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Han Xu

C · 6′11″ · Current team: New York Liberty

Regular season · Aug 9, 2026 · LVA 71 @ NYL 111 · Final

Han Xu 14 points vs Aces (Aug 9, 2026): 2nd-best of 32 games

ANSWER

14 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 17:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.7 PTS · 4.2 FGA · 13.2 MIN, from 31 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 32 games this season: 13.9 against a usual 5.0 (+8.9)

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 Han Xu score 14 points?

In 17:30 against the Aces on Aug 9, 2026, Han Xu scored 14 points: 5-of-7 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 3-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Xu had averaged 5.7 points on 4.2 shots in 13.2 minutes, from 31 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 32 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 8 (2.7), free throws 3 (0.5). Xu played 17:30 against a usual 13.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 28.6, against a usual 13.5. The Liberty won 111-71 at home against the Aces, a 40-point win. 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

Xu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (31 games)Change
Minutes17:3013.2+4.3
Points145.7+8.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-74.2 · 52.3%+2.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-21.9 · 43.3%+0.1
FTA · FT%3-of-30.6 · 78.9%+2.4
Rebounds52.3+2.7
Assists00.7-0.7
Turnovers00.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 31 games19.616.8+2.8
Game Score per 36 minutes28.613.5+15.1
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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 (31 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)2.5 (0.8-of-1.9)+0.5
Twos8 (4-of-5)2.7 (1.4-of-2.3)+5.3
Free throws3 (3-of-3)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+2.5
Total145.7+8.3
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

13.9 against a usual 5.0 (+8.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.5
Rebounds+0.9
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total+8.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 32 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.5, -0.7, 3, 3.7, 4.6, 10.9, 6.9, 7.9, 4.7, 2.3, 12.4, 0.3, 4.7, 3.4, 7.3, -0.1, 10.8, 7.8, 3.3, 6.1, 2, 6.4, 0.6, 1.5, 2.3, 3.6, 10.7, 1.1, 14.2, 8, 2.1, 13.9

2nd-best Game Score of 32 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 111-71 at home against the Aces, a 40-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 5, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Aces this season: 12 points (Jun 23, 2026), 3 points (Jul 30, 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.