Model Predictions
| Model | Portland Fire | Phoenix Mercury | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 19.8% | 80.2% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 37.2% | 62.8% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 35.7% | 64.3% | +3.2 | ✓ (2.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 45.6% | 54.4% | - | ✓ |
| Adjusted Efficiency | 45.0% | 55.0% | - | ✓ |
| Log Adjusted | 45.1% | 54.9% | - | ✓ |
| Points Off/Def | 42.1% | 57.9% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Phoenix Mercury +1 (81-80). Ratings: 2001 season-end ratings.
Portland Fire
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Witherspoon * | 37 | 10-20 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 8 | - |
| Stacey Thomas * | 36 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | - |
| Sylvia Crawley * | 26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Tully Bevilaqua * | 25 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | - |
| Vanessa Nygaard * | 24 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - |
| Michelle Marciniak | 19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | - |
| Alisa Burras | 18 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | - |
| Lynn Pride | 14 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - |
| DeMya Walker | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Michele Van Gorp | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Tara Williams | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Phoenix Mercury
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Gillom * | 43 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 12-12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 25 | - |
| Tonya Edwards * | 39 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 7 | - |
| Brandy Reed * | 35 | 5-17 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Michelle Brogan * | 32 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 9-9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | - |
| Michele Timms * | 32 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Adrian Williams-Strong | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Michelle Cleary | 12 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Lisa Harrison | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Bridget Pettis | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Maria Stepanova | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter