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Branden Carlson
Last: @ Utah Jazz · Tipped off 3:00 PM ET · this page updates each morning
Injury report: Day-To-Day · Oct 28
Points by game
The Edge
Role and usageLatest snapshot 2026-10-30.
Early sample: percentiles among players with 3+ games.
Our pick
No picks recorded on Branden Carlson yet.
Points against the line
Hypothetical threshold · no verified market line: 2.5
2026-27 season · all games played, playoffs included · game log · through 2026-10-29
Hit rate by situation · 2026-27 · against the season median 2.5
home and in losses splits have fewer than 10 games this season and are not shown yet.
This season's games only · historical frequency, not a forecast.
Where he scores
50% of his shots come from the restricted area, where he makes 100%, 33.8 percentage points above the league rate there (1 attempt so far).
- Restricted area100%▲ 33.8 vs league50% of attempts · 1 FGA · small sample
- Three-pointers0%▼ 34.3 vs league50% of attempts · 1 FGA · small sample
- Mid-rangeNo shotsNo mid-range attempts yet
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Where he shoots from, against the league
- Restricted area50% / 29%1 of 1 · 100% FG against 66% for the league
- Paint (non-restricted)0% / 19%No attempts · league 44% FG
- Mid-range0% / 10%No attempts · league 40% FG
- Left corner 30% / 6%No attempts · league 34% FG
- Right corner 30% / 5%No attempts · league 34% FG
- Above-the-break 350% / 31%0 of 1 · 0% FG against 34% for the league
Distance buckets and the period split are not available: this player's shots for this season are not in our shot chart yet.
Matchup: @ Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz defense
Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to centers.
Who guards him
Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Kyle Filipowski has guarded him most: 23.0 partial possessions, 4 points on 2 of 2.
- Jusuf NurkićC
2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.
Team defense
Utah Jazz: the 23rd-best defense at an average pace; about average against centers on points.
Allowed-to-centers figures use 2025-26 (last season), 118 center-games against UTAH · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.
4 meetings on record: 8.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.5 assists per game (last on Apr 5). The vs UTAH window above shows each game.
UTAH injury report · Oct 30
- Jaren Jackson Jr. · Out
- Trey Alexander · Out
- Lauri Markkanen · Day-to-day
Game log & career
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