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

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Shyra Ely	200.00	180.91
Lauren Jackson	158.09	157.05
Sheryl Swoopes	141.69	145.80
Ashley Robinson	124.17	113.64
Sue Bird	106.92	99.17

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

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Elaine Powell	201.42	195.96
LaToya Thomas	200.00	186.66
Sheri Sam	157.52	156.98
Kara Braxton	116.75	99.28
Katie Smith	105.87	84.89

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