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Arike Ogunbowale

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

Regular season · Jun 11, 2026 · PHO 70 @ DAL 85 · Final

Arike Ogunbowale 2 points on 1-of-9 vs Mercury (Jun 11, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 29:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.1 PTS · 13.3 FGA · 30.4 MIN, from this season's 11 games plus last season's average, counted as 4.5 games

Game Score -3.8 against a usual 9.4 (-13.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Arike Ogunbowale score 2 points?

In 29:06 against the Mercury on Jun 11, 2026, Arike Ogunbowale scored 2 points: 1-of-9 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. The usual line blends this season's 11 games with last season's average, counted as 4.5 games: 15.1 points on 13.3 shots in 30.4 minutes. Shot attempts: 9, against a usual 13.3. From threes, 0 points against a usual 5.9; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 3.7; from two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 5.5. Minutes: 29:06, against a usual 30.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: -4.7, against a usual 11.2. Ogunbowale had 4 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 1.7 and 2.3. At home against the Mercury, the Wings won 85-70. 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

Ogunbowale in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes29:0630.4-1.3
Points215.1-13.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-913.3 · 35.2%-4.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-35.8 · 34.0%-2.8
FTA · FT%0-of-04.1 · 90.2%-4.1
Rebounds62.6+3.4
Assists13.5-2.5
Turnovers41.7+2.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games19.825.0-5.2
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.711.2-15.9
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-3)5.9 (2.0-of-5.8)-5.9
Twos2 (1-of-6)5.5 (2.7-of-7.5)-3.5
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.7 (3.7-of-4.1)-3.7
Total215.1-13.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.8 against a usual 9.4 (-13.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.4
Rebounds+1.1
Assists-1.7
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls-2.2
Total-13.2
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, 8.1, -2.2, 3.4, 21.9, 19.3, -3.8

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings won 85-70 at home against the Mercury.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 9, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Mercury this season.
06

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.