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Karlie Samuelson

G · 6′0″ · Current team: Portland Fire

Regular season · Aug 23, 2026 · WAS 105 @ POR 100 · Final

Karlie Samuelson 0 points on 0-of-4 vs Mystics (Aug 23, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-4 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 14:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.7 PTS · 3.5 FGA · 15.4 MIN, from 24 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season: -2.9 against a usual 3.6 (-6.5)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 5 earlier games

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 Karlie Samuelson score 0 points?

Karlie Samuelson scored 0 points against the Mystics on Aug 23, 2026 in 14:18: 0-of-4 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Samuelson had averaged 4.7 points on 3.5 shots in 15.4 minutes, from 24 regular-season games. The 0 points matched the season low reached in 5 earlier games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 25 games this season. From threes, 0 points against a usual 3.2. Playing time was 14:18, against a usual 15.4 minutes. At home against the Mystics, the Fire lost 105-100. 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

Samuelson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (24 games)Change
Minutes14:1815.4-1.1
Points04.7-4.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-43.5 · 39.8%+0.5
3PA · 3P%0-of-33.1 · 35.1%-0.1
FTA · FT%0-of-01.0 · 87.5%-1.0
Rebounds11.5-0.5
Assists00.9-0.9
Turnovers00.4-0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 23 games12.112.8-0.7
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 (24 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)3.2 (1.1-of-3.1)-3.2
Twos0 (0-of-1)0.6 (0.3-of-0.4)-0.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.9 (0.9-of-1.0)-0.9
Total04.7-4.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.9 against a usual 3.6 (-6.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-5.6
Rebounds-0.4
Assists-0.6
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.6
Total-6.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 25 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.3, -0.1, -0.2, -1.5, 13.3, 6.7, 0.5, -0.2, 8.7, 4.9, 0, -1.4, 8, -0.4, 9.2, 3.4, 11.4, 0.4, 3.3, 7.9, 2.5, 3.1, 4, 1.1, -2.9

Lowest Game Score of 25 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.5, set on Jun 2, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fire lost 105-100 at home against the Mystics.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 21, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Mystics this season: 3 points (Jul 16, 2026).
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.