1998 WNBA Season

150 regular-season games · 3 playoff teams

Final

Champion

Houston Comets

2nd Title

Last Title: 1997

Runner-Up

Charlotte Sting

1st Appearance

Biggest Overachiever

Detroit Shock

4.43 wins above expected

17 wins · 12.57 expected wins

Biggest Disappointment

Washington Mystics

3.23 wins below expected

3 wins · 6.23 expected wins

Final Standings

Final regular season records. The vsSim column shows actual wins minus the simulation's mean wins - positive values indicate the team overachieved, negative values mean they underperformed.

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	PPG	OPP	DIFF	SimW	vsSim
1	Cleveland Rockers	20	10	.667	-	73.1	70.3	+2.8	17.55	+2.45
2	Charlotte Sting Playoffs	18	12	.600	2	71.4	68.4	+3.1	18.30	-0.30
3	New York Liberty	18	12	.600	2	68.6	65.5	+3.1	16.67	+1.33
4	Detroit Shock	17	13	.567	3	69.6	69.3	+0.3	12.57	+4.43
5	Washington Mystics	3	27	.100	17	65.1	80.5	-15.4	6.23	-3.23

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	PPG	OPP	DIFF	SimW	vsSim
1	Houston Comets League	27	3	.900	-	76.2	63.5	+12.7	24.15	+2.85
2	Phoenix Mercury Playoffs	19	11	.633	8	73.9	67.5	+6.4	19.14	-0.14
3	Los Angeles Sparks	12	18	.400	15	71.6	72.3	-0.7	14.91	-2.91
4	Sacramento Monarchs	8	22	.267	19	63.9	69.4	-5.5	10.65	-2.65
5	Utah Starzz	8	22	.267	19	69.8	76.5	-6.7	9.83	-1.83

Playoff Bracket

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Conference Final

Houston Comets 2

Phoenix Mercury 1

3 games · Aug 27–Sep 1

WNBA Finals

Houston Comets 2

Charlotte Sting 0

2 games · Aug 22–Aug 24

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals. Click on any column header to sort. Luck is the team's actual total minus the simulation's mean. Positive values indicate the team outperformed the expected total; negative values indicate the team was unluckier than expected. Percentile represents where their actual result fell in the simulated distribution.

Team	Conference	Elo	Actual	Avg. Wins	Luck	Percentile	Min	5th	Q1	Median	Q3	95th	Max
Houston Comets	Western	1807	27	24.15	+2.85	95.89%	14	21	23	24	26	27	30
Cleveland Rockers	Eastern	1653	20	17.55	+2.45	88.98%	6	14	16	18	19	21	27
Phoenix Mercury	Western	1627	19	19.14	-0.14	55.50%	8	15	18	19	21	23	28
New York Liberty	Eastern	1604	18	16.67	+1.33	76.59%	5	13	15	17	18	21	27
Detroit Shock	Eastern	1539	17	12.57	+4.43	97.63%	3	9	11	13	14	17	23
Charlotte Sting	Eastern	1500	18	18.30	-0.30	52.85%	7	14	17	18	20	22	28
Los Angeles Sparks	Western	1497	12	14.91	-2.91	16.85%	5	11	13	15	17	19	25
Sacramento Monarchs	Western	1338	8	10.65	-2.65	18.98%	2	7	9	11	12	15	22
Utah Starzz	Western	1293	8	9.83	-1.83	29.28%	1	6	8	10	11	14	23
Washington Mystics	Eastern	1141	3	6.23	-3.23	8.60%	0	3	5	6	8	10	16

Head-to-Head

Cells show each team's record against each opponent with the expected wins from the simulation below Gold-tinted cells indicate the team beat the model's expectations by more than a half-win while navy-tinted cells indicate they fell short by more than a half-win. The first table covers within-division games while the second covers games against teams outside the division.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within Eastern

Team	Sting	Rockers	Shock	Liberty	Mystics
Charlotte Sting	—	1-3 (2.1 exp.)	3-1 (2.9 exp.)	3-1 (2.1 exp.)	4-0 (3.4 exp.)
Cleveland Rockers	3-1 (1.9 exp.)	—	2-2 (2.9 exp.)	3-1 (2.0 exp.)	4-0 (3.4 exp.)
Detroit Shock	1-3 (1.1 exp.)	2-2 (1.1 exp.)	—	2-2 (1.5 exp.)	3-1 (2.6 exp.)
New York Liberty	1-3 (1.9 exp.)	1-3 (2.0 exp.)	2-2 (2.5 exp.)	—	4-0 (3.5 exp.)
Washington Mystics	0-4 (0.6 exp.)	0-4 (0.6 exp.)	1-3 (1.4 exp.)	0-4 (0.5 exp.)	—

