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Phoenix Mercury

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Also known as: Phoenix Mercury
Program History

2009 Team Stats (47 games)

92.0
PPG
88.0
Opp
+4.0
Margin
46.1%
FG%
38.6%
3P%
84.7%
FT%
34.4
RPG
18.0
APG
13.5
TO
94.5
Pace

Model Outputs

2009
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 → 1187 (#1) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1126 (#1) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.8 More → +3.8 (#2) HCA +3.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.653 (#2) -

2009 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2009-05-27 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 74 - 70
2009-05-30 vs Seattle Storm W 61 - 58
2009-06-06 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 90 - 79
2009-06-10 vs New York Liberty W 91 - 84
2009-06-12 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 71 - 90
2009-06-13 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 115 - 104
2009-06-17 vs Minnesota Lynx W 104 - 80
2009-06-19 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 89 - 80
2009-06-21 vs Seattle Storm L 84 - 93
2009-06-23 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 87 - 91
2009-06-25 @ Washington Mystics W 93 - 87
2009-06-27 @ Minnesota Lynx L 80 - 109
2009-07-01 vs Seattle Storm W 93 - 81
2009-07-05 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 104 - 89
2009-07-08 vs Chicago Sky W 90 - 70
2009-07-11 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 107 - 105
2009-07-15 vs Sacramento Monarchs W 100 - 81
2009-07-18 vs Detroit Shock W 97 - 90
2009-07-22 vs Minnesota Lynx L 86 - 99
2009-07-26 @ New York Liberty W 94 - 88
2009-07-28 @ Connecticut Sun W 95 - 80
2009-07-30 @ Atlanta Dream L 76 - 106
2009-08-01 @ Minnesota Lynx W 87 - 74
2009-08-04 @ Seattle Storm W 101 - 90
2009-08-08 vs Indiana Fever L 83 - 90
2009-08-13 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 95 - 83
2009-08-15 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 89 - 106
2009-08-18 @ Chicago Sky W 106 - 99
2009-08-21 vs Washington Mystics L 81 - 91
2009-08-27 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 98 - 90
2009-08-29 vs Connecticut Sun W 95 - 84
2009-09-01 @ Detroit Shock L 99 - 101
2009-09-02 @ Indiana Fever W 106 - 90
2009-09-05 vs Atlanta Dream W 100 - 82
2009-09-10 @ Seattle Storm W 92 - 84
2009-09-13 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 78 - 81
2009-09-17 @ San Antonio Silver Stars L 91 - 92
2009-09-19 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 106 - 78
2009-09-21 vs San Antonio Silver Stars W 100 - 92
2009-09-23 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 103 - 94
2009-09-25 vs Los Angeles Sparks L 76 - 87
2009-09-26 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 85 - 74
2009-09-29 vs Indiana Fever W 120 - 116
2009-10-01 vs Indiana Fever L 84 - 93
2009-10-04 @ Indiana Fever L 85 - 86
2009-10-07 @ Indiana Fever W 90 - 77
2009-10-09 vs Indiana Fever W 94 - 86

2009 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 44 31.2 20.1 5.6 3.5 1.0 1.3 2.7 14.3 14.6 - - - 45.5 38.7 89.5 -0.32 60.7 54.2
C. Pondexter C. Pondexter G 47 30.8 18.3 4.0 4.7 0.9 0.3 2.3 14.7 11.1 - - - 45.9 32.7 88.3 - 55.3 49.7
P. Taylor P. Taylor F 25 21.8 12.4 2.9 2.8 0.9 0.2 1.7 8.0 9.3 - - - 49.3 44.6 87.9 - 63.4 55.5
D. Bonner D. Bonner F 47 20.2 10.5 5.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.9 7.7 9.0 - - - 46.0 11.8 81.5 - 55.2 46.3
Scott Hazelton Scott Hazelton - 47 26.5 9.7 5.4 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.0 8.3 9.2 - - - 46.8 46.6 79.5 - 56.3 54.8
S. Nash S. Nash - 47 21.1 9.2 4.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.3 6.9 7.0 - - - 52.9 10.0 83.0 - 58.3 53.1
T. Johnson T. Johnson G 47 25.7 9.1 3.1 4.1 0.8 0.1 2.1 7.9 7.2 - - - 43.4 44.1 83.9 - 53.5 50.4
L. Koehn L. Koehn G 2 15.0 7.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.0 1.5 - - - 41.7 41.7 0 - 62.5 62.5
N. Ohlde N. Ohlde NA 32 14.3 4.3 2.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.2 2.9 4.3 - - - 55.9 0 66.7 - 59.8 55.9
A. Quigley A. Quigley G 8 7.5 3.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.9 2.2 2.1 - - - 55.6 75.0 66.7 -0.55 72.5 72.2
K. Mazzante K. Mazzante NA 36 13.2 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 3.1 1.9 - - - 34.8 34.0 100.0 - 50.3 49.6
S. Brooks S. Brooks NA 2 10.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 0.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 3.5 - - - 16.7 25.0 50.0 - 34.7 25.0
K. Swanier K. Swanier G 42 11.4 2.7 1.5 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.3 2.7 2.2 - - - 35.7 34.1 88.9 - 46.0 42.2
Y. Oga Y. Oga F 2 11.0 2.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 -2.5 - - - 25.0 0.0 0 - 25.0 25.0
A. Bales A. Bales NA 2 12.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 4.0 - - - 0.0 0 100.0 - 72.5 0.0
B. Smith B. Smith NA 24 7.8 1.5 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.5 - - - 54.2 0 76.9 - 60.6 54.2

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