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Sydney Taylor

SG · 5′9″ · Current team: Chicago Sky

Regular season · Jun 11, 2026 · CHI 106 @ IND 114 · Final

Sydney Taylor 30 points vs Fever (Jun 11, 2026)

ANSWER

30 PTS · 10-of-14 FG · 4-of-7 3P · 6-of-6 FT · 20:42 MIN

Usual before this game: 7.4 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 12.9 MIN, from 10 regular-season games

Game Score 27.7 against a usual 3.0 (+24.7)

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 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 a season or less.

How the score works

Why did Sydney Taylor score 30 points?

Sydney Taylor scored 30 points against the Fever on Jun 11, 2026 in 20:42: 10-of-14 from the field (71.4%), 4-of-7 from three (57.1%), 6-of-6 on free throws (100.0%). Before this game, Taylor averaged 7.4 points on 7.2 shots in 12.9 minutes across 10 regular-season games. Shot attempts: 14, against a usual 7.2. The rate from the field was 71.4%, against a usual 34.7%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 2.4); two-pointers 12 points (usual 3.4); free throws 6 points (usual 1.6). Minutes: 20:42, against a usual 12.9; Game Score per 36 minutes: 48.2, against a usual 8.4. At the Fever, the Sky lost 114-106. 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

Taylor in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (10 games)Change
Minutes20:4212.9+7.8
Points307.4+22.6
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 71.4%7.2 · 34.7%+6.8 · +36.7
3PA · 3P%7 · 57.1%4.2 · 19.0%+2.8 · +38.1
FTA · FT%6 · 100.0%2.0 · 80.0%+4.0 · +20.0
Rebounds20.9+1.1
Assists21.0+1.0
Turnovers11.3-0.3
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 10 games35.031.3+3.7
Game Score per 36 minutes48.28.4+39.8
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 (10 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-7)2.4 (0.8-of-4.2)+9.6
Twos12 (6-of-7)3.4 (1.7-of-3.0)+8.6
Free throws6 (6-of-6)1.6 (1.6-of-2.0)+4.4
Total307.4+22.6
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

27.7 against a usual 3.0 (+24.7)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+21.0
Rebounds+1.0
Assists+0.7
Steals and blocks+1.0
Turnovers and fouls+1.0
Total+24.7
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each game this season, oldest first, this game last: -2.1, 3.6, 3.6, 3.1, 18.2, 3.1, 7.7, -3.6, -2.1, -1.4, 27.7

No rank yet: too few earlier games this season.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Sky lost 114-106 at the Fever.
  • Previous appearance: Jun 9, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Fever 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.