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DeWanna Bonner

PF · 6′4″ · Current team: Atlanta Dream

Regular season · Jun 5, 2026 · PHO 78 @ POR 72 · Final

DeWanna Bonner 19 points vs Fire (Jun 5, 2026)

ANSWER

19 PTS · 6-of-15 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 33:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.4 PTS · 8.0 FGA · 24.9 MIN, from this season's 11 games plus last season's average, counted as 4.5 games

Game Score 19.0 against a usual 6.0 (+13.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 DeWanna Bonner score 19 points?

In 33:30 against the Fire on Jun 5, 2026, DeWanna Bonner scored 19 points: 6-of-15 from the field (40.0%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), 4-of-4 on free throws. Before this game, the usual line was 8.4 points on 8.0 shots in 24.9 minutes: this season's 11 games plus last season's average, counted as 4.5 games. The shot count was 15, against a usual 8.0. The 40.0% from the field compares with a usual 35.7%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (2.2), free throws 4 (2.0), two-pointers 6 (4.2). Minutes: 33:30, against a usual 24.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 20.4, against a usual 8.6. Bonner had 2 steals and 3 blocks, against a usual 0.9 and 0.5. The Mercury won 78-72 at the Fire. 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

Bonner in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes33:3024.9+8.6
Points198.4+10.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 40.0%8.0 · 35.7%+7.0 · +4.3
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%3.8 · 19.3%+4.2 · +18.2
FTA · FT%4-of-42.1 · 92.4%+1.9
Rebounds54.6+0.4
Assists51.0+4.0
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games25.317.3+8.0
Game Score per 36 minutes20.48.6+11.8
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
Threes9 (3-of-8)2.2 (0.7-of-3.8)+6.8
Twos6 (3-of-7)4.2 (2.1-of-4.2)+1.8
Free throws4 (4-of-4)2.0 (2.0-of-2.1)+2.0
Total198.4+10.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

19.0 against a usual 6.0 (+13.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.0
Rebounds+0.2
Assists+2.8
Steals and blocks+2.9
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total+13.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 15.2, 3.7, 9.6, 5.7, 8, 10.6, 3.9, -2.2, 2, -2.4, 3.9, 19

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 78-72 at the Fire.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 3, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire 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.