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Lexi Held

G · 5′10″ · Current team: Phoenix Mercury

Regular season · Jun 11, 2026 · PHO 70 @ DAL 85 · Final

Lexi Held 17 points vs Wings (Jun 11, 2026)

ANSWER

17 PTS · 6-of-10 FG · 3-of-5 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 23:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.0 PTS · 3.0 FGA · 11.3 MIN, from this season's 12 games plus last season's average, counted as 4 games

Game Score 13.1 against a usual 1.8 (+11.3)

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 Lexi Held score 17 points?

Lexi Held scored 17 points against the Wings on Jun 11, 2026 in 23:30: 6-of-10 from the field (60.0%), 3-of-5 from three (60.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 12 games with last season's average, counted as 4 games: 3.0 points on 3.0 shots in 11.3 minutes. Held took 10 shots, 7.0 more than usual. The 60.0% from the field compares with a usual 30.4%. By shot type: threes 9 points (usual 1.6); two-pointers 6 points (usual 0.8); free throws 2 points (usual 0.6). Minutes: 23:30, against a usual 11.3; Game Score per 36 minutes: 20.1, against a usual 5.6. The Mercury lost 85-70 at the Wings. 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

Held in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes23:3011.3+12.2
Points173.0+14.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%10 · 60.0%3.0 · 30.4%+7.0 · +29.6
3PA · 3P%5 · 60.0%1.5 · 34.9%+3.5 · +25.1
FTA · FT%2-of-20.7 · 95.3%+1.3
Rebounds41.0+3.0
Assists11.1-0.1
Turnovers10.7+0.3
Game Score per 36 minutes20.15.6+14.5
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
Threes9 (3-of-5)1.6 (0.5-of-1.5)+7.4
Twos6 (3-of-5)0.8 (0.4-of-1.5)+5.2
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.6 (0.6-of-0.7)+1.4
Total173.0+14.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

13.1 against a usual 1.8 (+11.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.1
Rebounds+0.8
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total+11.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 0, 0, -0.4, 0, 1.6, -0.6, 2.9, 1.8, 2.9, 1.2, 5.5, 0.7, 13.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury lost 85-70 at the Wings.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 9, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • 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.