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Arike Ogunbowale

SG · 5′8″ · Current team: Dallas Wings

Regular season · May 22, 2026 · DAL 69 @ ATL 86 · Final

Arike Ogunbowale 2 points on 1-of-11 vs Dream (May 22, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-11 FG · 0-of-5 3P · 25:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 16.3 PTS · 13.7 FGA · 32.8 MIN, from this season's 5 games plus last season's average, counted as 7.5 games

Game Score -6.7 against a usual 10.6 (-17.3)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Arike Ogunbowale score 2 points?

In 25:00 against the Dream on May 22, 2026, Arike Ogunbowale scored 2 points: 1-of-11 from the field (9.1%), 0-of-5 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 16.3 points on 13.7 shots in 32.8 minutes: this season's 5 games plus last season's average, counted as 7.5 games. The rate from the field was 9.1%, against a usual 38.5%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.4), two-pointers 2 (7.0), free throws 0 (3.9). Ogunbowale played 25:00 against a usual 32.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -9.6, against a usual 11.6. At the Dream, the Wings lost 86-69. 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

01

What changed

Ogunbowale in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes25:0032.8-7.8
Points216.3-14.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 9.1%13.7 · 38.5%-2.7 · -29.4
3PA · 3P%5 · 0.0%5.3 · 33.5%-0.3 · -33.5
FTA · FT%0-of-04.2 · 94.1%-4.2
Rebounds02.4-2.4
Assists13.7-2.7
Turnovers21.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 5 games22.323.7-1.4
Game Score per 36 minutes-9.611.6-21.2
02

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-5)5.4 (1.8-of-5.3)-5.4
Twos2 (1-of-6)7.0 (3.5-of-8.4)-5.0
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.9 (3.9-of-4.2)-3.9
Total216.3-14.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-6.7 against a usual 10.6 (-17.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-14.0
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-1.9
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total-17.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 13.5, 12, 0, 15.7, 16.9, -6.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings lost 86-69 at the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: May 20, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 20 points (May 12, 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.