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Monique Akoa Makani

G · 5′11″ · Current team: Los Angeles Sparks

Regular season · Aug 26, 2025 · PHO 92 @ LAS 84 · Final

Monique Akoa Makani 0 points on 0-of-3 vs Sparks (Aug 26, 2025)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 16:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.4 PTS · 6.9 FGA · 21.9 MIN, from 33 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 34 games this season: -3.9 against a usual 5.9 (-9.8)

Matched the season low of 0 points, set on Jun 15, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
below usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Monique Akoa Makani score 0 points?

Monique Akoa Makani scored 0 points against the Sparks on Aug 26, 2025 in 16:48: 0-of-3 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Makani had averaged 8.4 points on 6.9 shots in 21.9 minutes, from 33 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, set on Jun 15, 2025. By Game Score it was the lowest of 34 games this season. Shot attempts: 3, against a usual 6.9. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 3.9); two-pointers 0 points (usual 3.4); free throws 0 points (usual 1.1). Playing time was 16:48, against a usual 21.9 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -8.4, against a usual 9.7. At the Sparks, the Mercury won 92-84. 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

Makani in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (33 games)Change
Minutes16:4821.9-5.1
Points08.4-8.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-36.9 · 43.6%-3.9
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.2 · 41.0%-1.2
FTA · FT%0-of-01.2 · 94.7%-1.2
Rebounds22.2-0.2
Assists02.6-2.6
Turnovers21.4+0.6
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 33 games13.318.0-4.7
Game Score per 36 minutes-8.49.7-18.1
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 (33 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.9 (1.3-of-3.2)-3.9
Twos0 (0-of-1)3.4 (1.7-of-3.7)-3.4
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.1 (1.1-of-1.2)-1.1
Total08.4-8.4
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.9 against a usual 5.9 (-9.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.9
Rebounds-0.3
Assists-1.8
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls0.0
Total-9.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 34 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.3, 8.1, 10, 11.5, 10.9, 0.5, 13.4, 3.3, 1.6, 2, 8.2, 0.4, 2.5, 17.5, 9.4, 8, 1.1, 13, 1.7, 6.3, 5.7, 5.5, 8.2, 0.2, 4.6, 8.3, 4.7, 1, -0.3, 5.5, 5.5, 5.1, 10.8, -3.9

Lowest Game Score of 34 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.3, set on May 17, 2025 and Aug 10, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 92-84 at the Sparks.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sparks this season: 11 points (May 21, 2025), 10 points (Jun 1, 2025).
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.