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Stephanie Talbot

SF · 6′2″ · Current team: Las Vegas Aces

Regular season · Jul 9, 2026 · LVA 88 @ POR 80 · Final

Stephanie Talbot 0 points on 0-of-3 vs Fire (Jul 9, 2026)

ANSWER

0 PTS · 0-of-3 FG · 0-of-2 3P · 16:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 3.9 PTS · 3.3 FGA · 19.2 MIN, from 21 regular-season games

3rd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season: -2.0 against a usual 3.7 (-5.7)

Matched the season low of 0 points, reached in 3 earlier games

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
below usual

No more than 4 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 Stephanie Talbot score 0 points?

In 16:48 against the Fire on Jul 9, 2026, Stephanie Talbot scored 0 points: 0-of-3 from the field, 0-of-2 from three. Coming in, Talbot had averaged 3.9 points on 3.3 shots in 19.2 minutes, from 21 regular-season games. The 0 points tied the season low, reached in 3 earlier games. This game had the 3rd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season. By shot type: two-pointers 0 points (usual 1.7); threes 0 points (usual 1.7). Minutes: 16:48, against a usual 19.2; Game Score per 36 minutes: -4.3, against a usual 6.9. At the Fire, the Aces won 88-80. 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

Talbot in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (21 games)Change
Minutes16:4819.2-2.4
Points03.9-3.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%0-of-33.3 · 42.9%-0.3
3PA · 3P%0-of-22.1 · 27.3%-0.1
Rebounds23.1-1.1
Assists11.4-0.4
Turnovers10.8+0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 21 games11.510.4+1.1
Game Score per 36 minutes-4.36.9-11.2
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 (21 games)Change
Threes0 (0-of-2)1.7 (0.6-of-2.1)-1.7
Twos0 (0-of-1)1.7 (0.9-of-1.2)-1.7
Free throws0 (0-of-0)0.5 (0.5-of-0.7)-0.5
Total03.9-3.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

-2.0 against a usual 3.7 (-5.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-4.1
Rebounds-0.8
Assists-0.3
Steals and blocks+0.2
Turnovers and fouls-0.7
Total-5.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 22 games, oldest first, this game last: -2.2, 10.8, 4, 0.1, 3.2, 2.6, 2.7, 9.2, 5.6, 4.3, 2.6, 10.4, 1.7, 5.7, 4.5, -0.5, 0.4, -2.5, 2.1, 5.1, 8, -2

3rd-lowest Game Score of 22 games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Aces won 88-80 at the Fire.
  • Previous appearance: Jul 5, 2026, 4 days earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Fire this season: 8 points (Jun 11, 2026).
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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.