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Los Angeles Sparks 78
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Phoenix Mercury 86
2018-08-12

Model Predictions

Model Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Spread Result
Elo 26.6% 73.4% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 36.7% 63.3% - ✓
Margin 30.7% 69.3% +4.5 ✓ (3.5 off)
Pythagorean 45.8% 54.2% - ✓

Actual: Phoenix Mercury +8 (86-78). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Los Angeles Sparks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
C. Parker 31 8-16 3-7 4-7 8 2 1 0 2 23 16 -
C. Gray 27 2-7 0-2 3-4 6 3 1 0 3 7 7 -
N. Ogwumike 26 5-9 1-2 2-2 2 3 2 0 0 13 11 -
O. Sims 26 1-6 0-0 0-0 6 6 0 0 2 2 6 -
R. Williams 24 5-12 3-7 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 13 2 -
A. Beard 22 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 -
E. Carson 19 1-5 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 -
M. Kliundikova 15 7-9 2-3 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 16 10 -
J. Lavender 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
S. Wiese 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
K. Samuelson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 -

Phoenix Mercury

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
D. Bonner 38 10-21 5-11 6-9 8 2 2 0 1 31 21 -
D. Taurasi 38 6-9 2-5 6-6 5 14 2 0 5 20 27 -
B. Griner 36 8-13 0-0 4-6 13 3 1 3 1 20 26 -
S. Talbot 31 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 3 3 0 4 -
B. January 28 2-4 1-3 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 5 3 -
Y. Turner 12 3-3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 -
C. Little 6 0-1 0-1 2-2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -
L. Mitchell 6 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -
D. Peters 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 -

* = starter