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2005-06-08

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Spread Result
Elo 46.2% 53.8% -
Bradley-Terry 38.8% 61.2% -
Margin 34.6% 65.4% +3.5 (6.5 off)
Pythagorean 46.9% 53.1% -

Actual: Los Angeles Sparks -3 (63-66). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
D. Taurasi 38 8-16 4-10 6-8 5 5 2 0 2 26 20 -
A. DeForge 38 3-8 1-4 4-4 3 2 0 1 2 11 7 -
P. Taylor 33 7-12 1-3 0-2 3 2 1 1 5 15 5 -
A. Robinson 27 0-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -
P. Pierson 19 0-6 0-0 6-6 7 3 0 6 3 6 13 -
G. Jackson 15 2-5 0-1 0-2 6 0 0 0 1 4 4 -
S. Wright 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 -

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Holdsclaw 40 10-17 0-1 5-7 9 3 4 0 3 25 21 -
L. Leslie 38 4-13 1-3 8-14 2 5 2 6 2 17 17 -
N. Teasley 34 0-5 0-2 0-0 4 1 2 0 5 0 -3 -
T. Dixon 27 3-13 0-0 0-2 4 4 2 0 0 6 3 -
T. Whitmore 24 3-6 0-0 1-2 5 1 1 0 1 7 7 -
C. Thomas 16 4-6 0-1 0-0 5 1 0 1 0 8 9 -
G. Grubin 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -
D. Lewis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
R. Masciadri 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

* = starter