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Jonquel Jones

C · 6′6″ · Current team: New York Liberty

Regular season · Aug 23, 2025 · NYL 62 @ ATL 78 · Final

Jonquel Jones 11 points on 4-of-13 vs Dream (Aug 23, 2025)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-13 FG · 3-of-8 3P · 29:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.1 PTS · 10.4 FGA · 27.0 MIN, from 24 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 25 games this season: 2.9 against a usual 12.9 (-10.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Jonquel Jones score 11 points?

Jonquel Jones scored 11 points against the Dream on Aug 23, 2025 in 29:12: 4-of-13 from the field (30.8%), 3-of-8 from three (37.5%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, Jones averaged 15.1 points on 10.4 shots in 27.0 minutes across 24 regular-season games. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 25 games this season. The 30.8% from the field compares with a usual 50.4%. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 6.6); threes 9 points (usual 5.9); free throws 0 points (usual 2.6). Playing time was 29:12, against a usual 27.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 3.6, against a usual 17.2. At the Dream, the Liberty lost 78-62. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (24 games)Change
Minutes29:1227.0+2.2
Points1115.1-4.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 30.8%10.4 · 50.4%+2.6 · -19.6
3PA · 3P%8 · 37.5%4.3 · 46.1%+3.7 · -8.6
FTA · FT%0-of-03.4 · 76.8%-3.4
Rebounds88.6-0.6
Assists12.6-1.6
Turnovers42.0+2.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 24 games30.923.5+7.4
Game Score per 36 minutes3.617.2-13.6
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 (24 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-8)5.9 (2.0-of-4.3)+3.1
Twos2 (1-of-5)6.6 (3.3-of-6.1)-4.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.6 (2.6-of-3.4)-2.6
Total1115.1-4.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.9 against a usual 12.9 (-10.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.1
Rebounds-0.4
Assists-1.1
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls-1.8
Total-10.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 25 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.3, 10.6, 23.5, 12.2, 15.3, 8.8, 2.4, 11.2, 1.6, 12.5, 18.1, 10.7, 12.7, 10.1, 9, 16.7, 12.1, 11.8, 12.1, 19.7, 7.2, 12.2, 20.5, 23.3, 2.9

3rd-lowest Game Score of 25 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty lost 78-62 at the Dream.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 10 points (Jun 17, 2025).
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.