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Courtney Williams

SG · 5′8″ · Current team: Minnesota Lynx

Regular season · Aug 21, 2025 · MIN 73 @ ATL 75 · Final

Courtney Williams 6 points on 3-of-14 vs Dream (Aug 21, 2025)

ANSWER

6 PTS · 3-of-14 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 27:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.3 PTS · 13.6 FGA · 29.0 MIN, from 34 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 35 games this season: -0.2 against a usual 11.5 (-11.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Courtney Williams score 6 points?

Courtney Williams scored 6 points against the Dream on Aug 21, 2025 in 27:06: 3-of-14 from the field (21.4%), 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Williams had averaged 14.3 points on 13.6 shots in 29.0 minutes, from 34 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 3rd-lowest of 35 games this season. Williams shot 21.4% from the field, against a usual 43.0%. From threes, 0 points against a usual 4.2; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 8.9; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.2. Playing time was 27:06, against a usual 29.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -0.3, against a usual 14.3. Williams had 5 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 2.3 and 2.0. At the Dream, the Lynx lost 75-73. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (34 games)Change
Minutes27:0629.0-1.9
Points614.3-8.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 21.4%13.6 · 43.0%+0.4 · -21.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.6 · 38.7%-1.6
FTA · FT%0-of-01.4 · 83.7%-1.4
Rebounds54.9+0.1
Assists96.2+2.8
Turnovers52.3+2.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 34 games30.726.0+4.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.314.3-14.6
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 (34 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)4.2 (1.4-of-3.6)-4.2
Twos6 (3-of-12)8.9 (4.4-of-10.0)-2.9
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.2 (1.2-of-1.4)-1.2
Total614.3-8.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.2 against a usual 11.5 (-11.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.6
Rebounds-0.2
Assists+2.0
Steals and blocks-1.6
Turnovers and fouls-2.3
Total-11.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 35 games, oldest first, this game last: 24.8, 10.8, 6.5, -3.7, 18.4, 2.6, 17.3, 4.3, 8.1, 4.8, 10.7, 14.4, 16.2, -6.2, 14.2, 15, 17, 9.1, 21.3, 13.9, 14.3, 10.1, 21.7, 9.1, 7.5, 22.2, 9.1, 9.4, 17.5, 8.2, 8.7, 9.1, 18.2, 7.6, -0.2

3rd-lowest Game Score of 35 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lynx lost 75-73 at the Dream.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 16 points (Jun 27, 2025), 11 points (Jul 27, 2025).
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.