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Jewell Loyd

SG · 5′11″ · Current team: Las Vegas Aces

Regular season · Aug 1, 2026 · LVA 83 @ CHI 84 · Final

Jewell Loyd 3 points on 1-of-5 vs Sky (Aug 1, 2026): 2nd-lowest of 27 games

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 24:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.3 PTS · 7.5 FGA · 27.7 MIN, from 26 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season: -1.0 against a usual 5.4 (-6.4)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jewell Loyd score 3 points?

Jewell Loyd scored 3 points against the Sky on Aug 1, 2026 in 24:42: 1-of-5 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Loyd averaged 8.3 points on 7.5 shots in 27.7 minutes across 26 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season. From threes, 3 points against a usual 5.5; from two-pointers, 0 points against a usual 1.8; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 1.0. Playing time was 24:42, against a usual 27.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -1.5, against a usual 7.1. At the Sky, the Aces lost 84-83. 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

Loyd in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (26 games)Change
Minutes24:4227.7-3.0
Points38.3-5.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-57.5 · 36.2%-2.5
3PA · 3P%1-of-45.4 · 34.0%-1.4
FTA · FT%0-of-01.3 · 79.4%-1.3
Rebounds22.4-0.4
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers20.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games11.614.7-3.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.57.1-8.6
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 (26 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)5.5 (1.8-of-5.4)-2.5
Twos0 (0-of-1)1.8 (0.9-of-2.1)-1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.3)-1.0
Total38.3-5.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.0 against a usual 5.4 (-6.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.1
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-0.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.4
Total-6.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 27 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.9, 2.1, 4.8, 3.9, 2, 0.9, 7.2, 5, 0.7, 4, 9.9, 13.2, -1.7, 10.5, 1, 5.4, 3, 17.2, 6.3, 3.1, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 5.3, 10.1, 2.4, -1

2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces lost 84-83 at the Sky.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 30, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 6 points (Jun 28, 2026), 19 points (Jul 3, 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.