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Awak Kuier

PF · 6′6″ · Current team: Dallas Wings

Regular season · Jul 7, 2026 · DAL 88 @ NYL 77 · Final

Awak Kuier: season-high 7 assists vs Liberty (Jul 7, 2026)

ANSWER

10 PTS · 7 AST · 3-of-6 FG · 3-of-4 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 27:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.8 PTS · 0.7 AST · 4.5 FGA · 17.1 MIN, from 18 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 19 games this season: 16.6 against a usual 4.7 (+11.9)

Season-high 7 assists (previous high 4, set on May 18, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Awak Kuier have 7 assists?

Awak Kuier scored 10 points against the Liberty on Jul 7, 2026 in 27:42: 3-of-6 from the field, 3-of-4 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Kuier had averaged 5.8 points on 4.5 shots in 17.1 minutes, from 18 regular-season games. The 7 assists were a season high, above the previous 4. This game had the best Game Score of 19 games this season. From threes, 9 points against a usual 1.9; from two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 3.1. Playing time was 27:42, against a usual 17.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 21.6, against a usual 9.9. Assists: 7, against a usual 0.7. The Wings won 88-77 at the Liberty. 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

Kuier in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (18 games)Change
Minutes27:4217.1+10.6
Points105.8+4.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-64.5 · 48.1%+1.5
3PA · 3P%3-of-41.7 · 35.5%+2.3
FTA · FT%1-of-11.2 · 71.4%-0.2
Rebounds122.9+9.1
Assists70.7+6.3
Turnovers11.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 17 games11.916.2-4.3
Game Score per 36 minutes21.69.9+11.7
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 (18 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-4)1.9 (0.6-of-1.7)+7.1
Twos0 (0-of-2)3.1 (1.6-of-2.8)-3.1
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.8 (0.8-of-1.2)+0.2
Total105.8+4.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.6 against a usual 4.7 (+11.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+3.6
Rebounds+4.1
Assists+4.4
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total+11.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 19 games, oldest first, this game last: 2, 6.6, -0.7, 13.8, -1.5, 12.9, 12, 10.9, 2.6, 7.1, 3.1, -0.2, -2.1, 1.8, 3.8, -0.5, 1.1, 12.3, 16.6

Best Game Score of 19 games this season.

Previous best: 13.8, set on May 18, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings won 88-77 at the Liberty.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 5, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Liberty this season: 10 points (May 24, 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.