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Stefanie Dolson

C · 6′5″ · Current team: Seattle Storm

Regular season · Aug 24, 2025 · SEA 84 @ WAS 82 · Final

Stefanie Dolson 11 points vs Storm (Aug 24, 2025): 2nd-best of 37 games

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-4 FG · 3-of-3 3P · 0-of-2 FT · 18:24 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.8 PTS · 3.4 FGA · 15.2 MIN, from 36 regular-season games

2nd-best Game Score of 37 games this season: 13.3 against a usual 2.5 (+10.8)

SURPRISE SCORE
97Unusual
above usual

No more than 3 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 Stefanie Dolson score 11 points?

Stefanie Dolson scored 11 points against the Storm on Aug 24, 2025 in 18:24: 4-of-4 from the field, 3-of-3 from three, 0-of-2 on free throws. Coming in, Dolson had averaged 3.8 points on 3.4 shots in 15.2 minutes, from 36 regular-season games. This game had the 2nd-best Game Score of 37 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: threes 9 (1.8). Playing time was 18:24, against a usual 15.2 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 26.0, against a usual 5.9. At home against the Storm, the Mystics lost 84-82. 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

Dolson in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (36 games)Change
Minutes18:2415.2+3.2
Points113.8+7.2
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-43.4 · 41.8%+0.6
3PA · 3P%3-of-31.8 · 33.3%+1.2
FTA · FT%0-of-20.4 · 75.0%+1.6
Rebounds52.3+2.7
Assists31.3+1.7
Turnovers00.8-0.8
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 36 games12.413.1-0.7
Game Score per 36 minutes26.05.9+20.1
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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 (36 games)Change
Threes9 (3-of-3)1.8 (0.6-of-1.8)+7.2
Twos2 (1-of-1)1.7 (0.8-of-1.6)+0.3
Free throws0 (0-of-2)0.3 (0.3-of-0.4)-0.3
Total113.8+7.2
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

13.3 against a usual 2.5 (+10.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+7.1
Rebounds+1.0
Assists+1.2
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls+1.3
Total+10.8
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Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 37 games, oldest first, this game last: 8.2, -0.3, 2.4, 9.3, -1.6, 0, 0.7, -2.4, 3, -1.2, -1, 1.8, -1.5, -2.4, 2.7, 3.9, -1.8, 2.9, 1.6, -1, 4.5, 4.7, 5.9, 5.7, 6.2, 1.6, -2.2, -0.2, -0.9, 8.1, 13.9, 4.4, 6.6, 1.9, 5.9, -0.3, 13.3

2nd-best Game Score of 37 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Mystics lost 84-82 at home against the Storm.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Storm this season: 5 points (Jul 13, 2025), 4 points (Jul 26, 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.