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Kamilla Cardoso

C · 6′7″ · Current team: Chicago Sky

Regular season · Jun 26, 2026 · POR 94 @ CHI 124 · Final

Kamilla Cardoso: season-high 30 points vs Fire (Jun 26, 2026)

ANSWER

30 PTS · 13-of-13 FG · 4-of-6 FT · 23:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.1 PTS · 9.2 FGA · 26.7 MIN, from this season's 17 games plus last season's average, counted as 1.5 games

Best Game Score of 18 games this season: 26.5 against a usual 12.0 (+14.5)

Season-high 30 points (previous high 26, set on Jun 20, 2026)

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 Kamilla Cardoso score 30 points?

Kamilla Cardoso scored 30 points against the Fire on Jun 26, 2026 in 23:42: 13-of-13 from the field (100.0%), 4-of-6 on free throws (66.7%). The usual line blends this season's 17 games with last season's average, counted as 1.5 games: 13.1 points on 9.2 shots in 26.7 minutes. The previous high this season was 26 points. This game had the best Game Score of 18 games this season. Shot attempts: 13, against a usual 9.2. The 100.0% from the field compares with a usual 55.6%. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 26 (10.2), free throws 4 (2.9). Playing time was 23:42, against a usual 26.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 40.3, against a usual 16.1. At home against the Fire, the Sky won 124-94, a 30-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

Cardoso in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes23:4226.7-3.0
Points3013.1+16.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%13 · 100.0%9.2 · 55.6%+3.8 · +44.4
FTA · FT%6 · 66.7%4.1 · 71.5%+1.9 · -4.8
Rebounds88.6-0.6
Assists12.5-1.5
Turnovers31.8+1.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 17 games33.920.6+13.3
Game Score per 36 minutes40.316.1+24.2
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
Twos26 (13-of-13)10.2 (5.1-of-9.2)+15.8
Free throws4 (4-of-6)2.9 (2.9-of-4.1)+1.1
Total3013.1+16.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

26.5 against a usual 12.0 (+14.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+17.0
Rebounds0.0
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls-0.6
Total+14.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 18 games, oldest first, this game last: 19.5, 4.4, 4.2, 14.5, 25.7, 15.7, 1.5, 10.3, 16.5, 8.1, 5.7, 16.2, 4.4, 7.7, 20.7, 15.6, 14.2, 26.5

Best Game Score of 18 games this season.

Previous best: 25.7, set on May 20, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sky won 124-94 at home against the Fire, a 30-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 24, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire this season: 22 points (May 9, 2026), 13 points (Jun 24, 2026).
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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.