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Alanna Smith

C · 6′4″ · Current team: Dallas Wings

Regular season · Aug 12, 2026 · TOR 88 @ DAL 94 · Final

Alanna Smith 13 points vs Tempo (Aug 12, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

13 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 2-of-4 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 33:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.3 PTS · 5.0 FGA · 16.1 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 26 games this season: 17.3 against a usual 3.5 (+13.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about once a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Alanna Smith score 13 points?

In 33:30 against the Tempo on Aug 12, 2026, Alanna Smith scored 13 points: 5-of-7 from the field, 2-of-4 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Smith averaged 5.3 points on 5.0 shots in 16.1 minutes across 25 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 26 games this season. From threes, 6 points against a usual 1.7; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 2.9. Minutes: 33:30, against a usual 16.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 18.6, against a usual 7.9. Rebounds: 11, against a usual 3.6. The Wings won 94-88 at home against the Tempo. 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

Smith in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes33:3016.1+17.4
Points135.3+7.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-75.0 · 40.5%+2.0
3PA · 3P%2-of-42.2 · 25.0%+1.8
FTA · FT%1-of-21.1 · 63.0%+0.9
Rebounds113.6+7.4
Assists40.9+3.1
Turnovers11.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games11.718.6-6.9
Game Score per 36 minutes18.67.9+10.7
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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 (25 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-4)1.7 (0.6-of-2.2)+4.3
Twos6 (3-of-3)2.9 (1.5-of-2.8)+3.1
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.7 (0.7-of-1.1)+0.3
Total135.3+7.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

17.3 against a usual 3.5 (+13.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds+3.0
Assists+2.2
Steals and blocks+0.7
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+13.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.4, -1.6, 7.6, 1.1, 6.3, 0.9, 1.8, -1.1, 1.3, 0.9, 1.2, 1.4, 2.6, 4.2, 2.9, 8.1, 4.6, 4.4, -2.1, 0.2, 7.9, -1, 15.4, 10.2, 6.7, 17.3

Best Game Score of 26 games this season.

Previous best: 15.4, set on Aug 5, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings won 94-88 at home against the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 9, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season: 2 points (Jul 5, 2026), 0 points (Jul 10, 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.