%	44.0%
Mid-range	15.7%	7.7%
Threes	47.2%	32.3%
Free throws	16.8%	16.0%
Fast break	6.7%	12.2%
Off turnovers	21.3%	14.8%
Unassisted makes	16.7%	39.7%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Scorers he held down most

Gary Harris

Scored 58 points on 21 for 48 shooting in 419 possessions with Forbes guarding him, over 19 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 3, 2023	0	0-0	1.2
Feb. 14, 2022	7	3-3	30.0
Nov. 5, 2021	0	0-1	3.3
May 11, 2021	3	1-1	1.0
April 11, 2021	0	0-0	3.8
Feb. 10, 2020	6	2-3	32.6
April 27, 2019	7	2-4	44.2
April 25, 2019	0	0-1	29.3
April 23, 2019	3	1-2	25.9
April 20, 2019	3	1-6	43.6
April 18, 2019	7	2-10	45.3
April 16, 2019	7	3-5	36.3
April 13, 2019	11	4-6	31.3
April 3, 2019	2	1-2	46.6
March 4, 2019	0	0-1	21.1
Feb. 23, 2018	0	0-0	2.8
Feb. 13, 2018	0	0-1	5.9
Jan. 30, 2018	0	0-0	7.4
Jan. 13, 2018	2	1-2	7.2

The NBA’s matchup counts: possessions one man guarded another, and the points and shots that came of them. Usual is a scorer’s rate on everyone else who guarded him in the same years. Ranked with 250 possessions or more, about four full games of one man on the other, and a long record counts for more than a short one.

Advanced

2022-23, 25 games

Usage rate	15.5%
Assist rate	8.7%
Assists per turnover	1.42
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	10.2
Offensive rating	107.8
Defensive rating	116.2
Net rating	−8.5
Offensive rebound rate	1.5%
Defensive rebound rate	4.0%
Effective FG%	44.6%
Fouls drawn a game	0.5

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 25.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Forbes	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	7.2%	29.9%	50.0%	66.6%
Paint (non-rim)	20.5%	19.5%	35.3%	44.4%
Mid-range	16.9%	11.9%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Feb 8	@ UTA	W143–118	13:43	9	2	2	0	1	3–5	3–5	0–0	1	1	−6
Feb 7	@ DEN	L112–146	12:41	7	0	0	0	0	2–4	1–2	2–2	1	0	−3
Feb 3	vs ORL	L120–127	6:17	0	0	1	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	2	+7
Jan 11	@ DET	L118–135	11:35	6	0	1	0	0	2–5	1–3	1–1	1	2	0
Dec 28	@ NOP	L118–119

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	7–14	16.9%	41.4%	50.0%	60.2%
8–16 ft	3–12	14.5%	13.5%	25.0%	44.6%
16–24 ft	6–11	13.3%	6.4%	54.5%	41.4%
24+ ft	14–45	54.2%	38.5%	31.1%	36.2%
Backcourt	0–1	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	3.3%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.6
Contested shots	1.1
Twos contested	0.4
Threes contested	0.6
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.2
Box outs	0.1
Screen assists	0.2
Points from screen assists	0.5

Per game	Forbes	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.80	1.92
Average speed (mph)	4.31	4.17
Touches	11.9	43.5
Passes	7.5	30.3
Potential assists	1.0	4.9
Secondary assists	0.1	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	0.5	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	1.6	6.0

Stat	Forbes	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	12	3.5	0.5	0.6	42.9%	31.6%	100.0%	55.8%	+1.6
Away	13	3.6	0.7	0.8	31.3%	29.6%	100.0%	45.2%	−5.2
Result

Corner three		15.7%	9.7%	38.5%	38.5%

Above-break three		38.6%	28.8%	28.1%	35.5%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Feb 8	@ UTA	W143–118	13:43	9	2	2	3–5	3–5	0–0	1	−6
Feb 7	@ DEN	L112–146	12:41	7	0	0	2–4	1–2	2–2	1	−3
Feb 3	vs ORL	L120–127	6:17	0	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	+7
Jan 11	@ DET	L118–135	11:35	6	0	1	2–5	1–3	1–1	1	0
Dec 28	@ NOP	L118–119	13:24	2	1	1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1	+4
Dec 26	@ MIA	L110–113	6:56	0	1	0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	−9
Dec 23	@ BOS	L109–121	8:15	0	1	0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	−15
Dec 21	vs DAL	L99–104	14:17	6	1	1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1	−6
Dec 19	vs DAL	W116–106	12:41	2	1	0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	−3
Dec 18	vs CHI	W150–126	9:06	10	2	0	4–6	2–3	0–0	0	+6

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	6.0%	—	89.2%
Layups	3–6	7.2%	27.1%	50.0%	57.3%
Floaters	6–15	18.1%	8.7%	40.0%	45.8%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	3.1%	—	49.2%
Pull-up jumpers	8–22	26.5%	13.7%	36.4%	39.7%
Step-backs	0–1	1.2%	4.8%	0.0%	39.0%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–1	1.2%	4.9%	0.0%	42.9%
Other jump shots	13–38	45.8%	31.7%	34.2%	37.0%

Month

Oct

2.2

0.8

0.7

22.2%

12.5%

100.0%

32.9%

−1.2

Nov

5.0

0.2

0.8

40.7%

31.3%

100.0%

53.0%

+0.3

Dec

2.7

0.8

0.4

33.3%

25.0%

100.0%

45.8%

−4.6

Jan

6.0

0.0

1.0

40.0%

33.3%

100.0%

55.1%

0.0

Feb

5.3

0.7

1.0

55.6%

57.1%

100.0%

81.0%

−0.7

Bryn Forbes

Inside his season

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Scorers he held down most

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By shot type

Trends

Career bests

Who stops him, and who he stops

Scorers he held down most

His last game

Inside his season

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor