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1997-08-20

Model Predictions

Model New York Liberty Los Angeles Sparks Spread Result
Elo 66.8% 33.2% -
Bradley-Terry 63.3% 36.7% -
Margin 51.2% 48.8% -0.3 (2.3 off)
Pythagorean 55.4% 44.6% -

Actual: Los Angeles Sparks +2 (78-76). Predictions use season-end ratings.

New York Liberty

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Rebecca Lobo * 35 5-12 0-1 0-0 3 4 0 3 2 10 6 -
Vickie Johnson * 35 5-12 0-0 3-3 5 2 3 0 2 13 9 -
Sophia Witherspoon * 34 12-19 0-3 3-4 2 2 2 0 3 27 11 -
Teresa Weatherspoon * 33 1-2 0-0 2-2 3 12 2 0 4 4 15 -
Kym Hampton * 20 1-4 0-0 2-2 3 0 2 0 1 4 4 -
Sue Wicks 13 4-5 0-0 0-1 5 2 0 0 2 8 8 -
Trena Trice-Hill 10 2-3 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 5 6 -
Rhonda Blades 9 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 3 -1 -
Kisha Ford 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 -

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Penny Toler * 36 7-14 1-2 2-3 2 6 0 0 2 17 9 -
Lisa Leslie * 34 4-7 0-0 5-8 7 2 1 2 5 13 13 -
Katrina Colleton * 31 4-8 1-2 0-0 6 3 4 0 3 9 11 -
Haixia Zheng * 22 5-7 0-0 3-3 9 1 0 0 3 13 13 -
Tamecka Dixon * 22 5-8 0-0 2-2 3 3 3 0 1 12 12 -
Linda Burgess 20 2-8 0-0 2-2 2 0 1 0 0 6 1 -
Jamila Wideman 18 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 3 0 0 4 2 1 -
Daedra Charles 13 3-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 2 0 6 4 -

* = starter