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Caitlin Clark

PG · 6′0″ · Current team: Indiana Fever

Regular season · Sep 24, 2026 · IND 66 @ MIN 86 · Final

Caitlin Clark 2 points on 1-of-12 in 18 minutes vs Lynx (Sep 24, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-12 FG · 0-of-7 3P · 18:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 22.8 PTS · 15.9 FGA · 31.4 MIN, from 39 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 40 games this season: -3.1 against a usual 16.8 (-19.9)

Season-low 2 points (previous low 6, set on May 30, 2026)

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 Caitlin Clark score 2 points?

Caitlin Clark scored 2 points against the Lynx on Sep 24, 2026 in 18:00: 1-of-12 from the field (8.3%), 0-of-7 from three (0.0%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Clark averaged 22.8 points on 15.9 shots in 31.4 minutes across 39 regular-season games. The 2 points were a season low, below the previous 6. This game had the lowest Game Score of 40 games this season. Clark took 12 shots, 3.9 fewer than usual. The 8.3% from the field compares with a usual 45.2%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 8.8); two-pointers 2 points (usual 8.6); free throws 0 points (usual 5.4). Minutes: 18:00, against a usual 31.4; Game Score per 36 minutes: -6.2, against a usual 19.2. Turnovers and fouls: 1 and 1, against a usual 4.7 and 3.2. The Fever lost 86-66 at the Lynx, a 20-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

Clark in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (39 games)Change
Minutes18:0031.4-13.4
Points222.8-20.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%12 · 8.3%15.9 · 45.2%-3.9 · -36.9
3PA · 3P%7 · 0.0%7.9 · 36.9%-0.9 · -36.9
FTA · FT%0-of-06.4 · 85.2%-6.4
Rebounds43.9+0.1
Assists38.4-5.4
Turnovers14.7-3.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games29.932.6-2.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.219.2-25.4
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 (39 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-7)8.8 (2.9-of-7.9)-8.8
Twos2 (1-of-5)8.6 (4.3-of-8.0)-6.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)5.4 (5.4-of-6.4)-5.4
Total222.8-20.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.1 against a usual 16.8 (-19.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-20.1
Rebounds-0.1
Assists-3.8
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls+4.5
Total-19.9
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 40 games, oldest first, this game last: 10, 19.1, 21.1, 20.3, 14.5, 11.3, 4.3, 10.9, 5.9, 9, 25.9, 15.4, 17.5, 14.2, 16, 17.1, 16.5, 2.1, 7, 8, 43.4, 6.9, 24.3, 28, 27.6, 13.5, 6.3, 21.5, 18.7, 26.3, 15.8, 12.8, 5.3, 14.3, 28.9, 31, 23.9, 14.8, 24.6, -3.1

Lowest Game Score of 40 games this season.

Previous lowest: 2.1, set on Jul 8, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fever lost 86-66 at the Lynx, a 20-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 22, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lynx this season: 19 points (Aug 2, 2026), 27 points (Sep 22, 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.