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Brianna Turner

PF · 6′3″ · Current team: Las Vegas Aces

Regular season · Jul 28, 2026 · POR 83 @ LVA 98 · Final

Brianna Turner: season-high 8 points vs Fire (Jul 28, 2026)

ANSWER

8 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 31:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 1.4 PTS · 1.0 FGA · 10.6 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 24 games this season: 7.5 against a usual 1.6 (+5.9)

Season-high 8 points (previous high 6, set on Jul 5, 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 Brianna Turner score 8 points?

Brianna Turner scored 8 points against the Fire on Jul 28, 2026 in 31:36: 4-of-6 from the field. Coming in, Turner had averaged 1.4 points on 1.0 shots in 10.6 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 8 points. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 24 games this season. Shot attempts: 6, against a usual 1.0. From two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 1.3. Turner played 31:36 against a usual 10.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 8.5, against a usual 5.6. The Aces won 98-83 at home against the Fire. 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

Turner in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes31:3610.6+21.0
Points81.4+6.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-61.0 · 65.2%+5.0
Rebounds42.1+1.9
Assists10.2+0.8
Turnovers10.4+0.6
Game Score per 36 minutes8.55.6+2.9
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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 (23 games)Change
Twos8 (4-of-6)1.3 (0.7-of-1.0)+6.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.1-of-0.1)-0.1
Total81.4+6.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

7.5 against a usual 1.6 (+5.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+4.4
Rebounds+0.8
Assists+0.6
Steals and blocks+1.9
Turnovers and fouls-1.8
Total+5.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.4, 9, -0.6, 0, 1.3, 2.2, 2.6, 1.6, -2.1, -0.8, 0, 0, 1.7, 2.9, 2.2, 0, 0.3, 4.9, 3.4, 1.5, 2.9, 0.8, 2.6, 7.5

2nd-best Game Score of 24 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces won 98-83 at home against the Fire.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 22, 2026, 6 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire this season: 0 points (Jun 11, 2026), 2 points (Jul 9, 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.