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Los Angeles Sparks

Also known as: Los Angeles Sparks
Program History

2008 Team Stats (41 games)

75.6
PPG
74.1
Opp
+2.5
Margin
42.5%
FG%
31.8%
3P%
75.1%
FT%
37.0
RPG
18.0
APG
15.6
TO
90.3
Pace

Model Outputs

2008
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 → 1111 (#3) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1099 (#3) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.1 More → +3.1 (#3) HCA +3.1
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.616 (#4) -

2008 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2008-05-03 @ Atlanta Dream W 86 - 80
2008-05-08 @ Chicago Sky W 84 - 68
2008-05-11 @ Minnesota Lynx W 106 - 105
2008-05-17 @ Phoenix Mercury W 99 - 94
2008-05-25 @ Atlanta Dream W 74 - 56
2008-05-29 @ Indiana Fever L 78 - 82
2008-05-31 @ Washington Mystics W 70 - 59
2008-06-03 @ Chicago Sky W 81 - 77
2008-06-06 vs Phoenix Mercury L 79 - 85
2008-06-11 vs Detroit Shock W 80 - 73
2008-06-13 vs Connecticut Sun W 98 - 93
2008-06-14 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 74 - 66
2008-06-18 vs Chicago Sky W 80 - 67
2008-06-20 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 75 - 77
2008-06-22 vs Indiana Fever W 77 - 63
2008-06-24 vs Seattle Storm W 76 - 62
2008-06-26 vs Washington Mystics L 74 - 77
2008-07-01 vs New York Liberty L 78 - 89
2008-07-03 vs Minnesota Lynx L 70 - 88
2008-07-06 vs Phoenix Mercury W 91 - 80
2008-07-09 vs Houston Comets W 82 - 74
2008-07-10 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 69 - 87
2008-07-12 @ Seattle Storm L 52 - 70
2008-07-14 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 75 - 62
2008-07-17 @ Phoenix Mercury L 92 - 99
2008-07-19 @ Houston Comets L 72 - 75
2008-07-22 @ Detroit Shock W 84 - 81
2008-07-24 @ Connecticut Sun L 61 - 87
2008-07-25 @ New York Liberty L 68 - 69
2008-07-27 @ Minnesota Lynx W 92 - 84
2008-08-28 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 78 - 63
2008-08-30 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 58 - 53
2008-09-01 vs Minnesota Lynx W 82 - 58
2008-09-05 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 58 - 76
2008-09-06 @ Houston Comets W 84 - 66
2008-09-11 vs Atlanta Dream L 72 - 83
2008-09-14 vs Seattle Storm W 65 - 48
2008-09-19 vs Seattle Storm W 77 - 69
2008-09-21 @ Seattle Storm L 50 - 64
2008-09-23 @ Seattle Storm W 71 - 64
2008-09-25 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 85 - 70
2008-09-27 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 66 - 67
2008-09-28 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 72 - 76

2008 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Candace Parker Candace Parker F 38 33.5 17.8 9.5 3.4 1.3 2.2 2.8 13.3 18.2 - - - 51.4 34.4 72.5 - 57.0 52.5
L. Leslie L. Leslie NA 39 30.8 14.9 8.8 2.3 1.5 2.9 3.7 12.1 14.7 - - - 47.4 27.3 66.2 - 52.3 48.1
Billy Collins Billy Collins - 36 31.4 13.2 6.3 2.3 1.1 0.6 3.1 10.7 9.7 - - - 46.9 36.3 76.4 - 55.0 51.2
S. Baker S. Baker NA 1 19.0 12.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 9.0 - - - 60.0 0 100.0 - 78.5 60.0
M. Ferdinand-Harris M. Ferdinand-Harris G 39 19.6 8.3 2.6 1.5 0.7 0.1 1.3 7.4 4.5 - - - 36.9 28.6 90.5 - 48.3 39.7
P. Stojakovic P. Stojakovic - 1 13.0 6.0 1.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 5.0 - - - 50.0 0.0 0 - 50.0 50.0
T. Johnson T. Johnson G 28 16.9 5.3 1.9 3.3 1.0 0.1 1.9 5.1 4.6 - - - 39.6 11.8 73.3 - 45.5 40.3
S. Spencer S. Spencer NA 36 12.4 5.1 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.7 4.6 3.1 - - - 40.6 39.8 94.7 - 53.4 50.6
Tony Stockman Tony Stockman - 35 15.1 5.0 1.7 1.9 0.5 0.0 1.1 4.5 3.4 - - - 37.1 37.1 91.4 - 50.5 45.3
Dierdre Tyus Dierdre Tyus - 33 13.4 4.8 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 4.9 1.7 - - - 36.6 27.7 76.0 - 46.5 43.8
S. Bobbitt S. Bobbitt G 31 20.5 4.3 2.3 3.5 1.0 0.0 2.2 5.3 3.6 - - - 27.4 29.5 65.4 - 37.9 35.4
K. Gissendanner K. Gissendanner NA 3 11.3 2.7 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 3.0 2.0 - - - 33.3 40.0 0 - 44.4 44.4
M. Dydek M. Dydek NA 2 5.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 - - - 50.0 0 0 - 50.0 50.0
T. Fluker T. Fluker NA 1 11.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 - - - 25.0 0 0 - 25.0 25.0
Sirelle Wilkerson Sirelle Wilkerson - 20 7.3 1.9 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.9 1.9 - - - 38.5 28.6 50.0 - 42.6 41.0
A. Jacobs A. Jacobs NA 4 10.5 1.8 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.2 -0.8 - - - 22.2 33.3 100.0 - 35.4 27.8
M. Page M. Page NA 30 6.7 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.7 1.3 - - - 33.3 25.0 64.3 - 39.4 35.3
J. Moore J. Moore F 35 9.3 1.4 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.6 1.6 - - - 32.7 0 72.2 - 38.9 32.7

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