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Michaela Onyenwere

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

Regular season · Jun 28, 2026 · POR 123 @ WAS 124 · Final

Michaela Onyenwere 30 points vs Fire (Jun 28, 2026)

ANSWER

30 PTS · 9-of-16 FG · 6-of-9 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 49:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.5 PTS · 7.0 FGA · 24.2 MIN, from 13 regular-season games

Game Score 28.1 against a usual 6.2 (+21.9)

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 Michaela Onyenwere score 30 points?

Michaela Onyenwere scored 30 points against the Fire on Jun 28, 2026 in 49:18: 9-of-16 from the field (56.3%), 6-of-9 from three (66.7%), 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Onyenwere averaged 10.5 points on 7.0 shots in 24.2 minutes across 13 regular-season games. Onyenwere took 16 shots, 9.0 more than usual. The 56.3% from the field compares with a usual 49.5%. By shot type: threes 18 points (usual 3.5); free throws 6 points (usual 2.4); two-pointers 6 points (usual 4.6). Minutes: 49:18, against a usual 24.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: 20.5, against a usual 9.3. Onyenwere had 5 assists, against a usual 1.0. At home against the Fire, the Mystics won 124-123. 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 (13 games)Change
Minutes49:1824.2+25.1
Points3010.5+19.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%16 · 56.3%7.0 · 49.5%+9.0 · +6.8
3PA · 3P%9 · 66.7%2.8 · 41.7%+6.2 · +25.0
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%2.8 · 83.8%+3.2 · +16.2
Rebounds52.8+2.2
Assists51.0+4.0
Turnovers12.1-1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 13 games18.019.1-1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes20.59.3+11.2
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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 (13 games)Change
Threes18 (6-of-9)3.5 (1.2-of-2.8)+14.5
Twos6 (3-of-7)4.6 (2.3-of-4.2)+1.4
Free throws6 (6-of-6)2.4 (2.4-of-2.8)+3.6
Total3010.5+19.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

28.1 against a usual 6.2 (+21.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+15.7
Rebounds+0.8
Assists+2.8
Steals and blocks+1.2
Turnovers and fouls+1.4
Total+21.9
04

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, -2.2, 28.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics won 124-123 at home against the Fire.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 26, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire this season.
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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.