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Olivia Nelson-Ododa

C · 6′5″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · Aug 13, 2026 · ATL 104 @ CON 69 · Final

Olivia Nelson-Ododa 3 points on 1-of-5 vs Dream (Aug 13, 2026)

ANSWER

3 PTS · 1-of-5 FG · 1-of-2 FT · 16:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.1 PTS · 6.6 FGA · 21.6 MIN, from 26 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season: 0.7 against a usual 8.8 (-8.1)

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 Olivia Nelson-Ododa score 3 points?

In 16:36 against the Dream on Aug 13, 2026, Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored 3 points: 1-of-5 from the field, 1-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Nelson-Ododa averaged 10.1 points on 6.6 shots in 21.6 minutes across 26 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 2 points (usual 7.6); free throws 1 point (usual 2.5). Nelson-Ododa played 16:36 against a usual 21.6 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 1.5, against a usual 14.7. Nelson-Ododa had 0 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 1.7 and 3.2. The Sun lost 104-69 at home against the Dream, a 35-point loss. 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

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What changed

Nelson-Ododa in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (26 games)Change
Minutes16:3621.6-5.0
Points310.1-7.1
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-56.6 · 57.9%-1.6
FTA · FT%1-of-23.8 · 64.6%-1.8
Rebounds46.2-2.2
Assists01.8-1.8
Turnovers01.7-1.7
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 26 games15.620.4-4.8
Game Score per 36 minutes1.514.7-13.2
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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
Twos2 (1-of-5)7.6 (3.8-of-6.6)-5.6
Free throws1 (1-of-2)2.5 (2.5-of-3.8)-1.5
Total310.1-7.1
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.7 against a usual 8.8 (-8.1)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.0
Rebounds-0.9
Assists-1.3
Steals and blocks-1.5
Turnovers and fouls+2.6
Total-8.1
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 27 games, oldest first, this game last: 4.9, 12.4, 5.1, 8.7, 5.7, 7, 0.4, 15.4, 7.9, 7.4, 4.5, 11.3, 14.6, 13.1, 7.3, 9.5, 11.9, 7, 10.8, 7.4, 13.2, 6.7, 14.6, 13.6, 5.5, 2.4, 0.7

2nd-lowest Game Score of 27 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun lost 104-69 at home against the Dream, a 35-point loss.
  • Previous appearance: Aug 7, 2026, 6 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 10 points (Jun 2, 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.