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Kayla Thornton

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

Regular season · May 13, 2026 · CHI 69 @ GSV 63 · Final

Kayla Thornton 0 points on 0-of-11 vs Sky (May 13, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-11 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 29:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 14.4 PTS · 12.4 FGA · 30.2 MIN, from this season's 2 games plus last season's average, counted as 9 games

Game Score -4.4 against a usual 9.8 (-14.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Kayla Thornton score 0 points?

Kayla Thornton scored 0 points against the Sky on May 13, 2026 in 29:42: 0-of-11 from the field (0.0%), 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, the usual line was 14.4 points on 12.4 shots in 30.2 minutes: this season's 2 games plus last season's average, counted as 9 games. The rate from the field was 0.0%, against a usual 38.9%. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 6.1); two-pointers 0 points (usual 5.6); free throws 0 points (usual 2.7). Minutes: 29:42, against a usual 30.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: -5.3, against a usual 11.6. Turnovers and fouls: 0 and 1, against a usual 1.6 and 2.4. The Valkyries lost 69-63 at home against the Sky. 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

Thornton in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes29:4230.2-0.5
Points014.4-14.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%11 · 0.0%12.4 · 38.9%-1.4 · -38.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-36.6 · 31.0%-3.6
FTA · FT%0-of-03.2 · 83.9%-3.2
Rebounds66.7-0.7
Assists01.3-1.3
Turnovers01.6-1.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 2 games15.920.3-4.4
Game Score per 36 minutes-5.311.6-16.9
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-3)6.1 (2.0-of-6.6)-6.1
Twos0 (0-of-8)5.6 (2.8-of-5.8)-5.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.7 (2.7-of-3.2)-2.7
Total014.4-14.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-4.4 against a usual 9.8 (-14.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-15.1
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls+2.1
Total-14.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 9.8, 11.5, -4.4

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries lost 69-63 at home against the Sky.
  • Previous appearance: May 10, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky 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.