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Phoenix Mercury

Also known as: Phoenix Mercury
Program History

2008 Team Stats (36 games)

86.7
PPG
88.5
Opp
-0.4
Margin
43.3%
FG%
33.1%
3P%
83.0%
FT%
35.2
RPG
16.5
APG
14.0
TO
95.1
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 → 1017 (#8) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 993 (#10) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.1 More → -0.1 (#8) HCA +3.1
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.485 (#8) -

2008 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2008-05-04 @ Connecticut Sun L 66 - 94
2008-05-11 vs Atlanta Dream W 97 - 84
2008-05-17 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 94 - 99
2008-05-20 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 76 - 81
2008-05-22 vs Seattle Storm L 83 - 87
2008-05-31 @ Minnesota Lynx L 83 - 94
2008-06-03 vs Washington Mystics W 98 - 93
2008-06-06 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 85 - 79
2008-06-11 @ Seattle Storm L 77 - 83
2008-06-14 vs Detroit Shock L 79 - 89
2008-06-18 vs Connecticut Sun W 102 - 81
2008-06-20 vs Chicago Sky W 112 - 105
2008-06-22 @ New York Liberty L 72 - 105
2008-06-24 @ Washington Mystics W 98 - 90
2008-06-26 @ Chicago Sky W 89 - 79
2008-06-29 @ Connecticut Sun W 87 - 80
2008-07-01 @ Atlanta Dream W 97 - 79
2008-07-05 vs New York Liberty L 83 - 93
2008-07-06 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 80 - 91
2008-07-08 vs Houston Comets W 99 - 94
2008-07-10 @ Seattle Storm L 78 - 89
2008-07-12 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 97 - 105
2008-07-15 vs San Antonio Silver Stars L 87 - 97
2008-07-17 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 99 - 92
2008-07-19 vs Atlanta Dream W 110 - 84
2008-07-22 @ Houston Comets L 92 - 94
2008-07-24 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 74 - 83
2008-07-25 vs Seattle Storm W 94 - 80
2008-07-27 vs Indiana Fever L 84 - 88
2008-08-28 vs San Antonio Silver Stars L 55 - 77
2008-09-03 vs Minnesota Lynx W 103 - 96
2008-09-05 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 81 - 69
2008-09-07 vs Houston Comets W 99 - 74
2008-09-09 @ Detroit Shock L 78 - 89
2008-09-12 @ Minnesota Lynx W 96 - 87
2008-09-14 @ Indiana Fever L 89 - 103

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%
D. Taurasi D. Taurasi G 35 29.9 23.5 4.9 3.5 1.3 1.3 2.4 16.6 15.6 - - - 44.7 36.3 87.0 -0.19 59.8 52.4
C. Pondexter C. Pondexter G 32 30.4 21.2 3.7 4.2 1.2 0.2 2.9 17.7 9.9 - - - 41.3 31.3 84.6 - 51.8 44.9
Zach Williams Zach Williams - 1 16.0 12.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 8.0 3.0 - - - 62.5 50.0 0 - 75.0 75.0
Scott Hazelton Scott Hazelton - 26 27.8 11.2 6.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.6 10.7 9.1 - - - 42.2 35.4 86.7 - 48.9 45.3
S. Nash S. Nash - 35 23.0 10.0 6.0 0.9 0.7 0.2 1.3 7.1 9.3 - - - 57.0 17.9 74.4 - 61.4 58.0
L. Owens L. Owens NA 1 16.0 10.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 5.0 8.0 4.0 - - - 50.0 66.7 0 - 62.5 62.5
K. Miller K. Miller G 34 26.7 8.3 4.4 4.0 0.6 0.1 2.5 7.7 7.2 - - - 40.8 38.5 84.5 - 49.2 44.7
A. Lewis A. Lewis NA 1 18.0 8.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 13.0 0.0 - - - 15.4 0.0 100.0 - 27.1 15.4
K. Mazzante K. Mazzante NA 35 17.6 6.2 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.6 6.2 3.4 - - - 35.2 34.1 83.3 - 49.6 49.1
B. Smith B. Smith NA 10 11.1 4.9 4.2 1.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 3.5 6.1 - - - 57.1 0 69.2 - 60.2 57.1
Jeff Hagen Jeff Hagen - 28 12.2 4.6 3.5 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.9 3.4 6.0 - - - 45.7 0 82.4 - 55.0 45.7
B. Farris B. Farris F 34 15.0 3.6 3.9 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.8 4.6 - - - 48.9 0 69.8 - 54.0 48.9
A. Quigley A. Quigley G 9 8.9 3.0 1.2 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.7 4.1 0.7 - - - 32.4 18.2 50.0 - 35.6 35.1
Y. Oga Y. Oga F 21 7.1 2.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 1.0 2.7 0.8 - - - 35.7 0.0 94.1 - 44.1 35.7
L. Hunter L. Hunter - 6 10.5 2.7 3.2 0.5 0.2 1.0 1.0 3.7 2.8 - - - 36.4 0 0 - 36.4 36.4
W. Crockett W. Crockett NA 6 7.8 2.2 2.5 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.8 3.7 - - - 45.5 0 60.0 - 49.2 45.5
J. Derevjanik J. Derevjanik NA 16 7.7 1.1 1.4 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.3 2.9 - - - 33.3 12.5 50.0 - 38.1 35.7

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