Round 1, Game 2: 2008 WNBA Playoffs Storm vs. Sparks

I have been really delinquent getting things posted. I had a crazy week with depositions, my boss taking a new job, and data on game 2 that I simply couldn't get to jive. Fortunately Paul Swanson was able to help me find the bad piece of data and I was able to move on.

Since the Storm have already been eliminated, I will skip to the numbers and avoid useless commentary.


Storm
Most Effective Shooters

Player	True Shooting Percentage	Effective FG%	Floor Percentage	Points
Ashley Robinson	80%	100%	91%	3
Camille Little	75%	58%	38%	13
Sheryl Swoopes	68%	60%	50%	16
Katie Gearlds	50%	50%	53%	2

It is really amazing how low scoring this game was.


Top Ratings

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Ashley Robinson	184.71	166.48
Sheryl Swoopes	121.02	110.30
Katie Gearlds	106.13	88.10

Looking at these numbers it is now clear to me why LA won Game 3. Defensively all they had to do was put some added focus of Sheryl Swoopes, because no one else was offensively productive.

Raw Plus Minus
Tanisha Wright: +22
Sue Bird: +18
Sheryl Swoopes: +15
Yolanda Griffith: +14
Camille Little: +10
Katie Gearlds: +8
Ashley Robinson: +3
Shyra Ely: -1
Kimberly Beck: -6
Swin Cash: -11


Most Effective Lineups
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Little-Griffith: +19
Bird-Wright-Gearlds-Little-Robinson: +9
Bird-Wright-Cash-Robinson-Griffith: +3

Sparks

Most Effective Shooters

Player	True Shooting Percentage	Effective FG%	Floor Percentage	Points
Shannon Bobbitt	63%	63%	27%	5
Delisha Milton-Jones	51%	44%	37%	10

It is clear that this game was won by the Storm on the defensive end of the floor.

Top Ratings

Player	Offensive Rating	Individual Rating
Candace Parker	96.94	80.42
Marie Ferdinand-Harris	93.10	75.70

Normally players don't make this table with offensive ratings below 100, but I had to lower my standards for this game.

Raw Plus Minus
Jessica Moore: +4
Rafaella Masciadri: +1
Marie Ferdinand-Harris: -2
Sidney Spencer: -3
Temecka Johnson: -4
Muriel Page: -4
Candace Parker: -10
Shannon Bobbitt: -11
Kiesha Brown: -12
Delisha Milton-Jones: -13
Lisa Leslie: -16

Most Effective Lineups
Bobbitt-Masciadri-Milton-Parker-Leslie: +5
Johnson-Ferdinand-Milton-Parker-Moore: +4
Johnson-Ferdinand-Parker-Moore-Leslie: +3