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2012-08-23

Model Predictions

Model New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Spread Result
Elo 63.8% 36.2% -
Bradley-Terry 60.4% 39.6% -
Margin 60.0% 40.0% -2.2 (9.8 off)
Pythagorean 64.5% 35.5% -

Actual: Phoenix Mercury -12 (77-89). Predictions use season-end ratings.

New York Liberty

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Pondexter 33 9-15 5-9 8-8 4 2 1 0 2 31 21 -
L. Mitchell 33 5-8 3-5 0-0 2 7 1 0 0 13 15 -
P. Pierson 31 4-10 1-1 3-4 4 4 2 0 2 12 10 -
E. Carson 29 2-11 1-6 1-2 3 2 1 2 0 6 3 -
N. Powell 28 5-8 3-4 0-0 5 2 1 0 0 13 13 -
K. Vaughn 21 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 -
K. Braxton 17 4-8 0-1 4-4 9 1 1 0 3 12 12 -
D. Walker 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
A. Montgomery 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
S. Prahalis 38 4-14 2-8 2-2 4 4 1 1 3 12 5 -
D. Bonner 35 11-26 1-6 11-12 7 2 2 1 1 34 19 -
K. Thomas 32 3-8 0-0 1-2 14 3 0 0 1 7 15 -
A. Hornbuckle 31 5-8 0-1 2-2 2 0 2 1 1 12 8 -
N. Sanford 30 2-5 0-1 1-2 6 2 0 0 2 5 6 -
B. Butler 18 2-6 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 -
A. Warley-Talbert 15 0-2 0-0 2-4 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 -
D. Simon 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -

* = starter