Saturday, June 07, 2008

Game Nine: Storm vs. Shock 7 June, 2008

The +/- numbers for Detroit were changed to reflect differences in the play by plays from ESPN.com (which I used Saturday night since the W's was not yet posted) and WNBA.com. While the Storm substitutions and scores were the same, the Shocks times and scores were different in several places resulting in miscalculated free throw assignments. Thanks to pd_swanson for pointing this out. The biggest victim was Alexis Hornbuckle who went from a 0 on ESPN to a +4 on WNBA.com.

Seattle lost the rebounding battle in a big way, but strong shooting, lack of turnovers and a wretched shooting night for Detroit saved the day and kept the Storm unbeaten in Key Arena this season. I never got the chance to make the sign I wanted for the game tonight...but it would have read...

"Bill- In Seattle, we know that Cash is money." Even though Swin had her second off shooting night, she still contributed in a lot of ways with rebounds, assists and defense.

Storm
Most Effective Shooters



Player

True Shooting Percentage

Effective FG%

Floor Percentage

Points

Shyra Ely

100%

100%

100%

2

Lauren Jackson

91%

86%

72%

24

Yolanda Griffith

79%

75%

49%

7

Sheryl Swoopes

75%

75%

74%

15

Tanisha Wright

67%

67%

31%

4






Top Ratings

PlayerOffensive RatingIndividual Rating
Shyra Ely200.00180.91
Lauren Jackson158.09157.05
Sheryl Swoopes141.69145.80
Ashley Robinson124.17113.64
Sue Bird106.9299.17


Raw Plus/Minus

Sheryl Swoopes: +19
Lauren Jackson: +14
Yolanda Griffith: +9
Sue Bird: +8
Swin Cash: +8
Kimberly Beck: 0
Katie Gearlds: -2
Shyra Ely: -3
Tanisha Wright: -6
Ashley Robinson:-7

Most Effective Lineups

Bird-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson-Griffith: +16
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: +5

Shock
Most Effective Shooters

Player

True Shooting Percentage

Effective FG%

Floor Percentage

Points

Elaine Powell

100%

100%

100%

4

LaToya Thomas

100%

100%

100%

2

Sheri Sam

83%

83%

63%

5

Kara Braxton

59%

38%

55%

14

Plenette Pierson

51%

43%

47%

9

Tasha Humphrey

50%

50%

52%

2






Top Ratings

PlayerOffensive RatingIndividual Rating
Elaine Powell201.42195.96
LaToya Thomas200.00186.66
Sheri Sam157.52156.98
Kara Braxton116.7599.28
Katie Smith105.8784.89


Raw Plus/Minus

Alexis Hornbuckle: +4
LaToya Thomas: +4
Plenette Pierson: +2
Sheri Sam: +1
Kara Braxton: 0
Tasha Humphrey: -3
Deanna Nolan: -5
Olayinka Sanni: -7
Katie Smith: -9
Elaine Powell:-11
Cheryl Ford: -16




Most Effective Lineups



Smith-Hornbuckle-Nolan-Pierson-Braxton: +7
Powell-Nolan-Sam-Pierson-Braxton: +4
Hornbuckle-Powell-Sam-Thomas-Humphrey: +2

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