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Los Angeles Sparks

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Also known as: Los Angeles Sparks
Program History

Model Outputs

1998
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 935 (#7) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 929 (#7) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.9 More → -0.5 (#7) HCA +2.9
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.466 (#7) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1998-06-11 @ Utah Starzz W 89 - 83
1998-06-14 @ Phoenix Mercury L 60 - 70
1998-06-16 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 69 - 73
1998-06-19 vs New York Liberty W 78 - 75
1998-06-21 vs Houston Comets L 63 - 79
1998-06-24 vs Charlotte Sting L 73 - 77
1998-06-27 @ Houston Comets L 64 - 75
1998-06-30 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 56 - 58
1998-07-02 vs Utah Starzz L 57 - 58
1998-07-07 vs Charlotte Sting W 86 - 79
1998-07-08 vs Sacramento Monarchs L 71 - 76
1998-07-12 vs Cleveland Rockers W 87 - 66
1998-07-13 @ Phoenix Mercury L 62 - 72
1998-07-15 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 81 - 76
1998-07-17 vs Houston Comets L 68 - 74
1998-07-21 vs New York Liberty L 77 - 92
1998-07-23 vs Phoenix Mercury W 70 - 68
1998-07-25 @ Detroit Shock L 67 - 69
1998-07-27 @ Cleveland Rockers L 67 - 83
1998-07-29 @ Washington Mystics W 77 - 68
1998-07-31 vs Phoenix Mercury W 71 - 56
1998-08-01 @ Utah Starzz W 73 - 65
1998-08-03 vs Washington Mystics W 86 - 72
1998-08-05 @ Detroit Shock L 61 - 73
1998-08-08 @ New York Liberty L 62 - 80
1998-08-09 @ Washington Mystics L 74 - 76
1998-08-12 @ Charlotte Sting W 65 - 52
1998-08-14 vs Utah Starzz W 87 - 67
1998-08-16 vs Detroit Shock L 76 - 77
1998-08-19 @ Houston Comets L 71 - 80

1998 Roster

Minutes by Position

Not enough player minute data to plot.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Lisa Leslie F 28 0.0 15.9 9.5 2.6 1.4 2.0 3.9 13.2 14.4 - - - 43.2 26.1 59.8 - 49.1 44.9
Penny Toler G 28 0.0 13.1 3.4 5.1 1.3 0.1 3.8 12.0 7.2 - - - 42.9 18.4 83.9 - 49.2 43.9
Tamecka Dixon G 27 0.0 11.8 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.2 2.1 9.2 7.4 - - - 45.8 42.3 77.3 - 55.3 50.2
Haixia Zheng F 28 0.0 9.2 4.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.7 6.4 7.2 - - - 61.8 0 66.1 - 63.5 61.8
Linda Burgess F 28 0.0 6.5 4.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.6 4.8 5.7 - - - 54.9 50.0 72.3 - 58.9 55.3
Mwadi Mabika F 21 0.0 6.0 2.5 1.0 1.1 0.3 1.2 6.4 3.3 - - - 39.6 18.4 54.2 - 43.6 42.2
Katrina Colleton F 28 0.0 4.9 2.1 1.6 1.2 0.3 1.2 4.5 4.4 - - - 43.7 36.0 56.7 - 48.9 47.2
Heidi Burge F 22 0.0 3.8 3.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 3.2 4.3 - - - 45.7 0.0 48.8 - 47.7 45.7
Jamila Wideman G 28 0.0 3.0 2.0 3.7 0.9 0.0 1.8 3.7 4.0 - - - 24.0 20.0 79.4 - 35.3 27.4
Daedra Charles F 28 0.0 2.2 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.3 2.2 - - - 40.0 0.0 66.7 - 43.3 40.0
Kim Gessig - 1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Travesa Gant - 2 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG