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Dominique Malonga

PF · 6′6″ · Current team: Seattle Storm

Regular season · Jul 6, 2026 · SEA 82 @ LAS 64 · Final

Dominique Malonga 2 points on 1-of-10 vs Sparks (Jul 6, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-10 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 22:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 16.9 PTS · 13.8 FGA · 25.5 MIN, from 14 regular-season games

Game Score -4.2 against a usual 11.2 (-15.4)

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 Dominique Malonga score 2 points?

In 22:42 against the Sparks on Jul 6, 2026, Dominique Malonga scored 2 points: 1-of-10 from the field (10.0%), 0-of-1 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Malonga had averaged 16.9 points on 13.8 shots in 25.5 minutes, from 14 regular-season games. Malonga took 10 shots, 3.8 fewer than usual. The 10.0% from the field compares with a usual 48.2%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (11.7), free throws 0 (2.8), threes 0 (2.4). Malonga played 22:42 against a usual 25.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -6.7, against a usual 15.9. Malonga had 5 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 2.4 and 3.0. At the Sparks, the Storm won 82-64. 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

Malonga in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (14 games)Change
Minutes22:4225.5-2.8
Points216.9-14.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 10.0%13.8 · 48.2%-3.8 · -38.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-11.9 · 40.7%-0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-03.9 · 70.9%-3.9
Rebounds97.3+1.7
Assists21.3+0.7
Turnovers52.4+2.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games28.732.0-3.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.715.9-22.6
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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 (14 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-1)2.4 (0.8-of-1.9)-2.4
Twos2 (1-of-9)11.7 (5.9-of-11.9)-9.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.8 (2.8-of-3.9)-2.8
Total216.9-14.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-4.2 against a usual 11.2 (-15.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-14.0
Rebounds+0.2
Assists+0.5
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls-2.2
Total-15.4
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 13.3, 5.2, 13.6, 2.4, 13.1, 7.6, 5.7, 28.4, 2.3, 26.7, 17.5, 10.8, -1.9, 12.7, -4.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Storm won 82-64 at the Sparks.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 4, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sparks this season: 15 points (Jun 10, 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.