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Shakira Austin

C · 6′5″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Jun 26, 2026 · WAS 57 @ CON 68 · Final

Shakira Austin 6 points on 2-of-7 vs Sun (Jun 26, 2026): lowest of 16 games

ANSWER

6 PTS · 2-of-7 FG · 1-of-2 3P · 1-of-4 FT · 22:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.6 PTS · 10.6 FGA · 27.5 MIN, from this season's 15 games plus last season's average, counted as 2.5 games

Lowest Game Score of 16 games this season: -0.5 against a usual 10.2 (-10.7)

Season-low 6 points (previous low 7, set on Jun 6, 2026 and Jun 21, 2026)

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 Shakira Austin score 6 points?

Shakira Austin scored 6 points against the Sun on Jun 26, 2026 in 22:42: 2-of-7 from the field, 1-of-2 from three, 1-of-4 on free throws. The usual line blends this season's 15 games with last season's average, counted as 2.5 games: 13.6 points on 10.6 shots in 27.5 minutes. No earlier game this season was as low as 6 points. This game had the lowest Game Score of 16 games this season. Austin took 7 shots, 3.6 fewer than usual. Points by shot type, against the usual: two-pointers 2 (9.0), free throws 1 (3.7), threes 3 (0.9). Playing time was 22:42, against a usual 27.5 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was -0.8, against a usual 13.3. Austin had 7 turnovers and 1 foul, against a usual 3.1 and 2.1. The Mystics lost 68-57 at the Sun. 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

Austin in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (blended)Change
Minutes22:4227.5-4.8
Points613.6-7.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-710.6 · 44.9%-3.6
3PA · 3P%1-of-20.9 · 34.2%+1.1
FTA · FT%1-of-45.2 · 72.2%-1.2
Rebounds128.4+3.6
Assists12.7-1.7
Turnovers73.1+3.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 15 games32.025.5+6.5
Game Score per 36 minutes-0.813.3-14.1
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
Threes3 (1-of-2)0.9 (0.3-of-0.9)+2.1
Twos2 (1-of-5)9.0 (4.5-of-9.7)-7.0
Free throws1 (1-of-4)3.7 (3.7-of-5.2)-2.7
Total613.6-7.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-0.5 against a usual 10.2 (-10.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-6.8
Rebounds+1.7
Assists-1.2
Steals and blocks-0.9
Turnovers and fouls-3.5
Total-10.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 16 games, oldest first, this game last: 14.2, 12.5, 17.4, 5.9, 11.1, 18.2, 21.1, 10.9, 6.1, 4.7, 7.2, 1.9, 10.2, 7.3, 7, -0.5

Lowest Game Score of 16 games this season.

Previous lowest: 1.9, set on Jun 14, 2026.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics lost 68-57 at the Sun.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 24, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Sun 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.