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Kaila Charles

SG · 6′1″ · Current team: Golden State Valkyries

Regular season · Jun 15, 2026 · LAS 58 @ GSV 78 · Final

Kaila Charles 13 points vs Sparks (Jun 15, 2026)

ANSWER

13 PTS · 5-of-7 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 1-of-2 FT · 21:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 5.7 PTS · 5.6 FGA · 19.0 MIN, from this season's 13 games plus last season's average, counted as 3.5 games

Game Score 14.8 against a usual 4.1 (+10.7)

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 Kaila Charles score 13 points?

In 21:48 against the Sparks on Jun 15, 2026, Kaila Charles scored 13 points: 5-of-7 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 1-of-2 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 13 games with last season's average, counted as 3.5 games: 5.7 points on 5.6 shots in 19.0 minutes. From threes, 6 points against a usual 2.1; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 2.8. Playing time was 21:48, against a usual 19.0 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 24.4, against a usual 7.7. Assists: 5, against a usual 1.0. The Valkyries won 78-58 at home against the Sparks, a 20-point win. 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

Charles in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes21:4819.0+2.8
Points135.7+7.3
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-75.6 · 37.6%+1.4
3PA · 3P%2-of-32.5 · 27.9%+0.5
FTA · FT%1-of-21.0 · 76.9%+1.0
Rebounds84.8+3.2
Assists51.0+4.0
Turnovers01.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games17.416.5+0.9
Game Score per 36 minutes24.47.7+16.7
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 (blended)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)2.1 (0.7-of-2.5)+3.9
Twos6 (3-of-4)2.8 (1.4-of-3.1)+3.2
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.8 (0.8-of-1.0)+0.2
Total135.7+7.3
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

14.8 against a usual 4.1 (+10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.2
Rebounds+0.7
Assists+2.8
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls+0.8
Total+10.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 3.1, 2.5, 7.8, 9.8, -0.2, 10.9, 5.6, -4.9, 4.2, 1.1, 5.6, 4.3, -0.3, 14.8

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries won 78-58 at home against the Sparks, a 20-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 12, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Sparks 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.