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Diamond Miller

SF · 6′1″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · Aug 2, 2026 · CON 63 @ DAL 83 · Final

Diamond Miller: season-high 22 points vs Wings (Aug 2, 2026)

ANSWER

22 PTS · 8-of-15 FG · 4-of-8 3P · 2-of-4 FT · 29:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.8 PTS · 7.9 FGA · 22.4 MIN, from 28 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 29 games this season: 15.0 against a usual 4.3 (+10.7)

Season-high 22 points (previous high 16, set on Jun 5, 2026)

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 Diamond Miller score 22 points?

In 29:48 against the Wings on Aug 2, 2026, Diamond Miller scored 22 points: 8-of-15 from the field (53.3%), 4-of-8 from three (50.0%), 2-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Miller had averaged 8.8 points on 7.9 shots in 22.4 minutes, from 28 regular-season games. No earlier game this season reached 22 points. This game had the best Game Score of 29 games this season. The shot count was 15, against a usual 7.9. Miller shot 53.3% from the field, against a usual 36.2%. From threes, 12 points against a usual 3.0; from two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 3.7. Playing time was 29:48, against a usual 22.4 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 18.1, against a usual 6.9. At the Wings, the Sun lost 83-63, a 20-point loss. 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

Miller in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (28 games)Change
Minutes29:4822.4+7.4
Points228.8+13.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 53.3%7.9 · 36.2%+7.1 · +17.1
3PA · 3P%8 · 50.0%3.3 · 30.8%+4.7 · +19.2
FTA · FT%2-of-42.5 · 85.5%+1.5
Rebounds42.4+1.6
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers21.4+0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 28 games28.720.3+8.4
Game Score per 36 minutes18.16.9+11.2
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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 (28 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-8)3.0 (1.0-of-3.3)+9.0
Twos8 (4-of-7)3.7 (1.9-of-4.6)+4.3
Free throws2 (2-of-4)2.1 (2.1-of-2.5)-0.1
Total228.8+13.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

15.0 against a usual 4.3 (+10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.6
Rebounds+1.2
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks+1.1
Turnovers and fouls-0.9
Total+10.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 29 games, oldest first, this game last: 6, -2.2, 5.3, 1.1, -0.1, 10.1, -0.6, 1.3, 7.2, 3.6, 8.9, 6.8, 3.3, 0.1, 5.5, 5.3, 6.5, 2.1, 0.5, 2.3, 8, 6.7, 6.2, 5.4, -2.4, 6.7, 10.6, 6.9, 15

Best Game Score of 29 games this season.

Previous best: 10.6, set on Jul 28, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun lost 83-63 at the Wings, a 20-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 30, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings this season: 3 points (Jul 2, 2026).
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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 usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.