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Natasha Cloud

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

Regular season · Jun 9, 2026 · ATL 82 @ CHI 75 · Final

Natasha Cloud 18 points vs Dream (Jun 9, 2026)

ANSWER

18 PTS · 4-of-7 FG · 1-of-3 3P · 9-of-10 FT · 30:06 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.5 PTS · 7.4 FGA · 27.9 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score 21.1 against a usual 6.1 (+15.0)

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 Natasha Cloud score 18 points?

Natasha Cloud scored 18 points against the Dream on Jun 9, 2026 in 30:06: 4-of-7 from the field, 1-of-3 from three, 9-of-10 on free throws (90.0%). Before this game, Cloud averaged 9.5 points on 7.4 shots in 27.9 minutes across 10 regular-season games. From free throws, 9 points against a usual 2.0; from two-pointers, 6 points against a usual 4.8. Cloud played 30:06 against a usual 27.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 25.2, against a usual 7.9. Cloud had 0 turnovers and 3 fouls, against a usual 3.0 and 3.8. At home against the Dream, the Sky lost 82-75. 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 (10 games)Change
Minutes30:0627.9+2.2
Points189.5+8.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-77.4 · 44.6%-0.4
3PA · 3P%1-of-32.9 · 31.0%+0.1
FTA · FT%10 · 90.0%2.7 · 74.1%+7.3 · +15.9
Rebounds63.6+2.4
Assists44.2-0.2
Turnovers03.0-3.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games19.218.3+0.9
Game Score per 36 minutes25.27.9+17.3
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 (10 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-3)2.7 (0.9-of-2.9)+0.3
Twos6 (3-of-4)4.8 (2.4-of-4.5)+1.2
Free throws9 (9-of-10)2.0 (2.0-of-2.7)+7.0
Total189.5+8.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.1 against a usual 6.1 (+15.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.0
Rebounds+0.6
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+2.2
Turnovers and fouls+3.3
Total+15.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: 0.3, 6.6, 7, 17, 1, 19.4, 3.2, -7.1, 11.7, 2.1, 21.1

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sky lost 82-75 at home against the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 7, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream 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.