Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Halfway through the WNBA season here are the best and worst lineups with at least 10 minutes of floor time for the Storm (+/- per 40 minutes of game time)...

BEST

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse +21.84
Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Edwards +18.80
Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse +16.69
Zara-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Edwards +16.69
Bird-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Burse +14.23
Bird-Lennox-Jackson-Stevenson-Burse +10.75
Bird-Lennox-Thompson-Batkovic-Burse +7.82
Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse +3.74
Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic +1.80
Bird-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Batkovic +0.00

WORST
Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse -5.34
Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic -7.49
Bird-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse -11.65
Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic -16.07
Zara-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Burse -31.76
Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic -35.79

Top Ten Most Used Lineups

Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse 139 minutes +16.69
Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse 42 minutes +3.74
Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic 40 minutes -35.79
Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Edwards 23 minutes +18.80
Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse 22 minutes -5.34
Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic 19 minutes -16.07
Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic 17 minutes +1.80
Bird-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Burse 16 minutes +14.23
Bird-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse 13 minutes -11.65
Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse 12 minutes +21.84

The season was stalling at this point...they were under .500 at 8-9 and were due one more loss before they went on a major winning streak. Coach Donovan utilized 109 different lineups throughout these first 17 games. The 12-5 run for the second half ensured them a playoff berth and likely will shift the numbers above significantly. Vodo has yet to log many minutes, however all her lineups are positive at this point, with two of them at +50 points per 40 minutes.

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