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Courtney Williams

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

Regular season · Jul 28, 2026 · TOR 93 @ MIN 100 · Final

Courtney Williams 5 points on 2-of-11 vs Tempo (Jul 28, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 2-of-11 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 25:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.3 PTS · 14.0 FGA · 30.7 MIN, from 28 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 29 games this season: 0.3 against a usual 11.6 (-11.3)

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 Courtney Williams score 5 points?

In 25:48 against the Tempo on Jul 28, 2026, Courtney Williams scored 5 points: 2-of-11 from the field (18.2%), 1-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Williams averaged 15.3 points on 14.0 shots in 30.7 minutes across 28 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 29 games this season. Williams took 11 shots, 3.0 fewer than usual. The 18.2% from the field compares with a usual 46.1%. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 10.4); free throws 0 points (usual 1.1). Williams played 25:48 against a usual 30.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 0.4, against a usual 13.6. At home against the Tempo, the Lynx won 100-93. 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 (28 games)Change
Minutes25:4830.7-4.9
Points515.3-10.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 18.2%14.0 · 46.1%-3.0 · -27.9
3PA · 3P%1-of-23.3 · 38.0%-1.3
FTA · FT%0-of-01.3 · 85.7%-1.3
Rebounds45.4-1.4
Assists44.1-0.1
Turnovers12.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 28 games20.723.5-2.8
Game Score per 36 minutes0.413.6-13.2
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 (28 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)3.8 (1.3-of-3.3)-0.8
Twos2 (1-of-9)10.4 (5.2-of-10.7)-8.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.1 (1.1-of-1.3)-1.1
Total515.3-10.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.3 against a usual 11.6 (-11.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.8
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.9
Total-11.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 29 games, oldest first, this game last: 10.1, 9.1, 21, 8.1, 10.6, 14.1, 21.3, 7.1, 22.4, 9, 9.9, 13.8, 9.8, 14.5, 7.3, 20.5, 8.8, 2.1, 6.6, 10.9, 19.8, 8, 4.6, 10.1, 13.3, 14.5, 17.6, 0, 0.3

2nd-lowest Game Score of 29 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lynx won 100-93 at home against the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 25, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season: 15 points (May 21, 2026).
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.