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Gabby Williams

SF · 5′11″ · Current team: Golden State Valkyries

Playoffs · First round · Game 2 · Sep 30, 2026 · GSV 100 @ DAL 108 · Final

Gabby Williams 36 points vs Wings (Sep 30, 2026): First round Game 2

ANSWER

36 PTS · 12-of-23 FG · 5-of-12 3P · 7-of-7 FT · 36:54 MIN

Usual: 2026 regular season, 39 games, May 8 – Sep 24 (14.4 PTS · 12.8 FGA · 25.1 MIN)

Game Score 33.4 against a usual 9.7 (+23.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

Playoff game · against the 2026 regular season

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Gabby Williams score 36 points?

In Game 2 of the first round against the Wings on Sep 30, 2026, Gabby Williams scored 36 points in 36:54: 12-of-23 from the field (52.2%), 5-of-12 from three (41.7%), 7-of-7 on free throws (100.0%). Coming in, Williams had averaged 14.4 points on 12.8 shots in 25.1 minutes, from 39 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 23, against a usual 12.8. The rate from the field was 52.2%, against a usual 40.4%. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 15 (5.2), two-pointers 14 (6.9), free throws 7 (2.3). Minutes: 36:54, against a usual 25.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 32.6, against a usual 13.9. Williams had 7 assists, against a usual 2.2. At the Wings, the Valkyries lost 108-100. 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

Williams in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (39 games)Change
Minutes36:5425.1+11.8
Points3614.4+21.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%23 · 52.2%12.8 · 40.4%+10.2 · +11.8
3PA · 3P%12 · 41.7%5.0 · 34.2%+7.0 · +7.5
FTA · FT%7 · 100.0%3.1 · 73.6%+3.9 · +26.4
Rebounds63.3+2.7
Assists72.2+4.8
Turnovers21.5+0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games36.829.0+7.8
Game Score per 36 minutes32.613.9+18.7
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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 (39 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-12)5.2 (1.7-of-5.0)+9.8
Twos14 (7-of-11)6.9 (3.5-of-7.8)+7.1
Free throws7 (7-of-7)2.3 (2.3-of-3.1)+4.7
Total3614.4+21.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

33.4 against a usual 9.7 (+23.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+17.6
Rebounds+1.0
Assists+3.3
Steals and blocks+2.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.4
Total+23.7
04

This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Sep 27, 2026First round · Game 1vs DAL27:24203415.5
Sep 30, 2026This gameFirst round · Game 2@ DAL36:54366733.4
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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries lost 108-100 at the Wings.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 27, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier in this series: 20 points (Game 1).
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 regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA playoff games of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Unusual.