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Rebekah Gardner

SG · 6′1″ · Current team: New York Liberty

Regular season · Sep 11, 2025 · NYL 91 @ CHI 86 · Final

Rebekah Gardner: season-high 15 points vs Sky (Sep 11, 2025)

ANSWER

15 PTS · 5-of-5 FG · 3-of-3 3P · 2-of-3 FT · 15:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.4 PTS · 2.6 FGA · 12.2 MIN, from 40 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 41 games this season: 15.7 against a usual 2.8 (+12.9)

Season-high 15 points (previous high 12, set on Jun 22, 2025)

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 Rebekah Gardner score 15 points?

In 15:30 against the Sky on Sep 11, 2025, Rebekah Gardner scored 15 points: 5-of-5 from the field, 3-of-3 from three, 2-of-3 on free throws. Coming in, Gardner had averaged 3.4 points on 2.6 shots in 12.2 minutes, from 40 regular-season games. The 15 points were a season high, above the previous 12. By Game Score it was the best of 41 games this season. From threes, 9 points against a usual 1.3; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 1.6; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 0.5. Gardner played 15:30 against a usual 12.2 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 36.5, against a usual 8.2. Gardner had 3 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.6 and 0.2. The Liberty won 91-86 at the Sky. 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

Gardner in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (40 games)Change
Minutes15:3012.2+3.3
Points153.4+11.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%5-of-52.6 · 47.6%+2.4
3PA · 3P%3-of-31.0 · 43.6%+2.0
FTA · FT%2-of-30.6 · 83.3%+2.4
Rebounds21.8+0.2
Assists00.6-0.6
Turnovers10.6+0.4
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 37 games21.913.4+8.5
Game Score per 36 minutes36.58.2+28.3
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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 (40 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-3)1.3 (0.4-of-1.0)+7.7
Twos4 (2-of-2)1.6 (0.8-of-1.6)+2.4
Free throws2 (2-of-3)0.5 (0.5-of-0.6)+1.5
Total153.4+11.6
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

15.7 against a usual 2.8 (+12.9)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.0
Rebounds+0.6
Assists-0.4
Steals and blocks+2.3
Turnovers and fouls-0.6
Total+12.9
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 41 games, oldest first, this game last: -0.4, 7, 0.4, 9.4, 3, 11, 3.2, 9, 2.8, 0.1, -2.2, -0.9, 7.1, 5.8, 1.1, -0.2, 0, 7.3, 1.8, -0.7, 7, 0.3, 1.1, 3.9, 0.3, 5.7, 6.6, 3.9, 0, 0, 2, -0.7, 1.9, 3.1, -0.1, 7.2, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 0.2, 15.7

Best Game Score of 41 games this season.

Previous best: 11.0, set on May 30, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty won 91-86 at the Sky.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 7 points (May 22, 2025), 4 points (Jun 10, 2025), 3 points (Aug 21, 2025).
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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.