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Naz Hillmon

PF · 6′2″ · Current team: Atlanta Dream

Regular season · Jul 17, 2026 · ATL 111 @ TOR 92 · Final

Naz Hillmon: season-high 24 points vs Tempo (Jul 17, 2026)

ANSWER

24 PTS · 8-of-8 FG · 4-of-4 3P · 4-of-4 FT · 25:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.8 PTS · 7.5 FGA · 29.9 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 18.7 against a usual 6.7 (+12.0)

Season-high 24 points (previous high 19, set on Jun 20, 2026)

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 Naz Hillmon score 24 points?

In 25:00 against the Tempo on Jul 17, 2026, Naz Hillmon scored 24 points: 8-of-8 from the field, 4-of-4 from three, 4-of-4 on free throws. Coming in, Hillmon had averaged 8.8 points on 7.5 shots in 29.9 minutes, from 23 regular-season games. The 24 points were a season high, above the previous 19. By Game Score it was the best of 24 games this season. From threes, 12 points against a usual 3.0; from two-pointers, 8 points against a usual 4.6; from free throws, 4 points against a usual 1.2. Hillmon played 25:00 against a usual 29.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 26.9, against a usual 8.1. At the Tempo, the Dream won 111-92. 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

Hillmon in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes25:0029.9-4.9
Points248.8+15.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%8-of-87.5 · 44.2%+0.5
3PA · 3P%4-of-43.7 · 26.7%+0.3
FTA · FT%4-of-41.5 · 77.1%+2.5
Rebounds14.8-3.8
Assists01.5-1.5
Turnovers21.2+0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 23 games20.213.1+7.1
Game Score per 36 minutes26.98.1+18.8
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 (23 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-4)3.0 (1.0-of-3.7)+9.0
Twos8 (4-of-4)4.6 (2.3-of-3.8)+3.4
Free throws4 (4-of-4)1.2 (1.2-of-1.5)+2.8
Total248.8+15.2
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

18.7 against a usual 6.7 (+12.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+16.9
Rebounds-1.8
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls-1.2
Total+12.0
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.7, -3.9, 0.4, 0.5, 4, 9.5, 16.3, 1.9, 10.8, 6.4, 13.1, 4.4, 8.1, 13.3, 16.3, 4.6, 2.3, -1, 4.6, 4.1, 4.4, 11.8, 7, 18.7

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 16.3, set on May 29, 2026 and Jun 20, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Dream won 111-92 at the Tempo.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 13, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Tempo this season: 9 points (Jun 14, 2026), 6 points (Jun 22, 2026).
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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.