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2006-08-05

Model Predictions

Model Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Spread Result
Elo 38.5% 61.5% -
Bradley-Terry 53.2% 46.8% -
Margin 34.2% 65.8% +3.6 (12.4 off)
Pythagorean 46.5% 53.5% -

Actual: Phoenix Mercury +16 (96-80). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
J. Moore 37 5-11 0-0 2-2 7 2 1 2 2 12 11 -
L. Leslie 29 3-10 0-1 2-4 8 2 3 0 5 8 6 -
T. Johnson 29 8-14 0-3 1-1 3 5 1 0 3 17 9 -
M. Page 26 5-10 0-0 8-9 7 2 1 0 2 18 16 -
D. Lewis 22 3-10 1-5 1-1 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 -
M. Mabika 22 2-6 2-5 4-4 2 1 1 0 4 10 4 -
T. Moore 14 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 -
L. Willis 6 1-4 0-2 0-1 0 1 0 0 1 2 -2 -
B. Davis 5 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 -
C. Thomas 1 0-1 0-0 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
D. Taurasi 35 12-20 3-7 7-9 3 7 2 3 1 34 28 -
C. Pondexter 34 8-15 0-3 1-2 5 6 1 1 2 17 13 -
K. Miller 34 4-8 2-3 0-0 2 5 3 0 5 10 7 -
K. Rasmussen 25 1-1 0-0 0-0 6 1 0 1 1 2 8 -
P. Taylor 22 6-9 3-4 2-2 5 5 2 0 2 17 18 -
K. Vodichkova 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 0 4 8 3 -
J. Derevjanik 8 1-2 0-0 1-1 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 -
J. Lacy 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -
B. Snell 4 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 -

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