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Pauline Astier

PG · 5′11″ · Current team: New York Liberty

Regular season · Sep 23, 2026 · ATL 83 @ NYL 65 · Final

Pauline Astier 4 points on 2-of-7 in 16 minutes vs Dream (Sep 23, 2026)

ANSWER

4 PTS · 2-of-7 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 15:36 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.5 PTS · 6.4 FGA · 23.6 MIN, from 42 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 43 games this season: -2.0 against a usual 7.8 (-9.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
below usual

No more than 3 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Pauline Astier score 4 points?

Pauline Astier scored 4 points against the Dream on Sep 23, 2026 in 15:36: 2-of-7 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Astier averaged 9.5 points on 6.4 shots in 23.6 minutes across 42 regular-season games. This game had the lowest Game Score of 43 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 4 (6.2), free throws 0 (2.0), threes 0 (1.3). Playing time was 15:36, against a usual 23.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -4.6, against a usual 11.9. The Liberty lost 83-65 at home against the Dream. 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

Astier in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (42 games)Change
Minutes15:3623.6-8.0
Points49.5-5.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-76.4 · 55.4%+0.6
3PA · 3P%0-of-21.3 · 34.5%+0.7
FTA · FT%0-of-02.2 · 89.2%-2.2
Rebounds32.7+0.3
Assists23.4-1.4
Turnovers31.7+1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 42 games31.017.2+13.8
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.611.9-16.5
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 (42 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.3 (0.4-of-1.3)-1.3
Twos4 (2-of-5)6.2 (3.1-of-5.1)-2.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)2.0 (2.0-of-2.2)-2.0
Total49.5-5.5
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.0 against a usual 7.8 (-9.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.5
Rebounds+0.2
Assists-0.9
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls-1.7
Total-9.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 43 games, oldest first, this game last: 17.8, 18.4, 16.5, 6, 5, 0, 6.7, 15.1, 6.8, 11.2, 1.6, 15.5, 7.3, 13.4, -0.2, 17.7, 4, 3.5, 3.8, 13.2, 0.9, -0.5, 9.7, 11.9, 1.3, 8.4, 4.2, 16.1, 0.5, 9.7, 12.8, 7.1, 1.7, 6.8, 5.6, 1.8, 4, 0.8, 5.2, 12.2, 10, 14.5, -2

Lowest Game Score of 43 games this season.

Previous lowest: -0.5, set on Jul 11, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty lost 83-65 at home against the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 21, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 16 points (Jun 11, 2026), 15 points (Sep 21, 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.