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Bridget Carleton

F · 6′2″ · Current team: Portland Fire

Regular season · Jun 15, 2026 · POR 74 @ MIN 107 · Final

Bridget Carleton 3 points on 1-of-9 vs Lynx (Jun 15, 2026)

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-9 FG · 0-of-4 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 26:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.8 PTS · 10.9 FGA · 29.5 MIN, from 14 regular-season games

Game Score -3.4 against a usual 10.1 (-13.5)

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 Bridget Carleton score 3 points?

In 26:24 against the Lynx on Jun 15, 2026, Bridget Carleton scored 3 points: 1-of-9 from the field, 0-of-4 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Carleton averaged 13.8 points on 10.9 shots in 29.5 minutes across 14 regular-season games. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (7.5), two-pointers 2 (4.2), free throws 1 (2.1). Carleton played 26:24 against a usual 29.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.6, against a usual 12.4. The Fire lost 107-74 at the Lynx, a 33-point loss. 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

Carleton in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (14 games)Change
Minutes26:2429.5-3.1
Points313.8-10.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-910.9 · 42.1%-1.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-46.6 · 37.6%-2.6
FTA · FT%1-of-22.3 · 93.8%-0.3
Rebounds13.4-2.4
Assists21.9+0.1
Turnovers11.4-0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games17.420.5-3.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.612.4-17.0
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 (14 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-4)7.5 (2.5-of-6.6)-7.5
Twos2 (1-of-5)4.2 (2.1-of-4.3)-2.2
Free throws1 (1-of-2)2.1 (2.1-of-2.3)-1.1
Total313.8-10.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.4 against a usual 10.1 (-13.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-11.3
Rebounds-0.9
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks-1.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total-13.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 11.6, 21.9, 7.8, 16.1, 12, 10.3, 6.6, 11.6, 11.8, 9.8, 0.1, 5.1, 4.4, 12.7, -3.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fire lost 107-74 at the Lynx, a 33-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 13, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Lynx this season.
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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.