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Kamilla Cardoso

C · 6′7″ · Current team: Chicago Sky

Regular season · Sep 17, 2026 · WAS 110 @ CHI 80 · Final

Kamilla Cardoso 10 points on 5-of-11 vs Mystics (Sep 17, 2026)

ANSWER

10 PTS · 5-of-11 FG · 23:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.8 PTS · 10.3 FGA · 26.7 MIN, from 39 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season: 2.2 against a usual 13.4 (-11.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 Kamilla Cardoso score 10 points?

Kamilla Cardoso scored 10 points against the Mystics on Sep 17, 2026 in 23:06: 5-of-11 from the field (45.5%), no free throw attempts. Coming in, Cardoso had averaged 14.8 points on 10.3 shots in 26.7 minutes, from 39 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 40 games this season. The rate from the field was 45.5%, against a usual 54.8%. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 0 (3.6), two-pointers 10 (11.2). Playing time was 23:06, against a usual 26.7 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 3.4, against a usual 18.1. Turnovers and fouls: 4 and 6, against a usual 1.7 and 3.5. At home against the Mystics, the Sky lost 110-80, a 30-point loss. 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

Cardoso in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (39 games)Change
Minutes23:0626.7-3.6
Points1014.8-4.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 45.5%10.3 · 54.8%+0.7 · -9.3
FTA · FT%0-of-04.8 · 74.7%-4.8
Rebounds78.7-1.7
Assists22.4-0.4
Turnovers41.7+2.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games28.022.9+5.1
Game Score per 36 minutes3.418.1-14.7
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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 (39 games)Change
Twos10 (5-of-11)11.2 (5.6-of-10.3)-1.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.6 (3.6-of-4.8)-3.6
Total1014.8-4.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.2 against a usual 13.4 (-11.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.1
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-1.7
Turnovers and fouls-3.3
Total-11.2
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 40 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, 21.2, 13.1, 12.3, 14, 12, 14.2, 13.8, 8.4, 23.1, 5.2, 17.2, 10.9, 12.1, 8.5, 16.7, 18.2, 19.9, 10.2, 7.6, 24.2, 8.5, 2.2

2nd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sky lost 110-80 at home against the Mystics, a 30-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 29, 2026, 19 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Mystics this season: 12 points (Jun 2, 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.