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Jonquel Jones

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

Regular season · Jun 3, 2026 · TOR 82 @ NYL 97 · Final

Jonquel Jones 22 points vs Tempo (Jun 3, 2026)

ANSWER

22 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 33:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.3 PTS · 10.1 FGA · 28.3 MIN, from this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games

Game Score 22.9 against a usual 11.1 (+11.8)

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 Jonquel Jones score 22 points?

In 33:42 against the Tempo on Jun 3, 2026, Jonquel Jones scored 22 points: 9-of-14 from the field (64.3%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%), no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 13.3 points on 10.1 shots in 28.3 minutes: this season's 8 games plus last season's average, counted as 6 games. Jones took 14 shots, 3.9 more than usual. Jones shot 64.3% from the field, against a usual 43.2%. From threes, 12 points against a usual 4.4; from two-pointers, 10 points against a usual 5.8; from free throws, 0 points against a usual 3.1. Minutes: 33:42, against a usual 28.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: 24.5, against a usual 14.1. Rebounds: 17, against a usual 8.5. The Liberty won 97-82 at home against the Tempo. 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

Jones in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes33:4228.3+5.4
Points2213.3+8.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 64.3%10.1 · 43.2%+3.9 · +21.1
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%3.9 · 37.4%+3.1 · +19.7
FTA · FT%0-of-03.6 · 86.0%-3.6
Rebounds178.5+8.5
Assists22.8-0.8
Turnovers22.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 8 games21.222.6-1.4
Game Score per 36 minutes24.514.1+10.4
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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 (blended)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)4.4 (1.5-of-3.9)+7.6
Twos10 (5-of-7)5.8 (2.9-of-6.2)+4.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.1 (3.1-of-3.6)-3.1
Total2213.3+8.7
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.9 against a usual 11.1 (+11.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+8.1
Rebounds+3.8
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks+0.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.4
Total+11.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 8.1, 12.1, 7.8, 13.2, 11, 10.6, 16.4, 7.6, 22.9

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 97-82 at home against the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: May 29, 2026, 5 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season.
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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.