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Jewell Loyd

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

Playoffs · Semifinals · Game 1 · Oct 4, 2026 · LVA 60 @ GSV 71 · Final

Jewell Loyd 0 points on 0-of-2 in 17 minutes vs Valkyries (Oct 4, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-2 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 16:36 MIN

Usual: 2026 regular season, 42 games, May 9 – Sep 24 (8.0 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 25.9 MIN)

Game Score -1.9 against a usual 5.1 (-7.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

Playoff game · against the 2026 regular season

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Jewell Loyd score 0 points?

In Game 1 of the semifinals against the Valkyries on Oct 4, 2026, Jewell Loyd scored 0 points in 16:36: 0-of-2 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Loyd had averaged 8.0 points on 7.2 shots in 25.9 minutes, from 42 regular-season games. The shot count was 2, against a usual 7.2. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 0 (5.2), two-pointers 0 (1.8), free throws 0 (1.0). Loyd played 16:36 against a usual 25.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -4.1, against a usual 7.1. At the Valkyries, the Aces lost 71-60. 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 (42 games)Change
Minutes16:3625.9-9.3
Points08.0-8.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-27.2 · 36.5%-5.2
3PA · 3P%0-of-25.2 · 33.6%-3.2
FTA · FT%0-of-01.3 · 79.6%-1.3
Rebounds22.3-0.3
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers10.9+0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 42 games9.715.2-5.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.17.1-11.2
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 (42 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)5.2 (1.7-of-5.2)-5.2
Twos0 (0-of-0)1.8 (0.9-of-2.0)-1.8
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.3)-1.0
Total08.0-8.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.9 against a usual 5.1 (-7.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.3
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-0.2
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls-0.1
Total-7.0
04

This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Sep 27, 2026First round · Game 1vs IND27:3610208.0
Sep 29, 2026First round · Game 2@ IND30:4886212.2
Oct 1, 2026First round · Game 3vs IND35:1811314.8
Oct 4, 2026This gameSemifinals · Game 1@ GSV16:36021-1.9
05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces lost 71-60 at the Valkyries.
  • Previous appearance: Oct 1, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier games in this series.
06

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 regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA playoff games of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Unusual.