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Jewell Loyd

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

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

Jewell Loyd 2 points on 0-of-4 in 20 minutes vs Liberty (Aug 9, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 19:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.2 PTS · 7.4 FGA · 27.4 MIN, from 30 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 31 games this season: -1.1 against a usual 5.3 (-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 2 points?

In 19:30 against the Liberty on Aug 9, 2026, Jewell Loyd scored 2 points: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Loyd had averaged 8.2 points on 7.4 shots in 27.4 minutes, from 30 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 31 games this season. Loyd took 4 shots, 3.4 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.3), two-pointers 0 (2.0), free throws 2 (0.9). Loyd played 19:30 against a usual 27.4 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -2.0, against a usual 7.0. The Aces lost 111-71 at the Liberty, a 40-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

Loyd in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (30 games)Change
Minutes19:3027.4-7.9
Points28.2-6.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-47.4 · 36.8%-3.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-25.3 · 33.3%-3.3
FTA · FT%2-of-21.2 · 77.8%+0.8
Rebounds02.5-2.5
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 30 games14.514.6-0.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-2.07.0-9.0
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 (30 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.3 (1.8-of-5.3)-5.3
Twos0 (0-of-2)2.0 (1.0-of-2.1)-2.0
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.9 (0.9-of-1.2)+1.1
Total28.2-6.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.1 against a usual 5.3 (-6.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.7
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-1.3
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total-6.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 31 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, 6, 7.6, 5.8, -1.1

2nd-lowest Game Score of 31 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces lost 111-71 at the Liberty, a 40-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 8, 2026, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Liberty this season: 6 points (Jun 23, 2026), 6 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.