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Veronica Burton

PG · 5′9″ · Current team: Golden State Valkyries

Regular season · Aug 6, 2025 · LVA 78 @ GSV 72 · Final

Veronica Burton 0 assists vs Aces (Aug 6, 2025): lowest of 29 games

ANSWER

6 PTS · 0 AST · 2-of-6 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 23:00 MIN

Usual before this game: 10.8 PTS · 5.2 AST · 8.2 FGA · 28.6 MIN, from 28 regular-season games

Lowest Game Score of 29 games this season: 0.1 against a usual 9.9 (-9.8)

Season-low 0 assists (previous low 1, set on Jul 29, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
below usual

No more than 5 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 Veronica Burton have 0 assists?

Veronica Burton scored 6 points against the Aces on Aug 6, 2025 in 23:00: 2-of-6 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, no free throw attempts. Before this game, Burton averaged 10.8 points on 8.2 shots in 28.6 minutes across 28 regular-season games. The previous low this season was 1 assist. By Game Score it was the lowest of 29 games this season. Points by shot type, against the usual: free throws 0 (3.5), two-pointers 0 (3.2), threes 6 (4.1). Playing time was 23:00, against a usual 28.6 minutes; per 36 minutes, the Game Score was 0.2, against a usual 12.5. Burton had 0 assists, against a usual 5.2. The Valkyries lost 78-72 at home against the Aces. 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

Burton in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (28 games)Change
Minutes23:0028.6-5.6
Points610.8-4.8
Shots (FGA) · FG%2-of-68.2 · 36.2%-2.2
3PA · 3P%2-of-33.9 · 34.9%-0.9
FTA · FT%0-of-04.0 · 87.6%-4.0
Rebounds34.2-1.2
Assists05.2-5.2
Turnovers32.0+1.0
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 28 games18.619.1-0.5
Game Score per 36 minutes0.212.5-12.3
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 (28 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)4.1 (1.4-of-3.9)+1.9
Twos0 (0-of-3)3.2 (1.6-of-4.3)-3.2
Free throws0 (0-of-0)3.5 (3.5-of-4.0)-3.5
Total610.8-4.8
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

0.1 against a usual 9.9 (-9.8)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts-3.5
Rebounds-0.5
Assists-3.6
Steals and blocks-1.4
Turnovers and fouls-0.8
Total-9.8
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 29 games, oldest first, this game last: 3.7, 22.3, 12.1, 11.9, 2.7, 16, 10.5, 18.6, 6.3, 9.4, 0.5, 8.4, 7.6, 9.6, 2.2, 15.1, 0.4, 10.1, 20.9, 13.1, 16.3, 4, 2.9, 8.6, 2.9, 12.9, 20.7, 8.2, 0.1

Lowest Game Score of 29 games this season.

Previous lowest: 0.4, set on Jul 5, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Valkyries lost 78-72 at home against the Aces.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Aces this season: 14 points (Jun 7, 2025), 11 points (Jul 12, 2025), 8 points (Aug 3, 2025).
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.