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Aaliyah Edwards

C · 6′3″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · Jul 8, 2026 · MIN 86 @ CON 80 · Final

Aaliyah Edwards 2 points on 0-of-4 vs Lynx (Jul 8, 2026): lowest of 16 games

ANSWER

2 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 2-of-2 FT · 16:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.9 PTS · 6.7 FGA · 18.3 MIN, from this season's 15 games plus last season's average, counted as 2.5 games

Lowest Game Score of 16 games this season: -1.0 against a usual 6.2 (-7.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 about once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Aaliyah Edwards score 2 points?

In 16:54 against the Lynx on Jul 8, 2026, Aaliyah Edwards scored 2 points: 0-of-4 from the field, 2-of-2 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 15 games with last season's average, counted as 2.5 games: 8.9 points on 6.7 shots in 18.3 minutes. This game had the lowest Game Score of 16 games this season. From two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 6.5. Playing time was 16:54, against a usual 18.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -2.1, against a usual 12.1. The Sun lost 86-80 at home against the Lynx. 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

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What changed

Edwards in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes16:5418.3-1.4
Points28.9-6.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-46.7 · 51.2%-2.7
FTA · FT%2-of-22.8 · 67.1%-0.8
Rebounds43.7+0.3
Assists00.9-0.9
Turnovers11.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games14.723.2-8.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.112.1-14.2
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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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.5 (0.2-of-0.4)-0.5
Twos0 (0-of-4)6.5 (3.2-of-6.3)-6.5
Free throws2 (2-of-2)1.9 (1.9-of-2.8)+0.1
Total28.9-6.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.0 against a usual 6.2 (-7.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.0
Rebounds-0.5
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total-7.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.8, 10.7, 5.1, 9.1, 3.4, 0.6, 10.4, 15.9, 4.2, 7.8, 5.1, 10.6, 3.2, 6.6, 2.6, -1

Lowest Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous lowest: 0.6, set on May 27, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun lost 86-80 at home against the Lynx.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 6, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lynx this season: 5 points (Jul 6, 2026).
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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 WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.