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Cecilia Zandalasini

SG · 6′2″ · Current team: Golden State Valkyries

Playoffs · First round · Game 1 · Sep 27, 2026 · DAL 80 @ GSV 104 · Final

Cecilia Zandalasini 22 points vs Wings (Sep 27, 2026): First round Game 1

ANSWER

22 PTS · 7-of-11 FG · 4-of-5 3P · 4-of-5 FT · 15:54 MIN

Usual: 2026 regular season, 37 games, May 8 – Sep 24 (8.6 PTS · 8.0 FGA · 19.0 MIN)

Game Score 16.6 against a usual 5.0 (+11.6)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

Playoff game · against the 2026 regular season

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Cecilia Zandalasini score 22 points?

Cecilia Zandalasini scored 22 points in 15:54 against the Wings on Sep 27, 2026, Game 1 of the first round: 7-of-11 from the field (63.6%), 4-of-5 from three (80.0%), 4-of-5 on free throws (80.0%). Before this game, Zandalasini averaged 8.6 points on 8.0 shots in 19.0 minutes across 37 regular-season games. Zandalasini took 11 shots, 3.0 more than usual. Zandalasini shot 63.6% from the field, against a usual 39.3%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 3.9); free throws 4 points (usual 1.0); two-pointers 6 points (usual 3.7). Zandalasini played 15:54 against a usual 19.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 37.6, against a usual 9.5. At home against the Wings, the Valkyries won 104-80, a 24-point win. 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

Zandalasini in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (37 games)Change
Minutes15:5419.0-3.1
Points228.6+13.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 63.6%8.0 · 39.3%+3.0 · +24.3
3PA · 3P%5 · 80.0%4.0 · 32.4%+1.0 · +47.6
FTA · FT%5 · 80.0%1.2 · 82.6%+3.8 · -2.6
Rebounds02.1-2.1
Assists11.7-0.7
Turnovers01.4-1.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 37 games39.124.2+14.9
Game Score per 36 minutes37.69.5+28.1
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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 (37 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-5)3.9 (1.3-of-4.0)+8.1
Twos6 (3-of-6)3.7 (1.8-of-4.0)+2.3
Free throws4 (4-of-5)1.0 (1.0-of-1.2)+3.0
Total228.6+13.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.6 against a usual 5.0 (+11.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.5
Rebounds-0.7
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+11.6
04

This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Sep 27, 2026This gameFirst round · Game 1vs DAL15:54220116.6
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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries won 104-80 at home against the Wings, a 24-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 24, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier games in this series.
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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 regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA playoff games of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Unusual.