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Los Angeles Sparks

Also known as: Los Angeles Sparks
Program History

2018 Team Stats (2 games)

69.5
PPG
76.7
Opp
+1.4
Margin
38.6%
FG%
31.7%
3P%
80.0%
FT%
28.0
RPG
15.0
APG
11.5
TO
84.1
Pace

Model Outputs

2018
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 → 992 (#7) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1033 (#7) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.0 More → +2.8 (#9) HCA +2.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.560 (#7) -

2018 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2018-05-07 @ Connecticut Sun L 65 - 68
2018-05-08 @ New York Liberty L 75 - 81
2018-05-12 vs CHINA W 82 - 61
2018-05-20 @ Minnesota Lynx W 77 - 76
2018-05-22 @ Indiana Fever W 87 - 70
2018-05-24 @ Connecticut Sun L 94 - 102
2018-05-27 vs Phoenix Mercury W 80 - 72
2018-06-03 vs Minnesota Lynx W 77 - 69
2018-06-07 vs Seattle Storm L 63 - 88
2018-06-10 vs Chicago Sky W 77 - 59
2018-06-12 vs Atlanta Dream W 72 - 64
2018-06-15 @ Washington Mystics W 97 - 86
2018-06-17 @ Chicago Sky W 81 - 72
2018-06-19 vs Indiana Fever W 74 - 55
2018-06-22 @ Dallas Wings L 72 - 101
2018-06-24 vs New York Liberty W 80 - 54
2018-06-26 vs Dallas Wings W 87 - 83
2018-06-28 @ Seattle Storm L 72 - 81
2018-06-29 @ Las Vegas Aces L 78 - 94
2018-07-01 vs Las Vegas Aces W 87 - 71
2018-07-03 vs Connecticut Sun L 72 - 73
2018-07-05 @ Minnesota Lynx L 72 - 83
2018-07-07 vs Washington Mystics L 74 - 83
2018-07-10 @ Seattle Storm W 77 - 75
2018-07-12 vs Dallas Wings L 77 - 92
2018-07-15 @ Las Vegas Aces W 99 - 78
2018-07-20 vs Indiana Fever L 76 - 78
2018-07-22 @ Chicago Sky W 93 - 76
2018-07-24 vs Atlanta Dream L 71 - 81
2018-08-02 vs Minnesota Lynx W 79 - 57
2018-08-05 vs Phoenix Mercury W 78 - 75
2018-08-08 @ New York Liberty W 82 - 81
2018-08-09 @ Atlanta Dream L 73 - 79
2018-08-12 @ Phoenix Mercury L 78 - 86
2018-08-14 vs New York Liberty W 74 - 66
2018-08-17 @ Washington Mystics L 67 - 69
2018-08-19 @ Connecticut Sun L 86 - 89
2018-08-21 vs Minnesota Lynx W 75 - 68
2018-08-23 @ Washington Mystics L 64 - 96

2018 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 34 30.1 17.0 7.9 4.6 1.4 1.0 2.9 13.2 15.7 - - - 46.0 33.6 81.2 -0.85 56.0 50.7
Nneka Ogwumike Nneka Ogwumike F 29 31.1 15.3 6.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 1.6 11.8 12.6 - - - 51.8 34.6 80.4 -0.71 57.5 53.1
Chelsea Gray Chelsea Gray G 37 32.5 15.0 3.5 5.2 1.3 0.2 2.3 11.9 11.1 - - - 47.7 39.5 83.3 -1.46 56.9 52.8
S. Thomas S. Thomas - 3 19.7 9.3 4.7 0.3 0.7 0.3 1.3 8.3 5.7 - - - 52.0 0 50.0 - 52.3 52.0
Odyssey Sims Odyssey Sims G 36 25.0 8.0 2.5 2.7 0.6 0.0 1.4 7.7 4.8 - - - 38.8 28.1 72.8 -0.38 46.4 41.7
Kim Williams Kim Williams G 36 17.2 7.5 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.6 6.4 3.6 - - - 41.0 37.7 81.2 - 55.3 53.1
J. Stackhouse J. Stackhouse - 39 23.1 7.4 2.8 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.7 7.1 4.6 - - - 41.5 33.9 87.0 - 50.7 48.9
M. Bass M. Bass F 3 19.0 5.7 3.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 3.7 6.7 - - - 54.5 0 71.4 - 60.4 54.5
C. Pondexter C. Pondexter G 16 13.1 5.5 1.4 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.7 5.3 2.6 - - - 37.6 0.0 88.9 - 45.4 37.6
Jantel Lavender Jantel Lavender - 32 16.9 5.2 3.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 1.0 5.3 4.0 - - - 43.2 22.2 90.0 -0.06 47.2 44.4
A. Beard A. Beard G 33 25.2 4.2 3.2 1.6 1.5 0.2 0.7 4.4 5.5 - - - 40.3 40.0 79.2 - 44.3 41.0
K. Jensen K. Jensen - 3 15.7 3.7 4.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 6.0 2.3 - - - 27.8 25.0 0 - 30.6 30.6
M. Kliundikova M. Kliundikova F 26 7.9 3.6 2.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.9 3.5 - - - 53.3 33.3 75.0 - 57.9 56.0
B. McCarty-Williams B. McCarty-Williams - 3 13.7 2.7 1.0 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.0 2.7 3.0 - - - 25.0 0.0 80.0 - 39.2 25.0
K. Samuelson K. Samuelson G 24 5.9 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.8 - - - 52.9 41.7 100.0 - 68.8 67.6
K. Westbeld K. Westbeld F 3 8.3 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.7 - - - 50.0 0 100.0 - 69.4 50.0
Sydney Wiese Sydney Wiese G 15 7.1 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.8 0.7 - - - 25.9 20.0 0.0 - 32.3 33.3
T. Reimer T. Reimer - 2 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
G. Ortiz G. Ortiz - 2 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 2.0 -2.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

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