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Phoenix Mercury 92
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Houston Comets 94
2008-07-22

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Houston Comets Spread Result
Elo 38.6% 61.4% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 40.3% 59.7% - ✓
Margin 39.2% 60.8% +2.4 ✓ (0.4 off)
Pythagorean 49.7% 50.3% - ✓

Actual: Houston Comets +2 (94-92). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Smith 36 3-12 0-0 5-5 6 3 2 0 0 11 10 -
D. Taurasi 36 8-20 1-9 14-15 7 3 2 2 2 31 23 -
C. Pondexter 31 4-13 0-4 7-8 2 4 2 0 7 15 3 -
K. Miller 30 3-7 1-3 0-0 5 2 0 0 2 7 5 -
L. Willingham 27 4-7 0-1 4-4 6 0 2 0 2 12 11 -
K. Mazzante 21 5-9 5-9 0-0 4 2 0 0 2 15 10 -
B. Farris 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 3 0 -1 -
L. Sanders 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 5 0 0 1 1 1 5 -
Y. Oga 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -

Houston Comets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Thompson 38 5-16 2-6 7-8 7 2 1 1 2 19 12 -
S. Johnson 31 2-8 2-4 4-4 1 5 2 0 3 10 7 -
S. Lyttle 23 2-8 0-0 4-4 10 1 3 2 3 8 13 -
H. Maiga-Ba 19 4-7 0-0 1-2 5 3 0 0 0 9 10 -
M. Snow 18 5-7 0-0 6-6 6 1 0 0 1 16 15 -
R. Hodges 17 3-8 2-6 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 8 1 -
T. Dixon 17 4-6 1-2 1-2 1 3 2 0 1 10 9 -
M. Ajavon 13 4-10 1-4 3-3 2 2 0 0 1 12 5 -
E. White 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
S. Holmes 3 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 -
M. Bass 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -

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