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team	Comets	Sparks	Mercury	Monarchs	Starzz
Charlotte Sting	0-3 (0.9 exp.)	1-2 (1.7 exp.)	2-0 (0.8 exp.)	2-1 (2.3 exp.)	2-1 (2.1 exp.)
Cleveland Rockers	1-2 (0.7 exp.)	1-1 (1.1 exp.)	0-3 (1.4 exp.)	3-0 (1.9 exp.)	3-0 (2.2 exp.)
Detroit Shock	0-2 (0.3 exp.)	3-0 (1.5 exp.)	0-3 (0.9 exp.)	3-0 (1.8 exp.)	3-0 (1.8 exp.)
New York Liberty	1-2 (0.9 exp.)	2-1 (1.5 exp.)	3-0 (1.3 exp.)	3-0 (1.8 exp.)	1-1 (1.3 exp.)
Washington Mystics	0-3 (0.1 exp.)	1-2 (0.6 exp.)	0-3 (0.4 exp.)	0-2 (0.7 exp.)	1-2 (1.3 exp.)

Within Western

Team	Comets	Sparks	Mercury	Monarchs	Starzz
Houston Comets	—	4-0 (3.1 exp.)	3-1 (2.9 exp.)	4-0 (3.5 exp.)	4-0 (3.6 exp.)
Los Angeles Sparks	0-4 (0.9 exp.)	—	2-2 (1.4 exp.)	1-3 (2.5 exp.)	3-1 (2.6 exp.)
Phoenix Mercury	1-3 (1.1 exp.)	2-2 (2.6 exp.)	—	4-0 (3.0 exp.)	3-1 (3.2 exp.)
Sacramento Monarchs	0-4 (0.5 exp.)	3-1 (1.5 exp.)	0-4 (1.0 exp.)	—	2-2 (2.1 exp.)
Utah Starzz	0-4 (0.4 exp.)	1-3 (1.4 exp.)	1-3 (0.8 exp.)	2-2 (1.9 exp.)	—

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team	Sting	Rockers	Shock	Liberty	Mystics
Houston Comets	3-0 (2.1 exp.)	2-1 (2.3 exp.)	2-0 (1.7 exp.)	2-1 (2.1 exp.)	3-0 (2.9 exp.)
Los Angeles Sparks	2-1 (1.3 exp.)	1-1 (0.9 exp.)	0-3 (1.5 exp.)	1-2 (1.5 exp.)	2-1 (2.4 exp.)
Phoenix Mercury	0-2 (1.2 exp.)	3-0 (1.6 exp.)	3-0 (2.1 exp.)	0-3 (1.7 exp.)	3-0 (2.6 exp.)
Sacramento Monarchs	1-2 (0.7 exp.)	0-3 (1.1 exp.)	0-3 (1.2 exp.)	0-3 (1.2 exp.)	2-0 (1.3 exp.)
Utah Starzz	1-2 (0.9 exp.)	0-3 (0.8 exp.)	0-3 (1.2 exp.)	1-1 (0.7 exp.)	2-1 (1.7 exp.)

Scoreline Distribution

Cells represent the percentage of games that ended with a team's points in the row and its opponent's points in the column. Cells below the diagonal are wins (gold), and cells above are losses (blue). Totals along the edges show the marginal percentages for that row or column.

Win Loss Same range

View:

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	0.33%	1.00%	0.67%	0.33%	—	2.33%
50–59	0.33%	3.33%	4.00%	4.00%	1.67%	—	13.33%
60–69	1.00%	4.00%	7.33%	14.33%	5.33%	1.33%	33.33%
70–79	0.67%	4.00%	14.33%	11.33%	3.00%	0.67%	34.00%
80–89	0.33%	1.67%	5.33%	3.00%	1.33%	1.67%	13.33%
90+	—	—	1.33%	0.67%	1.67%	—	3.67%
Total	2.33%	13.33%	33.33%	34.00%	13.33%	3.67%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	70.31	70.31	+0.00
SD	10.78	10.78	14.49
CV	0.15	0.15	—
Max	110	110	+45
Min	41	41	-45

