NightlyHoops
MC
WNBA · MIN

Maya Caldwell

SF · 5′11″ · Current team: Minnesota Lynx

Regular season · Jun 15, 2026 · POR 74 @ MIN 107 · Final

Maya Caldwell 11 points vs Fire (Jun 15, 2026)

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 15:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.2 PTS · 4.2 FGA · 14.1 MIN, from 13 regular-season games

Game Score 12.5 against a usual 2.8 (+9.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 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 Maya Caldwell score 11 points?

In 15:06 against the Fire on Jun 15, 2026, Maya Caldwell scored 11 points: 4-of-6 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Caldwell averaged 4.2 points on 4.2 shots in 14.1 minutes across 13 regular-season games. By shot type: two-pointers 6 points (usual 1.1); free throws 2 points (usual 0.6). Playing time was 15:06, against a usual 14.1 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 29.8, against a usual 7.1. The Lynx won 107-74 at home against the Fire, a 33-point win. 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

Caldwell in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (13 games)Change
Minutes15:0614.1+1.0
Points114.2+6.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-64.2 · 32.7%+1.8
3PA · 3P%1-of-22.2 · 39.3%-0.2
FTA · FT%2-of-20.7 · 88.9%+1.3
Rebounds41.9+2.1
Assists11.00.0
Turnovers00.7-0.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 12 games18.317.0+1.3
Game Score per 36 minutes29.87.1+22.7
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 (13 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-2)2.5 (0.8-of-2.2)+0.5
Twos6 (3-of-4)1.1 (0.5-of-2.0)+4.9
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.6 (0.6-of-0.7)+1.4
Total114.2+6.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

12.5 against a usual 2.8 (+9.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+6.6
Rebounds+1.6
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks+0.3
Turnovers and fouls+1.2
Total+9.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 4.6, 0.2, 0.3, 5.7, 14.3, 1.1, 0.6, 4.1, 1.8, 6, -0.6, -0.7, -1.4, 12.5

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lynx won 107-74 at home against the Fire, a 33-point win.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 13, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire 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.