JS. Object called game. another array called scored inside game.

Question

JS. Object called game. another array called scored inside game.

im trying to create obj called scorers in which it contains elements of the scored array and with the no. of times it exists. using for-of loop.

using:

scorers[player] ? scorers[player]++ : (scorers[player] = 1);

gives the output i want correctly
i.e.

{Lewandowski: 2, Gnarby: 1, Hummels: 1}

. but,

scorers.player ? scorers.player++ : (scorers.player = 1);

just gives object scorers with player key and 4 as value. i.e. {player: 4}

since property accessors work both by using [ ] and dot operator, why using dot method doesnt work??