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Han Xu

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

Regular season · Aug 29, 2026 · CHI 66 @ NYL 85 · Final

Han Xu: season-high 19 points vs Sky (Aug 29, 2026)

ANSWER

19 PTS · 6-of-8 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 5-of-5 FT · 17:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 6.1 PTS · 4.6 FGA · 13.7 MIN, from 38 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 39 games this season: 20.2 against a usual 5.1 (+15.1)

Season-high 19 points (previous high 17, set on Aug 1, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Han Xu score 19 points?

In 17:30 against the Sky on Aug 29, 2026, Han Xu scored 19 points: 6-of-8 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 5-of-5 on free throws (100.0%). Coming in, Xu had averaged 6.1 points on 4.6 shots in 13.7 minutes, from 38 regular-season games. The 19 points were a season high, above the previous 17. By Game Score it was the best of 39 games this season. Shot attempts: 8, against a usual 4.6. By shot type: two-pointers 8 points (usual 3.0); free throws 5 points (usual 0.6); threes 6 points (usual 2.5). Xu played 17:30 against a usual 13.7 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 41.6, against a usual 13.6. The Liberty won 85-66 at home against the Sky. 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

01

What changed

Xu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (38 games)Change
Minutes17:3013.7+3.8
Points196.1+12.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%6-of-84.6 · 50.3%+3.4
3PA · 3P%2-of-32.1 · 39.7%+0.9
FTA · FT%5 · 100.0%0.7 · 82.1%+4.3 · +17.9
Rebounds52.5+2.5
Assists10.7+0.3
Turnovers00.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 38 games25.817.5+8.3
Game Score per 36 minutes41.613.6+28.0
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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 (38 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)2.5 (0.8-of-2.1)+3.5
Twos8 (4-of-5)3.0 (1.5-of-2.5)+5.0
Free throws5 (5-of-5)0.6 (0.6-of-0.7)+4.4
Total196.1+12.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

20.2 against a usual 5.1 (+15.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+12.1
Rebounds+1.7
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+15.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 39 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, 8.2, 6.2, 1.2, 5.5, 7.4, -1.1, 20.2

Best Game Score of 39 games this season.

Previous best: 14.2, set on Aug 1, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 85-66 at home against the Sky.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 27, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 2 points (Jun 17, 2026), 5 points (Jul 22, 2026), 12 points (Aug 18, 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.