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Li Yueru

C · 6′7″ · Current team: Dallas Wings

Regular season · Jul 12, 2026 · CHI 91 @ DAL 96 · Final

Li Yueru 10 points vs Sky (Jul 12, 2026): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

10 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 23:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 2.9 PTS · 2.1 FGA · 7.9 MIN, from 15 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 16 games this season: 12.5 against a usual 2.2 (+10.3)

Matched the season high of 10 points, set on Jun 22, 2026

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Li Yueru score 10 points?

Li Yueru scored 10 points against the Sky on Jul 12, 2026 in 23:12: 4-of-6 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Before this game, Yueru averaged 2.9 points on 2.1 shots in 7.9 minutes across 15 regular-season games. The 10 points matched the season high set on Jun 22, 2026. By Game Score it was the best of 16 games this season. The shot count was 6, against a usual 2.1. By shot type: two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.0); threes 3 points (usual 0.8). Yueru played 23:12 against a usual 7.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 19.4, against a usual 10.1. Yueru had 10 rebounds, against a usual 2.6. The Wings won 96-91 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

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What changed

Yueru in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (15 games)Change
Minutes23:127.9+15.3
Points102.9+7.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-62.1 · 34.4%+3.9
3PA · 3P%1-of-31.2 · 22.2%+1.8
FTA · FT%1-of-11.5 · 77.3%-0.5
Rebounds102.6+7.4
Assists00.5-0.5
Turnovers00.5-0.5
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 14 games12.618.8-6.2
Game Score per 36 minutes19.410.1+9.3
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 (15 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)0.8 (0.3-of-1.2)+2.2
Twos6 (3-of-3)1.0 (0.5-of-0.9)+5.0
Free throws1 (1-of-1)1.1 (1.1-of-1.5)-0.1
Total102.9+7.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.5 against a usual 2.2 (+10.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.9
Rebounds+2.6
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks+1.7
Turnovers and fouls+0.5
Total+10.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 2.2, 0.6, 9, 0, -0.4, 1.6, -0.3, 1.3, 0.2, 4.3, 10.1, 3.6, -1.2, 5.3, -2.8, 12.5

Best Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous best: 10.1, set on Jun 22, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Wings won 96-91 at home against the Sky.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 5, 2026, 7 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 7 points (May 20, 2026), 5 points (Jun 20, 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.