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Jihyun Park

6′1″ · Current team: Los Angeles Sparks

Regular season · Jun 27, 2026 · LAS 87 @ IND 111 · Final

Jihyun Park 8 points vs Fever (Jun 27, 2026)

ANSWER

8 PTS · 3-of-6 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 24:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.0 PTS · 1.8 FGA · 7.6 MIN, from 12 regular-season games

Game Score 8.2 against a usual 1.1 (+7.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Jihyun Park score 8 points?

In 24:00 against the Fever on Jun 27, 2026, Jihyun Park scored 8 points: 3-of-6 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Park had averaged 2.0 points on 1.8 shots in 7.6 minutes, from 12 regular-season games. Park took 6 shots, 4.2 more than usual. By shot type: two-pointers 4 points (usual 1.2); threes 3 points (usual 0.5). Park played 24:00 against a usual 7.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 12.3, against a usual 5.2. At the Fever, the Sparks lost 111-87, a 24-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

Park in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (12 games)Change
Minutes24:007.6+16.4
Points82.0+6.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-61.8 · 42.9%+4.2
3PA · 3P%1-of-30.9 · 18.2%+2.1
FTA · FT%1-of-10.5 · 66.7%+0.5
Rebounds40.7+3.3
Assists10.4+0.6
Turnovers00.3-0.3
Game Score per 36 minutes12.35.2+7.1
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 (12 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)0.5 (0.2-of-0.9)+2.5
Twos4 (2-of-3)1.2 (0.6-of-0.9)+2.8
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)+0.7
Total82.0+6.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

8.2 against a usual 1.1 (+7.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+4.0
Rebounds+0.8
Assists+0.4
Steals and blocks+1.4
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+7.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -0.7, 1.2, 2.8, 0.5, -0.8, -0.4, -1.1, 0.3, 1.7, 7.9, 0.7, 1.1, 8.2

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sparks lost 111-87 at the Fever, a 24-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 25, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Fever this season.
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 usual line. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA regular-season games of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, checked on 2026.