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Jamal Cain
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2025-26
Pete Nance
Bucks · F · 26
Pete Nance
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jamal Cain vs Pete Nance

6-10categories
Cain · Nance
8
Cain
Magic
2025-26
Nance
Bucks
Pete Nance
40
Games
availability
47
12.1
Minutes
per game
15.7
5.4
Points
per game
5.4
2.0
Rebounds
per game
2.7
0.7
Assists
per game
1.0
0.4
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
0.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.6
48.7%
Field goal %
51.5%
38.4%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 2.5 attempts
42.0%
84.8%
Free throw %
36.4%
62.4%
True shooting
TS%
63.9%
15.9%
Usage
USG%
13.2%
8.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.2%
8.0%
Rebound %
of available
8.6%
+4.5
Net rating
on court
-5.2
8.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.8%
+1.1
Plus-minus
per game
-1.7
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Pete Nance scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (5.4 vs 5.4), on Cain's heavier usage (15.9% vs 13.2%).

Nance is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 63.9% to 62.4%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Nance (1.0 vs 0.7 assists), the glass to Nance (2.7 vs 2.0 rebounds).

With Cain on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.5 per 100 possessions, against -5.2 for Nance; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Cain $2.6M through 2026-27, Nance $2.5M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Cain
2025-26
Nance
22-18
Record when playing
14-33
4.7
Points at home
5.4
6.0
Points on the road
5.4
5.6
Points in wins
6.4
5.1
Points in losses
5.0
20
Season high
23
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Cain · last 5
Sun, May 3 at DET5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, May 1 vs DET3 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at DET5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs DET8 pts · 9 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs DET7 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Nance · last 5
Wed, Apr 8 at DET0 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at BKN8 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs MEM5 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs BOS14 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Apr 1 at HOU23 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Cain · contract
2026-27team option$2.6M
Nance · contract
2026-27$2.5M
2027-28team option$2.8M

More comparisons

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Cain vs
Pete Nance · Spencer Jones · Asa Newell · Karlo Matković
Nance vs
Jamal Cain · Spencer Jones · Asa Newell · Karlo Matković

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).