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2009-09-23

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Los Angeles Sparks Spread Result
Elo 55.7% 44.3% -
Bradley-Terry 55.1% 44.9% -
Margin 42.8% 57.2% +1.6 (10.6 off)
Pythagorean 51.2% 48.8% -

Actual: Los Angeles Sparks -9 (94-103). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Pondexter 31 6-9 1-3 2-2 2 4 2 0 1 15 13 -
D. Taurasi 29 9-17 4-10 6-6 1 6 2 1 3 28 18 -
L. Willingham 27 6-7 0-0 0-1 5 1 0 0 1 12 10 -
P. Taylor 27 6-12 4-6 2-2 3 2 0 0 2 18 9 -
T. Smith 25 3-8 2-5 3-4 6 2 5 1 0 11 17 -
T. Johnson 21 2-9 2-4 2-2 1 5 0 0 1 8 4 -
D. Bonner 17 1-4 0-0 2-2 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 -
K. Swanier 11 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 5 5 -
N. Ohlde 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 1 2 2 3 -

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
T. Thompson 37 9-18 4-6 3-3 7 5 0 0 2 25 17 -
C. Parker 37 11-16 0-0 6-7 10 3 0 1 2 28 24 -
N. Quinn 36 3-8 0-2 2-2 6 4 4 1 5 8 10 -
L. Leslie 35 8-17 0-0 3-6 8 4 3 3 2 19 18 -
D. Milton-Jones 30 4-9 1-2 1-4 6 4 0 0 0 10 11 -
B. Lennox 20 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 4 -1 -
S. Bobbitt 4 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -
M. Ferdinand-Harris 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -

* = starter