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Jade Melbourne

SG · 5′10″ · Current team: Seattle Storm

Regular season · Sep 20, 2026 · SEA 77 @ LVA 98 · Final

Jade Melbourne 1 point on 0-of-3 vs Aces (Sep 20, 2026)

ANSWER

1 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 1-of-2 FT · 19:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.4 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 24.8 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

Tied for the lowest Game Score of 41 games this season: -1.6 against a usual 7.0 (-8.6)

Season-low 1 point (previous low 2, set on Jun 20, 2026)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Jade Melbourne score 1 point?

In 19:06 against the Aces on Sep 20, 2026, Jade Melbourne scored 1 point: 0-of-3 from the field, no three-point attempts, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Melbourne averaged 9.4 points on 7.0 shots in 24.8 minutes across 40 regular-season games. No earlier game this season was as low as 1 point. By Game Score it tied for the lowest of 41 games this season. Melbourne took 3 shots, 4.0 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (4.7), threes 0 (2.3), free throws 1 (2.4). Melbourne played 19:06 against a usual 24.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -3.0, against a usual 10.2. At the Aces, the Storm lost 98-77, a 21-point loss. 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

Melbourne in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes19:0624.8-5.7
Points19.4-8.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-37.0 · 44.1%-4.0
3PA · 3P%0-of-02.6 · 30.1%-2.6
FTA · FT%1-of-23.1 · 78.0%-1.1
Rebounds32.2+0.8
Assists33.8-0.8
Turnovers31.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 40 games14.817.8-3.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.010.2-13.2
02

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 (40 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)2.3 (0.8-of-2.6)-2.3
Twos0 (0-of-3)4.7 (2.3-of-4.4)-4.7
Free throws1 (1-of-2)2.4 (2.4-of-3.1)-1.4
Total19.4-8.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.6 against a usual 7.0 (-8.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.9
Rebounds+0.1
Assists-0.5
Steals and blocks-0.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.9
Total-8.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: 14.4, 13.7, 12, 7.1, 6.2, 4.8, 2, 14, 3.8, -1.6, 6.1, 10.6, 4.6, 3.1, 1.3, 6, -1, 17, 10.6, 10.2, 4.1, 9.5, 2.8, 4, 9.1, 8.9, 1.9, 3.4, 4.6, 8.2, 6.1, 11, 19.5, 2.5, 4, 6.7, 9.4, 14.7, 3.6, 2.6, -1.6

Tied for the lowest Game Score of 41 games this season.

It matched the lowest earlier Game Score, set on Jun 1, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Storm lost 98-77 at the Aces, a 21-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 19, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Aces this season: 6 points (Jun 8, 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.