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2014-08-31

Model Predictions

Model Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx Spread Result
Elo 64.3% 35.7% -
Bradley-Terry 51.4% 48.6% -
Margin 59.4% 40.6% -2.1 (7.1 off)
Pythagorean 52.7% 47.3% -

Actual: Minnesota Lynx +5 (82-77). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Dupree 40 8-13 0-0 2-2 9 0 2 1 4 18 13 -
D. Bonner 40 0-6 0-2 3-4 7 4 1 0 1 3 8 -
D. Taurasi 38 8-23 2-11 5-5 6 5 0 0 3 23 8 -
B. Griner 36 6-8 0-0 2-2 3 2 0 3 3 14 11 -
P. Taylor 23 3-4 0-1 1-1 2 3 1 0 1 7 8 -
E. Phillips 19 3-6 2-4 2-2 4 4 0 0 2 10 10 -
M. Bass 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 -

Minnesota Lynx

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
M. Moore 40 10-21 5-9 7-7 9 2 3 0 3 32 22 -
S. Augustus 37 7-16 1-3 8-10 3 5 2 0 0 23 17 -
R. Brunson 35 1-5 0-0 2-2 10 2 1 1 1 4 12 -
L. Whalen 34 7-14 0-1 3-4 3 7 0 0 2 17 11 -
J. McCarville 21 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 3 2 1 -
M. Wright 15 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -
D. Dantas 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 -
T. White 6 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -
D. Peters 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -

* = starter