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Sonia Citron

SF · 6′1″ · Current team: Washington Mystics

Regular season · Jul 29, 2025 · CHI 86 @ WAS 103 · Final

Sonia Citron: season-high 28 points vs Sky (Jul 29, 2025)

ANSWER

28 PTS · 10-of-15 FG · 5-of-6 3P · 3-of-3 FT · 28:30 MIN

Usual before this game: 13.6 PTS · 10.2 FGA · 32.9 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 26 games this season: 21.4 against a usual 10.1 (+11.3)

Season-high 28 points (previous high 27, set on Jun 22, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

No more than 4 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 or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Sonia Citron score 28 points?

Sonia Citron scored 28 points against the Sky on Jul 29, 2025 in 28:30: 10-of-15 from the field (66.7%), 5-of-6 from three (83.3%), 3-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Citron averaged 13.6 points on 10.2 shots in 32.9 minutes across 25 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 27 points. By Game Score it was the 2nd-best of 26 games this season. Citron took 15 shots, 4.8 more than usual. The rate from the field was 66.7%, against a usual 44.7%. From threes, 15 points against a usual 4.3; from two-pointers, 10 points against a usual 6.2. Citron played 28:30 against a usual 32.9 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 27.0, against a usual 11.1. The Mystics won 103-86 at home against 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

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What changed

Citron in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes28:3032.9-4.4
Points2813.6+14.4
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 66.7%10.2 · 44.7%+4.8 · +22.0
3PA · 3P%6 · 83.3%4.1 · 35.0%+1.9 · +48.3
FTA · FT%3-of-33.4 · 89.5%-0.4
Rebounds25.0-3.0
Assists22.2-0.2
Turnovers31.9+1.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games29.218.7+10.5
Game Score per 36 minutes27.011.1+15.9
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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 (25 games)Change
Threes15 (5-of-6)4.3 (1.4-of-4.1)+10.7
Twos10 (5-of-9)6.2 (3.1-of-6.1)+3.8
Free throws3 (3-of-3)3.1 (3.1-of-3.4)-0.1
Total2813.6+14.4
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

21.4 against a usual 10.1 (+11.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+13.3
Rebounds-1.2
Assists-0.1
Steals and blocks+0.3
Turnovers and fouls-1.0
Total+11.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 15.5, 12.1, 6.5, 15.9, 6.5, 9.4, 1, 10.5, 9.6, 8.5, 5.7, 13.3, 12.6, 23.1, 4.5, 16.3, 19.1, 4.8, 12.4, 3.9, 6.8, 5.4, 10, 13.6, 6.4, 21.4

2nd-best Game Score of 26 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics won 103-86 at home against the Sky.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Sky this season: 13 points (Jun 17, 2025), 13 points (Jul 8, 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.