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Natasha Cloud

PG · 5′10″ · Current team: Chicago Sky

Regular season · Aug 3, 2025 · NYL 87 @ CON 78 · Final

Natasha Cloud 3 points on 1-of-7 vs Sun (Aug 3, 2025): lowest of 27 games

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-7 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 29:54 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.1 PTS · 8.3 FGA · 28.9 MIN, from 26 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 27 games this season: -2.8 against a usual 9.6 (-12.4)

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 Natasha Cloud score 3 points?

Natasha Cloud scored 3 points against the Sun on Aug 3, 2025 in 29:54: 1-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Coming in, Cloud had averaged 10.1 points on 8.3 shots in 28.9 minutes, from 26 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of 27 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (4.6), free throws 0 (1.8). Cloud played 29:54 against a usual 28.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -3.4, against a usual 11.9. Turnovers and fouls: 4 and 4, against a usual 1.7 and 3.2. The Liberty won 87-78 at the Sun. 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

Cloud in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (26 games)Change
Minutes29:5428.9+1.0
Points310.1-7.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-78.3 · 42.4%-1.3
3PA · 3P%1-of-33.7 · 33.3%-0.7
FTA · FT%0-of-01.9 · 92.0%-1.9
Rebounds53.5+1.5
Assists45.9-1.9
Turnovers41.7+2.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games16.017.0-1.0
Game Score per 36 minutes-3.411.9-15.3
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 (26 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)3.7 (1.2-of-3.7)-0.7
Twos0 (0-of-4)4.6 (2.3-of-4.6)-4.6
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.8 (1.8-of-1.9)-1.8
Total310.1-7.1
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.8 against a usual 9.6 (-12.4)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.1
Rebounds+0.3
Assists-1.3
Steals and blocks-1.6
Turnovers and fouls-2.7
Total-12.4
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 27 games, oldest first, this game last: 21.8, 17, 21, 5.2, 7.3, 0.2, 12.2, 2.7, 3.1, 2.5, 5.5, 9.9, 4.4, -1, 14, 18.4, 21.3, 8.4, 2.2, 10.5, 8.8, 7.9, 22.1, 6.1, 13.9, 4.1, -2.8

Lowest Game Score of 27 games this season.

Previous lowest: -1.0, set on Jun 25, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 87-78 at the Sun.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sun this season: 8 points (Jun 1, 2025), 7 points (Aug 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.