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2008-06-06

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Spread Result
Elo 29.2% 70.8% -
Bradley-Terry 28.9% 71.1% -
Margin 24.1% 75.9% +6.3 (12.3 off)
Pythagorean 41.0% 59.0% -

Actual: Los Angeles Sparks -6 (79-85). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Pondexter 36 9-21 2-4 8-9 5 4 4 0 4 28 16 -
D. Taurasi 32 9-22 2-7 9-11 4 3 1 0 1 29 14 -
L. Willingham 31 5-8 0-1 2-2 12 0 0 0 1 12 15 -
K. Miller 27 0-7 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 0 1 0 -2 -
T. Smith 19 2-10 0-1 0-0 7 1 1 0 0 4 3 -
B. Farris 16 3-4 0-0 1-1 7 0 1 0 2 7 9 -
L. Sanders 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 1 4 5 -
J. Derevjanik 11 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 -
K. Mazzante 10 0-6 0-5 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -3 -

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Parker 36 7-14 0-0 5-7 14 8 2 0 3 19 26 -
L. Leslie 35 7-18 1-4 2-3 15 2 2 3 3 17 18 -
D. Milton-Jones 32 5-8 2-4 4-4 4 1 0 2 7 16 8 -
R. Masciadri 27 6-11 2-6 1-2 4 0 0 0 1 15 7 -
K. Brown 21 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 8 0 0 0 2 6 -
T. Johnson 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -6 -
M. Ferdinand-Harris 14 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 -
S. Spencer 5 1-2 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 -
C. Thomas 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -
M. Page 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 -
J. Moore 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -

* = starter