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Sabrina Ionescu

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

Regular season · Aug 10, 2025 · MIN 83 @ NYL 71 · Final

Sabrina Ionescu 10 points on 4-of-15 vs Lynx (Aug 10, 2025)

ANSWER

10 PTS · 4-of-15 FG · 0-of-6 3P · 2-of-2 FT · 30:12 MIN

Usual before this game: 19.9 PTS · 16.0 FGA · 31.6 MIN, from 29 regular-season games

2nd-lowest Game Score of 30 games this season: 2.1 against a usual 15.3 (-13.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Sabrina Ionescu score 10 points?

Sabrina Ionescu scored 10 points against the Lynx on Aug 10, 2025 in 30:12: 4-of-15 from the field (26.7%), 0-of-6 from three (0.0%), 2-of-2 on free throws. Before this game, Ionescu averaged 19.9 points on 16.0 shots in 31.6 minutes across 29 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-lowest Game Score of 30 games this season. The rate from the field was 26.7%, against a usual 40.9%. From threes, 0 points against a usual 7.0; from free throws, 2 points against a usual 4.5. Minutes: 30:12, against a usual 31.6; Game Score per 36 minutes: 2.5, against a usual 17.5. At home against the Lynx, the Liberty lost 83-71. 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

Ionescu in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (29 games)Change
Minutes30:1231.6-1.4
Points1019.9-9.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 26.7%16.0 · 40.9%-1.0 · -14.2
3PA · 3P%6 · 0.0%7.6 · 31.1%-1.6 · -31.1
FTA · FT%2-of-24.8 · 93.5%-2.8
Rebounds35.0-2.0
Assists55.5-0.5
Turnovers42.7+1.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 29 games30.029.7+0.3
Game Score per 36 minutes2.517.5-15.0
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 (29 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-6)7.0 (2.3-of-7.6)-7.0
Twos8 (4-of-9)8.4 (4.2-of-8.4)-0.4
Free throws2 (2-of-2)4.5 (4.5-of-4.8)-2.5
Total1019.9-9.9
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

2.1 against a usual 15.3 (-13.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-10.1
Rebounds-0.5
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks-0.8
Turnovers and fouls-1.5
Total-13.2
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 30 games, oldest first, this game last: 5.7, 13, 15.7, 6.1, 15.3, 24.8, 16.9, 8.1, 26.4, 26, 30.4, 10, 8.9, 9.4, 3, 10.4, 17, 23.6, -1.9, 14.1, 9.3, 22.1, 27, 9.4, 25.2, 19.8, 27.5, 7, 14.9, 2.1

2nd-lowest Game Score of 30 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Liberty lost 83-71 at home against the Lynx.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Lynx this season: 31 points (Jul 30, 2025).
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.