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Kamilla Cardoso

C · 6′7″ · Current team: Chicago Sky

Regular season · May 20, 2026 · DAL 99 @ CHI 89 · Final

Kamilla Cardoso 24 points vs Wings (May 20, 2026)

ANSWER

24 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 4-of-6 FT · 32:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.1 PTS · 10.3 FGA · 26.8 MIN, from this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games

Game Score 25.7 against a usual 11.0 (+14.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Kamilla Cardoso score 24 points?

Kamilla Cardoso scored 24 points against the Wings on May 20, 2026 in 32:36: 10-of-14 from the field (71.4%), 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). Before this game, the usual line was 13.1 points on 10.3 shots in 26.8 minutes: this season's 4 games plus last season's average, counted as 8 games. The shot count was 14, against a usual 10.3. Cardoso shot 71.4% from the field, against a usual 50.7%. From two-pointers, 20 points against a usual 10.4; from free throws, 4 points against a usual 2.6. Cardoso played 32:36 against a usual 26.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 28.4, against a usual 14.8. Cardoso had 0 turnovers and 2 fouls, against a usual 2.1 and 3.0. The Sky lost 99-89 at home against the Wings. 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

Cardoso in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes32:3626.8+5.8
Points2413.1+10.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 71.4%10.3 · 50.7%+3.7 · +20.7
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%3.9 · 67.0%+2.1 · -0.3
Rebounds119.1+1.9
Assists52.2+2.8
Turnovers02.1-2.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 4 games23.623.60.0
Game Score per 36 minutes28.414.8+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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-0)0.1 (0.0-of-0.0)-0.1
Twos20 (10-of-14)10.4 (5.2-of-10.3)+9.6
Free throws4 (4-of-6)2.6 (2.6-of-3.9)+1.4
Total2413.1+10.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

25.7 against a usual 11.0 (+14.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.0
Rebounds+0.9
Assists+1.9
Steals and blocks-0.6
Turnovers and fouls+2.5
Total+14.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 19.5, 4.4, 4.2, 14.5, 25.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sky lost 99-89 at home against the Wings.
  • Previous appearance: May 17, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings 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.