Game Thirty-Four: Storm @ Sparks 14 September, 2008

This was perhaps the worst WNBA game I have sat through in years. It was precisely the sort of nationally televised game that fans the fires of those who enjoy making fun of the league. While the game didn't really count for either team (other than Seattle losing potential home court against Detroit in the Finals due to Detroit's better conference record)it was still a splotch on the WNBA given that this was a nationally televised game.


Storm
Most Effective Shooters

Player	True Shooting Percentage	Effective FG%	Floor Percentage	Points
Kimberly Beck	90%	100%	57%	7
Shyra Ely	73%	73%	52%	16
Camille Little	57%	57%	36%	8

Yuck.  No one else even got to 30%.

Top Ratings

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Kimberly Beck	143.58	146.08
Shyra Ely	119.42	112.83

No one else even made it to a 75.

Raw Plus Minus
Kristin O'Neill: +1
Sue Bird: -6
Yolanda Griffith: -6
Ashley Robinson: -7
Kelly Santos: -7
Shyra Ely: -10
Tanisha Wrightl: -12
Katie Gearlds: -13
Camille Little: -14

Most Effective Lineups
Wright-Gearlds-Ely-Santos-Robinson: +4
Beck-Gearlds-Ely-Little-Santos: +2

Sparks

Most Effective Shooters

Player	True Shooting Percentage	Effective FG%	Floor Percentage	Points
Delisha Milton-Jones	75%	75%	62%	12
Sidney Spencer	69%	69%	65%	11
Candace Parker	60%	57%	48%	9

Top Ratings

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Sidney Spencer	140.66	128.23
Delisha Milton-Jones	124.31	117.44

Raw Plus Minus
Kiesha Brown: +14
Candace Parker: +13
Lisa Leslie: +11
Delisha Milton-Jones: +11
Shannon Bobbitt: +9
Jessica Moore: +9
Temeka Johnson: +8
Muriel Page: +8
Sidney Spencer: +3
Marie Ferdinand-Harris: +3

Most Effective Lineups
Bobbitt-Brown-Milton-Parker-Leslie: +11
Johnson-Ferdinand-Spencer-Page-Moore: +10

LA really didn't play that well either, and they only had two lineups do serious damage to the Storm.  That won't get it done in the playoffs either.  It should be an interesting first round match up.

I will start posting season numbers on Friday since I hit the road this week for the first time in quite a while.  If I have a chance, I will post earlier.