Sunday, July 13, 2008

Game Twenty-One: Storm vs. Sparks 12 July, 2008

How well have the Storm been playing over this stretch?

There are only three current players on the roster with a negative Raw Plus/Minus for the season at this point, Robinson, O'Neil and Santos. They have three starters, Bird, Jackson and Griffith as well as one bench player, Little, with double digit Roland Ratings. A second bench player, Gearlds, is flirting with double digits.

They have two players with greater than 50% and nine players with >40% floor percentages. They have five players with better than 50% true shooting percentages. They have five players with offensive ratings greater than 100 points per 100 possessions.

The crowd was a true lower bowl sellout and the upper bowl sections that were open were filled to the brim. My neighbors bought five tickets on Thursday and ended up being in the last row of the upper bowl.

We had a new announcer and he had some struggles. We will give him a little more time. I don't know if Pittman negotiated out of his contract or if it was a single game replacement.

The Storm dance team seems a little thin, perhaps they have a number of kids on vacation.


Storm

Most Effective Shooters



Player

True Shooting Percentage

Effective FG%

Floor Percentage

Points

Sheryl Swoopes

56%

56%

61%

10

Yolanda Griffith

50%

50%

50%

6

Katie Gearlds

50%

50%

57%

2

Sue Bird

47%

47%

46%

18

Lauren Jackson

45%

35%

44%

14




Top Ratings

PlayerOffensive RatingIndividual Rating
Yolanda Griffith119.6295.23
Sheryl Swoopes118.47103.53
Katie Gearlds113.8189.42
Sue Bird102.8386.51
Lauren Jackson96.4275.38

Raw Plus/Minus
Tanisha Wright: +18
Yolanda Griffith: +17
Sue Bird: +16
Lauren Jackson: +14
Swin Cash: +11
Sheryl Swoopes: +10
Katie Gearlds: +5
Ashley Robinson: +3
Kelly Santos: 0
Shyra Ely: 0
Kristin O'Neil: 0
Camille Little: -4


Most Effective Lineups
Bird-Wright-Cash-Jackson-Griffith: +10
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Cash-Griffith: +6
Bird-Swoopes-Gearlds-Jackson-Griffith: +4

Sparks
Most Effective Shooters


Player

True Shooting Percentage

Effective FG%

Floor Percentage

Points

Christi Thomas

100%

100%

100%

2

Kiesha Brown

100%

100%

46%

2

Delisha Milton-Jones

59%

56%

45%

11

Rafaella Masciadri

52%

50%

59%

3

Candace Parker

43%

43%

37%

14




Top Ratings

PlayerOffensive RatingIndividual Rating
Christi Thomas200.00185.81
Rafaella Masciadri109.9596.20
Delisha Milton-Jones97.3393.92
Kiesha Brown91.8389.52

The Storm's defense was remarkably stifling.

Raw Plus/Minus
Marie Ferdinand-Harris: -1
Amber Jacobs: -5
Rafaella Masciadri: -7
Shannon Bobbitt: -8
Christi Thomas: -9
Delisha Milton-Jones: -11
Kiesha Brown: -11
Sidney Spencer: -12
Lisa Leslie: -13
Candace Parker: -13

Most Effective Lineups
Bobbitt-Ferdinand^Harris-Parker-Milton^Jones-Leslie: +3
Jacobs-Ferdinand^Harris-Spencer-Parker-Leslie: +2

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