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New York Liberty 90
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Houston Comets 87
2008-09-02

Model Predictions

Model New York Liberty Houston Comets Spread Result
Elo 41.1% 58.9% - ✗
Bradley-Terry 46.0% 54.0% - ✗
Margin 44.5% 55.5% +1.2 ✗ (4.2 off)
Pythagorean 52.3% 47.7% - ✓

Actual: Houston Comets -3 (87-90). Predictions use season-end ratings.

New York Liberty

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
J. McCarville 39 14-20 0-3 5-8 4 3 2 4 2 33 24 -
L. Moore 37 2-7 1-3 0-0 6 5 1 0 4 5 6 -
C. Kraayeveld 33 4-10 2-6 1-1 6 1 0 0 1 11 7 -
L. Willis 32 7-10 5-7 3-3 4 0 1 2 3 22 16 -
E. Carson 19 3-8 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 -
E. Thorn 18 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 -
A. Battle 18 2-3 1-2 0-0 4 5 0 0 0 5 11 -
E. Larkins 14 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 -
L. Mitchell 7 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 -
J. Davenport 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 -

Houston Comets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Thompson 43 11-18 2-5 10-11 7 2 2 2 4 34 25 -
T. Dixon 35 1-9 0-0 4-4 2 2 2 1 2 6 2 -
M. Ajavon 29 6-15 2-3 2-2 3 4 1 0 1 16 8 -
M. Snow 27 1-4 0-0 4-6 8 2 0 0 3 6 9 -
S. Johnson 27 2-4 1-2 2-4 3 4 2 0 2 7 10 -
M. Bass 20 5-9 0-0 2-4 6 1 1 0 1 12 10 -
M. Mabika 15 1-2 1-1 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 5 7 -
E. White 15 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 2 1 0 1 7 -
S. Holmes 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -
L. Byears 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

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