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Kiki Iriafen

PF · 6′3″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Sep 22, 2026 · CON 69 @ WAS 79 · Final

Kiki Iriafen 4 points on 2-of-7 in 18 minutes vs Sun (Sep 22, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-7 FG · 17:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 15.5 PTS · 11.6 FGA · 28.3 MIN, from 39 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 40 games this season: -0.5 against a usual 12.3 (-12.8)

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 Kiki Iriafen score 4 points?

In 17:54 against the Sun on Sep 22, 2026, Kiki Iriafen scored 4 points: 2-of-7 from the field, no three-point attempts, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Iriafen had averaged 15.5 points on 11.6 shots in 28.3 minutes, from 39 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the 2nd-lowest of 40 games this season. Shot attempts: 7, against a usual 11.6. By shot type: two-pointers 4 points (usual 11.2); free throws 0 points (usual 3.1); threes 0 points (usual 1.2). Iriafen played 17:54 against a usual 28.3 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.0, against a usual 15.7. Rebounds: 5, against a usual 9.6. At home against the Sun, the Mystics won 79-69. 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

Iriafen in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (39 games)Change
Minutes17:5428.3-10.4
Points415.5-11.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-711.6 · 51.8%-4.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-01.1 · 34.9%-1.1
FTA · FT%0-of-04.8 · 65.1%-4.8
Rebounds59.6-4.6
Assists11.5-0.5
Turnovers11.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 39 games20.324.3-4.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.015.7-16.7
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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
Threes0 (0-of-0)1.2 (0.4-of-1.1)-1.2
Twos4 (2-of-7)11.2 (5.6-of-10.5)-7.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.1 (3.1-of-4.8)-3.1
Total415.5-11.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.5 against a usual 12.3 (-12.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.2
Rebounds-2.2
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total-12.8
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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: 11.4, 18.4, 18.1, 8.2, 11.7, 10.6, 10.2, 11.4, 17, 1.9, 14.7, 11.2, 11, 8.3, 18.9, 10, 7.8, 14.4, 19.7, -2.2, 1.8, 23.6, 6.6, 12.7, 16.3, 8.8, 12, 9.3, 12.9, 0, 19.8, 19.4, 18.3, 14.7, 11.3, 13.6, 10.6, 16.4, 19.7, -0.5

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

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics won 79-69 at home against the Sun.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 20, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sun this season: 11 points (Jun 26, 2026), 20 points (Jul 28, 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.