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Michaela Onyenwere

F · 6′0″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Jun 24, 2026 · MIN 78 @ WAS 76 · Final

Michaela Onyenwere 2 points on 1-of-5 vs Lynx (Jun 24, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 0-of-3 3P · 23:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 11.8 PTS · 7.4 FGA · 23.9 MIN, from 11 regular-season games

Game Score -2.1 against a usual 7.8 (-9.9)

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 Michaela Onyenwere score 2 points?

In 23:06 against the Lynx on Jun 24, 2026, Michaela Onyenwere scored 2 points: 1-of-5 from the field, 0-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Onyenwere had averaged 11.8 points on 7.4 shots in 23.9 minutes, from 11 regular-season games. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 4.1); two-pointers 2 points (usual 5.1); free throws 0 points (usual 2.6). Playing time was 23:06, against a usual 23.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -3.3, against a usual 11.7. At home against the Lynx, the Mystics lost 78-76. 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

Onyenwere in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (11 games)Change
Minutes23:0623.9-0.8
Points211.8-9.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-57.4 · 53.1%-2.4
3PA · 3P%0-of-32.8 · 48.4%+0.2
FTA · FT%0-of-03.2 · 82.9%-3.2
Rebounds13.1-2.1
Assists11.00.0
Turnovers12.0-1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 11 games11.620.1-8.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.311.7-15.0
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 (11 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-3)4.1 (1.4-of-2.8)-4.1
Twos2 (1-of-2)5.1 (2.5-of-4.6)-3.1
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.6 (2.6-of-3.2)-2.6
Total211.8-9.8
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.1 against a usual 7.8 (-9.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-9.1
Rebounds-1.4
Assists0.0
Steals and blocks+0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total-9.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 1.7, 8.6, 0.7, 11.1, -0.3, 12.4, 13.6, 13.8, 15.5, 6.5, 1.7, -2.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics lost 78-76 at home against the Lynx.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 21, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lynx this season: 5 points (Jun 21, 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.