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Chelsea Gray

SG · 5′11″ · Current team: Las Vegas Aces

Regular season · May 17, 2026 · LVA 85 @ ATL 84 · Final

Chelsea Gray 21 points vs Dream (May 17, 2026)

ANSWER

21 PTS · 8-of-13 FG · 5-of-8 3P · 32:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.7 PTS · 8.3 FGA · 30.1 MIN, from this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games

Game Score 19.5 against a usual 9.4 (+10.1)

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 Chelsea Gray score 21 points?

Chelsea Gray scored 21 points against the Dream on May 17, 2026 in 32:42: 8-of-13 from the field (61.5%), 5-of-8 from three (62.5%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 10.7 points on 8.3 shots in 30.1 minutes: this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 8.3. The rate from the field was 61.5%, against a usual 45.6%. From threes, 15 points against a usual 4.8; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 4.4; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.5. Gray played 32:42 against a usual 30.1 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 21.5, against a usual 11.3. At the Dream, the Aces won 85-84. 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

Gray in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes32:4230.1+2.6
Points2110.7+10.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 61.5%8.3 · 45.6%+4.7 · +15.9
3PA · 3P%8 · 62.5%3.8 · 42.2%+4.2 · +20.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.7 · 89.0%-1.7
Rebounds54.0+1.0
Assists65.9+0.1
Turnovers33.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 4 games20.918.2+2.7
Game Score per 36 minutes21.511.3+10.2
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 (blended)Change
Threes15 (5-of-8)4.8 (1.6-of-3.8)+10.2
Twos6 (3-of-5)4.4 (2.2-of-4.5)+1.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.5 (1.5-of-1.7)-1.5
Total2110.7+10.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.5 against a usual 9.4 (+10.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.8
Rebounds+0.1
Assists+0.1
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+10.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 3.5, 8.6, 8.6, 13.4, 19.5

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces won 85-84 at the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: May 15, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season.
06

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.