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Natasha Mack

C · 6′4″ · Current team: Phoenix Mercury

Regular season · Aug 28, 2025 · CHI 79 @ PHO 83 · Final

Natasha Mack 12 rebounds vs Sky (Aug 28, 2025): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

10 PTS · 12 REB · 5-of-9 FG · 0-of-1 3P · 0-of-1 FT · 28:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 4.4 PTS · 5.3 REB · 3.2 FGA · 17.3 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 28 games this season: 18.9 against a usual 6.4 (+12.5)

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 Natasha Mack have 12 rebounds?

Natasha Mack scored 10 points against the Sky on Aug 28, 2025 in 28:30: 5-of-9 from the field, 0-of-1 from three, 0-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Mack had averaged 4.4 points on 3.2 shots in 17.3 minutes, from 27 regular-season games. By Game Score it was the best of 28 games this season. Shot attempts: 9, against a usual 3.2. From two-pointers, 10 points against a usual 3.8. Playing time was 28:30, against a usual 17.3 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 23.9, against a usual 13.3. Mack had 12 rebounds, against a usual 5.3. At home against the Sky, the Mercury won 83-79. 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

Mack in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes28:3017.3+11.2
Points104.4+5.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-93.2 · 59.8%+5.8
3PA · 3P%0-of-10.1 · 0.0%+0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-11.1 · 51.7%-0.1
Rebounds125.3+6.7
Assists30.8+2.2
Turnovers00.4-0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games14.811.1+3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes23.913.3+10.6
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 (27 games)Change
Twos10 (5-of-8)3.8 (1.9-of-3.1)+6.2
Free throws0 (0-of-1)0.6 (0.6-of-1.1)-0.6
Total104.4+5.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.9 against a usual 6.4 (+12.5)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+2.6
Rebounds+4.0
Assists+1.6
Steals and blocks+3.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+12.5
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.3, 6.6, 3.7, 4.2, 3.2, 2.4, 5.9, 2.7, 8.5, 8.7, 6.8, 12.8, 12.9, 10, 11.6, 3.4, 6.9, 10.8, 4.4, 2.8, 2.8, 3.6, 0.8, 15.5, 6.2, 5.3, 5.6, 18.9

Best Game Score of 28 games this season.

Previous best: 15.5, set on Aug 19, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mercury won 83-79 at home against the Sky.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 4 points (Jun 21, 2025), 9 points (Aug 3, 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.