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Saniya Rivers

SG · 6′1″ · Current team: Connecticut Sun

Regular season · May 10, 2026 · SEA 89 @ CON 82 · Final

Saniya Rivers 2 points on 1-of-8 vs Storm (May 10, 2026)

ANSWER

2 PTS · 1-of-8 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 19:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.8 PTS · 8.3 FGA · 26.1 MIN, from last season's average over 42 regular-season games

Game Score -3.6 against a usual 7.2 (-10.8)

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 Saniya Rivers score 2 points?

In 19:48 against the Storm on May 10, 2026, Saniya Rivers scored 2 points: 1-of-8 from the field, 0-of-2 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this first game of the season, the usual line was last season's average over 42 regular-season games: 8.8 points on 8.3 shots in 26.1 minutes. By shot type: threes 0 points (usual 3.1); two-pointers 2 points (usual 4.7); free throws 0 points (usual 1.0). Minutes: 19:48, against a usual 26.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: -6.5, against a usual 9.9. Steals and blocks: 0 and 0, against a usual 1.5 and 0.9. The Sun lost 89-82 at home against the Storm. 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

Rivers in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes19:4826.1-6.3
Points28.8-6.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%1-of-88.3 · 40.7%-0.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-23.0 · 34.1%-1.0
FTA · FT%0-of-01.4 · 74.6%-1.4
Rebounds12.8-1.8
Assists32.7+0.3
Turnovers21.5+0.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-6.59.9-16.4
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 (blended)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)3.1 (1.0-of-3.0)-3.1
Twos2 (1-of-6)4.7 (2.4-of-5.3)-2.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)1.0 (1.0-of-1.4)-1.0
Total28.8-6.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-3.6 against a usual 7.2 (-10.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-7.4
Rebounds-0.8
Assists+0.2
Steals and blocks-2.1
Turnovers and fouls-0.7
Total-10.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -3.6

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sun lost 89-82 at home against the Storm.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Storm this season.
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.