NightlyHoops
OM
WNBA · MIN

Olivia Miles

PG · 5′10″ · Current team: Minnesota Lynx

Playoffs · First round · Game 2 · Sep 29, 2026 · MIN 71 @ NYL 87 · Final

Olivia Miles 5 points on 1-of-8 in 17 minutes vs Liberty (Sep 29, 2026)

ANSWER

5 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 1-of-4 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 16:48 MIN

Usual: 2026 regular season, 40 games, May 9 – Sep 20 (19.8 PTS · 14.2 FGA · 31.0 MIN)

Game Score -0.4 against a usual 15.6 (-16.0)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

Playoff game · against the 2026 regular season

No more than 3 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far below their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Olivia Miles score 5 points?

In Game 2 of the first round against the Liberty on Sep 29, 2026, Olivia Miles scored 5 points in 16:48: 1-of-8 from the field, 1-of-4 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Miles averaged 19.8 points on 14.2 shots in 31.0 minutes across 40 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 8, against a usual 14.2. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 0 (10.8), free throws 2 (4.2), threes 3 (4.8). Miles played 16:48 against a usual 31.0 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was -0.9, against a usual 18.2. Assists: 1, against a usual 6.0. At the Liberty, the Lynx lost 87-71. 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

Miles in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes16:4831.0-14.2
Points519.8-14.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-814.2 · 49.2%-6.2
3PA · 3P%1-of-44.1 · 38.8%-0.1
FTA · FT%2-of-24.8 · 87.0%-2.8
Rebounds24.7-2.7
Assists16.0-5.0
Turnovers13.1-2.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 40 games28.027.5+0.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.918.2-19.1
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 (40 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-4)4.8 (1.6-of-4.1)-1.8
Twos0 (0-of-4)10.8 (5.4-of-10.1)-10.8
Free throws2 (2-of-2)4.2 (4.2-of-4.8)-2.2
Total519.8-14.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.4 against a usual 15.6 (-16.0)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-12.6
Rebounds-1.0
Assists-3.5
Steals and blocks-1.0
Turnovers and fouls+2.1
Total-16.0
04

This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Sep 27, 2026First round · Game 1vs NYL30:3011812.0
Sep 29, 2026This gameFirst round · Game 2@ NYL16:48521-0.4
05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Lynx lost 87-71 at the Liberty.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 27, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier in this series: 11 points (Game 1).
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 regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from WNBA playoff games of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Unusual.