Candice Wiggins was truly shocked by the love she got from the crowd during introductions. I think Seattle fans are just so overjoyed to have our WNBA team and are appreciating the fact that we get to watch these women play live in our city, that we are simply giddy. I have noticed a lot more cheering for opposing teams during intros this season. The loss of the Sonics just made us realize how close we came to losing the chance to have the WNBA here that we are more appreciative of what we have now.
Storm
Most Effective Shooters
Player | True Shooting Percentage | Effective FG% | Floor Percentage | Points |
| Kelly Santos | 90% | 100% | 68% | 6 |
| Tanisha Wright | 80% | 83% | 60% | 11 |
| Lauren Jackson | 74% | 73% | 57% | 12 |
| Katie Gearlds | 72% | 73% | 52% | 17 |
| Camille Little | 61% | 50% | 70% | 6 |
Sue, Swin and Sheryl all had true shooting percentages over 50% as well. Sheryl had a solid 70% floor percentage. The only Storm players who did not shoot well were Shyra (she was 0-3), Yolanda and Kristin (neither took a single shot.) When every player taking shots except one shoots better than 50% overall, losing is not really likely. Katie has had two games in a row making the top 5 with a TS% better than 50%.
Top Ratings
| Player | Offensive Rating | Individual Rating |
| Camille Little | 152.56 | 129.62 |
| Kelly Santos | 135.22 | 136.58 |
| Katie Gearlds | 129.07 | 129.27 |
| Lauren Jackson | 123.49 | 127.81 |
| Swin Cash | 123.43 | 100.03 |
Wright, Bird, and Swoopes also had offensive ratings greater than 100. Little is bullying Ely right out of the rotation.
Raw Plus/Minus
Sheryl Swoopes: +25
Katie Gearlds: +24
Lauren Jackson: +23
Sue Bird: +21
Tanisha Wright: +14
Swin Cash: +11
Camille Little: +4
Shyra Ely: +4
Yolanda Griffith: 0
Kelly Santos: 0
Kristin O'Neil: -1
Most Effective Lineups
Bird-Gearlds-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: +10
Bird-Wright-Gearlds-Swoopes-Jackson: +7
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Jackson-Griffith: +5
There were five +2 lineups:
Bird-Wright-Gearlds-Cash-Jackson
Wright-Gearlds-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Little-Jackson
Bird-Gearlds-Cash-Ely-Little
Wright-Gearlds-Cash-Ely-Little
Lynx
Most Effective Shooters
Player | True Shooting Percentage | Effective FG% | Floor Percentage | Points |
| Noelle Quinn | 90% | 83% | 51% | 7 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 83% | 83% | 42% | 5 |
| Seimone Augustus | 67% | 65% | 64% | 14 |
| Candice Wiggins | 63% | 50% | 55% | 14 |
| Nikki Anosike | 68% | 57% | 77% | 15 |
LaToya Thomas and Nicole Ohlde also had TS%'s greater than 50%. Nikki Anosike was tremendous...she is really blossoming as a pro, freed to show her game was better than what Tennessee needed from her.
Top Ratings
| Player | Offensive Rating | Individual Rating |
| Nikki Anosike | 155.53 | 133.00 |
| Seimone Augustus | 140.22 | 124.18 |
| Noelle Quinn | 123.68 | 125.57 |
| Candice Wiggins | 115.53 | 101.85 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 104.71 | 111.03 |
Nicole Ohlde also had a 100.75 offensive rating. With six player performing well you would think the game would have been closer. The Storm had more possessions, but their defensive rebounding was amazing making it hard for the Lynx to score off misses.
Raw Plus/Minus
Vanessa Hayden: -1
Anna DeForge: -4
Nikki Anosike: -6
LaToya Thomas: -8
Charde Houston: -11
Noelle Quinn: -12
Lindsey Harding: -13
Nicole Ohlde: -14
Candice Wiggins: -18
Kristen Rasmussen: -18
Seimone Augustus: -20
Is having Harding back hurting the Lynx?
Most Effective Lineups
Quinn-Wiggins-Augustus-Ohlde-Anosike: +6
Harding-Wiggins-Houston-Thomas-Hayden: +1
2 comments:
I think some of the cheering for opposing players has to do with the increased popularity of the college game in the last few years,with more teams getting national exposure and rankings. This probably translates to people being more familiar with the newer players in the league.
That certainly could be a contributing factor.
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