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Leila Lacan

G · 5′11″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · Aug 27, 2025 · CON 101 @ DAL 95 · Final

Leila Lacan 22 points vs Wings (Aug 27, 2025): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

22 PTS · 9-of-14 FG · 2-of-4 3P · 2-of-3 FT · 32:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.6 PTS · 8.4 FGA · 26.5 MIN, from 20 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 21 games this season: 22.1 against a usual 8.4 (+13.7)

Matched the season high of 22 points, set on Aug 25, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Leila Lacan score 22 points?

In 32:18 against the Wings on Aug 27, 2025, Leila Lacan scored 22 points: 9-of-14 from the field (64.3%), 2-of-4 from three, 2-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Lacan averaged 9.6 points on 8.4 shots in 26.5 minutes across 20 regular-season games. The 22 points tied the season high, set on Aug 25, 2025. By Game Score it was the best of 21 games this season. The shot count was 14, against a usual 8.4. The rate from the field was 64.3%, against a usual 46.7%. From two-pointers, 14 points against a usual 6.6; from threes, 6 points against a usual 1.8. Minutes: 32:18, against a usual 26.5; Game Score per 36 minutes: 24.6, against a usual 11.4. At the Wings, the Sun won 101-95. 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

Lacan in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (20 games)Change
Minutes32:1826.5+5.8
Points229.6+12.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 64.3%8.4 · 46.7%+5.6 · +17.6
3PA · 3P%2-of-42.8 · 21.8%+1.2
FTA · FT%2-of-31.4 · 85.7%+1.6
Rebounds32.4+0.6
Assists63.8+2.2
Turnovers21.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 20 games22.918.1+4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes24.611.4+13.2
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 (20 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-4)1.8 (0.6-of-2.8)+4.2
Twos14 (7-of-10)6.6 (3.3-of-5.6)+7.4
Free throws2 (2-of-3)1.2 (1.2-of-1.4)+0.8
Total229.6+12.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

22.1 against a usual 8.4 (+13.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+10.2
Rebounds+0.3
Assists+1.5
Steals and blocks+1.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total+13.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 21 games, oldest first, this game last: 1.1, 5.7, 0.9, 6.2, 13.7, 3.5, 12.3, 7.8, 14.9, 3.2, 11.6, 12, 10.3, -0.7, 15.6, 16.4, 8, 4.9, 5.9, 14.5, 22.1

Best Game Score of 21 games this season.

Previous best: 16.4, set on Aug 17, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun won 101-95 at the Wings.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Wings 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.