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Haley Jones

F-G · 6′1″ · Current team: Dallas Wings

Regular season · Aug 24, 2025 · GSV 90 @ DAL 81 · Final

Haley Jones 15 points vs Valkyries (Aug 24, 2025): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

15 PTS · 6-of-9 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 1-of-4 FT · 18:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.4 PTS · 6.3 FGA · 20.0 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 13.9 against a usual 4.0 (+9.9)

Matched the season high of 15 points, set on Jul 27, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Haley Jones score 15 points?

Haley Jones scored 15 points against the Valkyries on Aug 24, 2025 in 18:12: 6-of-9 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 1-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Jones had averaged 6.4 points on 6.3 shots in 20.0 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. The 15 points matched the season high set on Jul 27, 2025. This game had the best Game Score of 24 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 6 (1.2), two-pointers 8 (4.4). Playing time was 18:12, against a usual 20.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 27.5, against a usual 7.3. Turnovers and fouls: 0 and 1, against a usual 1.5 and 2.3. The Wings lost 90-81 at home against the Valkyries. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes18:1220.0-1.8
Points156.4+8.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-96.3 · 41.7%+2.7
3PA · 3P%2-of-31.3 · 31.0%+1.7
FTA · FT%1-of-41.1 · 72.0%+2.9
Rebounds33.3-0.3
Assists11.9-0.9
Turnovers01.5-1.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 22 games28.118.2+9.9
Game Score per 36 minutes27.57.3+20.2
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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 (23 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)1.2 (0.4-of-1.3)+4.8
Twos8 (4-of-6)4.4 (2.2-of-5.0)+3.6
Free throws1 (1-of-4)0.8 (0.8-of-1.1)+0.2
Total156.4+8.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

13.9 against a usual 4.0 (+9.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.0
Rebounds+0.1
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls+2.0
Total+9.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.6, 0.9, 5.3, -1.5, -0.1, 7.8, 3.3, 2.4, 11.6, 13.4, 7.6, 11.3, 2.9, 10.2, 1.8, 4.2, -2.6, 4.5, 1.4, 3.3, 5.7, -0.4, -1.5, 13.9

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 13.4, set on Jul 22, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings lost 90-81 at home against the Valkyries.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Valkyries this season: 5 points (Jun 5, 2025), 10 points (Jul 25, 2025).
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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.