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Minnesota Lynx 88
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Houston Comets 96
2008-07-17

Model Predictions

Model Minnesota Lynx Houston Comets Spread Result
Elo 29.4% 70.6% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 41.8% 58.2% - ✓
Margin 49.0% 51.0% +0.2 ✓ (7.8 off)
Pythagorean 54.2% 45.8% - ✗

Actual: Houston Comets +8 (96-88). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Minnesota Lynx

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
S. Augustus 36 6-20 1-2 4-4 4 4 1 1 1 17 6 -
C. Wiggins 30 9-13 4-6 5-7 2 2 0 0 2 27 16 -
K. Rasmussen 25 4-5 2-3 0-0 4 3 0 0 1 10 11 -
N. Anosike 21 3-8 0-0 2-4 6 1 2 1 0 8 10 -
L. Harding 21 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 7 2 1 0 2 9 -
V. Hayden-Johnson 16 6-8 0-0 2-3 5 1 1 0 1 14 12 -
N. Quinn 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 4 0 -5 -
N. Ohlde 10 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 6 5 -
A. DeForge 10 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -
L. Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -
C. Houston 4 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 -

Houston Comets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Dixon 37 9-14 0-1 4-4 5 5 2 0 4 22 16 -
S. Johnson 34 0-4 0-3 2-2 2 9 3 0 0 2 12 -
S. Lyttle 32 5-11 0-0 6-7 18 1 2 0 1 16 25 -
T. Thompson 28 8-18 3-5 6-6 5 1 1 0 2 25 12 -
H. Maiga-Ba 27 6-9 0-0 2-2 2 2 0 0 1 14 8 -
M. Snow 18 3-8 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 0 3 6 1 -
R. Hodges 10 2-4 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 5 2 -
E. White 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 -
M. Ajavon 3 0-0 0-0 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 -

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