Games Played: 150

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	3.33%	—	—	—	3.33%
50–59	—	3.33%	13.33%	—	—	—	16.67%
60–69	—	3.33%	6.67%	6.67%	6.67%	—	23.33%
70–79	—	3.33%	20.00%	10.00%	6.67%	—	40.00%
80–89	—	6.67%	3.33%	—	—	—	10.00%
90+	—	—	3.33%	—	3.33%	—	6.67%
Total	—	16.67%	50.00%	16.67%	16.67%	—	100%

Charlotte Sting — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	71.43	68.37	+3.07
SD	11.78	9.70	13.64
CV	0.16	0.14	—
Max	105	86	+36
Min	49	50	-18

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	3.33%	—	3.33%	—	—	6.67%
60–69	—	13.33%	3.33%	13.33%	6.67%	—	36.67%
70–79	—	3.33%	16.67%	6.67%	3.33%	—	30.00%
80–89	—	—	6.67%	6.67%	3.33%	—	16.67%
90+	—	—	—	3.33%	6.67%	—	10.00%
Total	—	20.00%	26.67%	33.33%	20.00%	—	100%

Cleveland Rockers — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	73.10	70.33	+2.77
SD	10.84	9.80	12.52
CV	0.15	0.14	—
Max	96	87	+20
Min	57	51	-21

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	—	16.67%
60–69	3.33%	3.33%	6.67%	16.67%	—	3.33%	33.33%
70–79	—	6.67%	13.33%	16.67%	—	—	36.67%
80–89	—	—	6.67%	3.33%	—	3.33%	13.33%
90+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	6.67%	13.33%	30.00%	40.00%	3.33%	6.67%	100%

Detroit Shock — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	69.57	69.27	+0.30
SD	9.64	11.91	12.73
CV	0.14	0.17	—
Max	85	96	+17
Min	50	41	-30

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	—	—	3.33%	—	—	3.33%
60–69	—	6.67%	6.67%	—	—	—	13.33%
70–79	6.67%	10.00%	36.67%	6.67%	—	—	60.00%
80–89	—	—	13.33%	3.33%	—	—	16.67%
90+	—	—	6.67%	—	—	—	6.67%
Total	6.67%	16.67%	63.33%	13.33%	—	—	100%

Houston Comets — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	76.17	63.47	+12.70
SD	10.39	6.98	11.86
CV	0.14	0.11	—
Max	110	74	+45
Min	54	44	-16

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	6.67%	—	—	—	—	6.67%
60–69	—	3.33%	3.33%	23.33%	6.67%	—	36.67%
70–79	—	3.33%	10.00%	16.67%	3.33%	3.33%	36.67%
80–89	—	—	6.67%	10.00%	3.33%	—	20.00%
90+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	13.33%	20.00%	50.00%	13.33%	3.33%	100%

Los Angeles Sparks — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	71.60	72.30	-0.70
SD	9.35	8.69	10.83
CV	0.13	0.12	—
Max	89	92	+21
Min	56	52	-18

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	6.67%	3.33%	6.67%	—	—	16.67%
60–69	6.67%	3.33%	13.33%	13.33%	6.67%	—	43.33%
70–79	—	6.67%	10.00%	10.00%	—	—	26.67%
80–89	3.33%	—	6.67%	—	—	—	10.00%
90+	—	—	—	3.33%	—	—	3.33%
Total	10.00%	16.67%	33.33%	33.33%	6.67%	—	100%

New York Liberty — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	68.60	65.53	+3.07
SD	9.93	10.70	14.83
CV	0.14	0.16	—
Max	92	82	+43
Min	51	45	-25

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	—	—	3.33%	—	—	3.33%
60–69	—	3.33%	16.67%	13.33%	—	—	33.33%
70–79	—	—	23.33%	13.33%	—	—	36.67%
80–89	—	6.67%	10.00%	—	3.33%	3.33%	23.33%
90+	—	—	3.33%	—	—	—	3.33%
Total	—	10.00%	53.33%	30.00%	3.33%	3.33%	100%

Phoenix Mercury — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	73.90	67.50	+6.40
SD	9.24	7.61	12.12
CV	0.13	0.11	—
Max	96	90	+33
Min	56	54	-15

