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Phoenix Mercury 87
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Connecticut Sun 80
2008-06-29

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Connecticut Sun Spread Result
Elo 43.0% 57.0% - ✗
Bradley-Terry 34.0% 66.0% - ✗
Margin 23.0% 77.0% +6.6 ✗ (13.6 off)
Pythagorean 38.6% 61.4% - ✗

Actual: Connecticut Sun -7 (80-87). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Pondexter 32 7-17 0-1 2-4 4 8 0 0 2 16 9 -
D. Taurasi 32 8-17 5-11 4-5 4 5 1 0 3 25 15 -
K. Miller 29 0-6 0-2 1-2 7 4 0 0 1 1 5 -
T. Smith 28 9-14 1-2 2-2 11 0 0 0 0 21 18 -
L. Willingham 25 3-5 1-2 2-2 7 0 0 0 4 9 7 -
B. Farris 18 0-2 0-0 3-4 6 1 0 0 3 3 5 -
K. Mazzante 13 3-6 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 8 2 -
L. Sanders 8 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 -
J. Derevjanik 6 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 -

Connecticut Sun

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
L. Whalen 32 4-10 0-3 6-8 8 8 1 0 0 14 21 -
A. Jones 31 5-17 0-1 6-8 9 0 0 0 1 16 7 -
S. Gruda 21 5-9 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 2 10 4 -
A. Holt 21 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 5 2 -
T. Whitmore 19 2-10 0-2 3-6 8 3 0 0 1 7 7 -
K. Swanier 19 3-9 1-5 0-0 4 1 2 0 0 7 5 -
B. Turner 18 3-6 0-2 2-2 1 2 1 0 0 8 6 -
J. Carey 17 3-9 3-8 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 10 4 -
J. Anderson 5 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -
T. Raymond 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -
K. Gardin 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -

* = starter