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Phoenix Mercury

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Also known as: Phoenix Mercury
Program History

2018 Team Stats (7 games)

89.6
PPG
83.3
Opp
+2.1
Margin
50.3%
FG%
32.2%
3P%
78.1%
FT%
34.7
RPG
20.3
APG
10.4
TO
86.9
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 → 1108 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1078 (#5) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.0 More → +5.2 (#4) HCA +2.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.587 (#5) -

2018 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2018-05-08 @ Seattle Storm L 69 - 73
2018-05-12 vs Seattle Storm L 61 - 84
2018-05-18 vs Dallas Wings W 86 - 78
2018-05-20 @ Seattle Storm W 87 - 82
2018-05-23 vs Seattle Storm L 71 - 87
2018-05-27 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 72 - 80
2018-05-30 vs Washington Mystics L 95 - 103
2018-06-01 @ Minnesota Lynx W 95 - 85
2018-06-03 @ Atlanta Dream W 78 - 71
2018-06-05 @ New York Liberty W 80 - 74
2018-06-08 vs Chicago Sky W 96 - 79
2018-06-10 vs Las Vegas Aces W 72 - 66
2018-06-12 @ Dallas Wings W 75 - 72
2018-06-16 vs Connecticut Sun W 89 - 72
2018-06-17 @ Las Vegas Aces W 92 - 80
2018-06-22 vs Minnesota Lynx L 72 - 83
2018-06-24 @ Chicago Sky L 88 - 97
2018-06-26 @ New York Liberty W 83 - 69
2018-06-29 @ Indiana Fever W 95 - 77
2018-06-30 @ Washington Mystics W 84 - 74
2018-07-05 vs Connecticut Sun W 84 - 77
2018-07-08 @ Atlanta Dream L 70 - 76
2018-07-10 @ Dallas Wings L 72 - 101
2018-07-13 @ Connecticut Sun L 87 - 91
2018-07-15 @ Indiana Fever W 101 - 82
2018-07-19 vs Las Vegas Aces L 82 - 85
2018-07-21 vs Minnesota Lynx L 75 - 80
2018-07-25 vs Chicago Sky L 87 - 101
2018-07-31 vs Seattle Storm L 91 - 102
2018-08-01 @ Las Vegas Aces W 104 - 93
2018-08-05 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 75 - 78
2018-08-07 vs Washington Mystics L 98 - 103
2018-08-10 vs Indiana Fever W 94 - 74
2018-08-12 vs Los Angeles Sparks W 86 - 78
2018-08-17 vs Atlanta Dream W 104 - 95
2018-08-19 vs New York Liberty W 96 - 85
2018-08-21 vs Dallas Wings W 101 - 83
2018-08-23 @ Connecticut Sun W 96 - 86
2018-08-26 @ Seattle Storm L 87 - 91
2018-08-28 @ Seattle Storm L 87 - 91
2018-08-31 vs Seattle Storm W 86 - 66
2018-09-02 vs Seattle Storm W 86 - 84
2018-09-04 @ Seattle Storm L 84 - 94

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%
B. Griner B. Griner C 42 32.9 20.5 7.7 2.2 0.5 2.5 2.2 14.3 17.0 - - - 56.0 25.0 79.7 - 61.2 56.1
D. Taurasi D. Taurasi G 41 30.6 20.4 3.7 5.4 0.9 0.3 2.5 13.9 14.3 - - - 44.9 38.7 91.1 -0.31 63.3 56.6
D. Bonner D. Bonner F 43 33.3 18.0 7.6 3.0 1.3 0.5 1.7 14.1 14.7 - - - 46.5 30.4 87.1 - 57.1 52.1
D. Nowitzki D. Nowitzki - 19 23.1 7.6 5.6 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.9 6.2 8.8 - - - 52.5 0.0 87.5 - 56.4 52.5
A. Prince A. Prince F 2 18.5 7.5 3.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 6.5 5.5 - - - 46.2 16.7 66.7 -0.41 52.4 50.0
B. January B. January Forward 42 28.0 6.8 2.2 3.3 0.7 0.1 1.4 5.8 5.9 - - - 40.3 42.7 78.6 0.84 54.5 51.9
A. Harden A. Harden G 2 25.0 6.5 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 6.0 2.0 - - - 41.7 66.7 50.0 - 50.5 50.0
Emma Cannon Emma Cannon F 2 14.5 5.0 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.0 1.0 - - - 62.5 0 0.0 1.32 59.2 62.5
Yvonne Turner Yvonne Turner G 39 14.6 4.6 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.7 4.3 3.7 - - - 39.1 29.5 64.5 1.25 49.3 47.3
I. Wright I. Wright - 3 11.0 4.3 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 5.7 -0.3 - - - 23.5 16.7 57.1 - 32.4 26.5
Stephanie Talbot Stephanie Talbot F 37 16.0 4.0 2.4 1.4 0.5 0.3 1.0 3.1 4.6 - - - 45.1 37.3 85.7 0.24 59.0 54.9
L. Mitchell L. Mitchell Forward 38 13.3 3.9 1.2 2.0 0.4 0.2 1.0 3.8 2.8 - - - 35.9 32.3 85.7 0.19 48.6 46.6
C. Little C. Little F 39 15.7 2.8 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 2.9 2.9 - - - 32.1 23.5 78.4 - 42.5 35.7
A. Robinson A. Robinson F 28 9.7 2.6 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.9 3.6 - - - 49.1 50.0 86.4 - 57.4 50.0
C. Nelson C. Nelson - 1 23.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 - - - 0.0 0 100.0 - 34.7 0.0
C. White C. White - 1 15.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 - - - 25.0 0.0 0 - 25.0 25.0
M. Guelich M. Guelich - 25 6.1 1.9 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.6 1.2 - - - 51.2 0 60.0 - 52.9 51.2
D. Peters D. Peters F 7 7.3 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 2.3 0.7 - - - 31.2 0.0 0 - 31.2 31.2

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