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2015-08-07

Model Predictions

Model Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Spread Result
Elo 59.3% 40.7% -
Bradley-Terry 51.2% 48.8% -
Margin 35.1% 64.9% +3.4 (3.6 off)
Pythagorean 46.0% 54.0% -

Actual: Phoenix Mercury +7 (73-66). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Minnesota Lynx

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
M. Moore 34 7-16 3-7 0-0 6 2 1 2 1 17 11 -
A. Cruz 34 3-7 0-2 2-2 4 4 0 0 2 8 7 -
L. Whalen 32 4-8 0-1 0-0 2 5 0 0 2 8 5 -
R. Brunson 28 4-7 0-0 0-0 6 4 0 1 1 8 11 -
S. Fowles 23 5-11 0-0 1-1 5 0 1 0 1 11 5 -
D. Peters 18 4-7 0-1 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 8 6 -
A. Jones 10 3-8 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 -
T. Liston 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 -
R. Montgomery 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 -

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Dupree 35 5-14 0-0 1-2 6 4 1 0 1 11 7 -
D. Bonner 34 3-10 0-3 9-12 3 4 1 2 2 15 13 -
B. Griner 32 6-8 0-0 1-1 12 2 0 6 1 13 24 -
L. Mitchell 21 2-10 1-6 0-0 4 3 2 0 0 5 4 -
M. Currie 20 2-8 1-3 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 -
M. Xargay 19 6-7 3-3 0-0 2 3 0 0 1 15 12 -
N. Quinn 19 2-5 0-2 3-4 4 1 0 0 0 7 7 -
M. Bass 10 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 1 2 2 -
A. Harden 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
C. George 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

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