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Makayla Timpson

C · 6′2″ · Current team: Indiana Fever

Regular season · Aug 11, 2026 · NYL 92 @ IND 106 · Final

Makayla Timpson 3 turnovers vs Liberty (Aug 11, 2026): lowest of 32 games

ANSWER

3 PTS · 3 TOV · 1-of-2 FG · 1-of-2 FT · 28:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.4 PTS · 0.6 TOV · 3.0 FGA · 16.9 MIN, from 31 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 32 games this season: -1.3 against a usual 4.8 (-6.1)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Makayla Timpson have 3 turnovers?

In 28:00 against the Liberty on Aug 11, 2026, Makayla Timpson scored 3 points: 1-of-2 from the field, 1-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Timpson had averaged 4.4 points on 3.0 shots in 16.9 minutes, from 31 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the lowest of 32 games this season. From two-pointers, 2 points against a usual 3.6. Timpson played 28:00 against a usual 16.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -1.7, against a usual 10.3. Timpson had 3 turnovers and 5 fouls, against a usual 0.6 and 1.8. At home against the Liberty, the Fever won 106-92. 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

Timpson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (31 games)Change
Minutes28:0016.9+11.1
Points34.4-1.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-23.0 · 60.9%-1.0
FTA · FT%1-of-21.2 · 66.7%+0.8
Rebounds74.2+2.8
Assists00.5-0.5
Turnovers30.6+2.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 28 games9.510.8-1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes-1.710.3-12.0
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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 (31 games)Change
Twos2 (1-of-2)3.6 (1.8-of-3.0)-1.6
Free throws1 (1-of-2)0.8 (0.8-of-1.2)+0.2
Total34.4-1.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-1.3 against a usual 4.8 (-6.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-1.3
Rebounds+0.3
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks-1.1
Turnovers and fouls-3.6
Total-6.1
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 32 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.9, 2, -0.4, 4.8, 2.4, 2.6, 9.9, 12.6, -0.9, -0.4, 0.7, 2.7, 4, 1.3, 7.9, 1, 1.6, 6.2, 2.9, 7.4, 2.3, 5.8, 4.9, 10.1, 2.4, 8.3, 3.8, 14.1, 7.7, 3.4, 9.5, -1.3

Lowest Game Score of 32 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.9, set on Jun 4, 2026.

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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Fever won 106-92 at home against the Liberty.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 8, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Liberty this season: 0 points (Jun 6, 2026), 2 points (Jul 18, 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.