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Raquel Carrera

C · 6′3″ · Current team: New York Liberty

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

Raquel Carrera: season-high 9 points vs Dream (Sep 23, 2026)

ANSWER

9 PTS · 3-of-3 FG · 1-of-1 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 28:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 1.3 PTS · 0.9 FGA · 5.5 MIN, from 23 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 24 games this season: 11.8 against a usual 1.1 (+10.7)

Season-high 9 points (previous high 7, set on Jun 8, 2026 and Jun 25, 2026)

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 Raquel Carrera score 9 points?

Raquel Carrera scored 9 points against the Dream on Sep 23, 2026 in 28:24: 3-of-3 from the field, 1-of-1 from three, 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Carrera averaged 1.3 points on 0.9 shots in 5.5 minutes across 23 regular-season games. The 9 points were a season high, above the previous 7. This game had the best Game Score of 24 games this season. From two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 0.8; from threes, 3 points against a usual 0.2; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.3. Carrera played 28:24 against a usual 5.5 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 15.0, against a usual 7.4. Assists: 4, against a usual 0.3. At home against the Dream, the Liberty lost 83-65. 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

Carrera in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (23 games)Change
Minutes28:245.5+22.9
Points91.3+7.7
Shots (FGA) · FG%3-of-30.9 · 55.0%+2.1
3PA · 3P%1-of-10.3 · 25.0%+0.7
FTA · FT%2-of-20.5 · 58.3%+1.5
Rebounds51.0+4.0
Assists40.3+3.7
Turnovers20.3+1.7
Game Score per 36 minutes15.07.4+7.6
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 (23 games)Change
Threes3 (1-of-1)0.2 (0.1-of-0.3)+2.8
Twos4 (2-of-2)0.8 (0.4-of-0.6)+3.2
Free throws2 (2-of-2)0.3 (0.3-of-0.5)+1.7
Total91.3+7.7
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

11.8 against a usual 1.1 (+10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.3
Rebounds+1.4
Assists+2.6
Steals and blocks+0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.4
Total+10.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 24 games, oldest first, this game last: 0.7, -0.4, 5.4, 1.2, 3.7, 0, 6.7, 0, 0, 0.7, 1.3, -0.4, 2.9, 0, 0.7, 0, 0.3, 3.2, -0.8, -0.8, 0.3, 0.6, 0.6, 11.8

Best Game Score of 24 games this season.

Previous best: 6.7, set on Jun 25, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty lost 83-65 at home against the Dream.
  • Previous appearance: Sep 20, 2026, 3 days earlier.
  • Between the previous appearance and this game, the Liberty played on Sep 21, 2026; Carrera was listed as did not play; the data does not say why.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Dream this season: 3 points (Jun 11, 2026).
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.