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	3.33%	6.67%	3.33%	—	—	13.33%
50–59	—	6.67%	10.00%	6.67%	—	—	23.33%
60–69	—	—	3.33%	13.33%	10.00%	—	26.67%
70–79	—	3.33%	10.00%	13.33%	6.67%	—	33.33%
80–89	—	3.33%	—	—	—	—	3.33%
90+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	16.67%	30.00%	36.67%	16.67%	—	100%

Sacramento Monarchs — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	63.87	69.40	-5.53
SD	11.21	9.77	12.47
CV	0.18	0.14	—
Max	82	88	+27
Min	41	50	-31

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
50–59	—	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	—	13.33%
60–69	—	3.33%	10.00%	26.67%	6.67%	3.33%	50.00%
70–79	—	—	3.33%	10.00%	6.67%	—	20.00%
80–89	—	—	—	3.33%	3.33%	3.33%	10.00%
90+	—	—	—	—	6.67%	—	6.67%
Total	—	6.67%	16.67%	43.33%	26.67%	6.67%	100%

Utah Starzz — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	69.77	76.47	-6.70
SD	9.91	9.91	10.91
CV	0.14	0.13	—
Max	99	96	+11
Min	55	57	-33

Games Played: 30

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	<50	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89	90+	Total
<50	—	—	—	3.33%	3.33%	—	6.67%
50–59	—	—	6.67%	10.00%	10.00%	—	26.67%
60–69	—	—	3.33%	16.67%	10.00%	6.67%	36.67%
70–79	—	3.33%	—	10.00%	3.33%	3.33%	20.00%
80–89	—	—	—	3.33%	—	6.67%	10.00%
90+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	3.33%	10.00%	43.33%	26.67%	16.67%	100%

Washington Mystics — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	65.13	80.50	-15.37
SD	10.53	11.78	14.18
CV	0.16	0.15	—
Max	88	110	+25
Min	45	53	-45

Games Played: 30

Wins vs. Points Scored, Allowed, and Differential

Wins plotted against points scored, allowed, and differential. Use the buttons to switch views; hover a team for exact values. The table gives each fit's R² and slope (the change in wins per 10 points).

Fit Metrics

	R²	Slope
Scored	0.69	+15.6
Allowed	0.75	-12.3
Differential	0.94	+8.9

Home-Field Advantage Edge

A measure of how well each team has taken advantage of home-field advantage during the season. For each team, sum the win probabilities for home games and compare against the team's actual performance at home. Repeat for games on the road. Positive values indicate the team has played comparatively better at home than on the road. Negative values indicate the team is not utilizing home field advantage.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Detroit Shock	17	12.57	+4.43
2	Houston Comets	27	24.15	+2.85
3	Cleveland Rockers	20	17.55	+2.45
4	New York Liberty	18	16.67	+1.33
5	Phoenix Mercury	19	19.14	-0.14

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Washington Mystics	3	6.23	-3.23
2	Los Angeles Sparks	12	14.91	-2.91
3	Sacramento Monarchs	8	10.65	-2.65
4	Utah Starzz	8	9.83	-1.83
5	Charlotte Sting	18	18.30	-0.30

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak.

Most Unlikely Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Detroit Shock	6	Jun 21 – Jul 1	1 in 310
2	New York Liberty	6	Jul 18 – Aug 2	1 in 64
3	Houston Comets	15	Jun 27 – Jul 30	1 in 18
4	Charlotte Sting	5	Jun 18 – Jun 27	1 in 15
5	Sacramento Monarchs	2	Jul 26 – Jul 27	1 in 12

Most Unlikely Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Phoenix Mercury	5	Jul 21 – Jul 31	1 in 56
2	Los Angeles Sparks	5	Jun 21 – Jul 2	1 in 38
3	Washington Mystics	11	Jul 13 – Aug 7	1 in 17
4	Charlotte Sting	4	Aug 8 – Aug 14	1 in 13
5	Cleveland Rockers	2	Jun 23 – Jun 27	1 in 11

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position in the simulation.

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Charlotte Sting	45.01%	31.22%	19.71%	4.02%	0.03%
Cleveland Rockers	32.20%	34.10%	27.67%	6.01%	0.03%
New York Liberty	21.50%	29.92%	36.89%	11.58%	0.11%
Detroit Shock	1.29%	4.76%	15.63%	74.62%	3.69%
Washington Mystics	-	<0.01%	0.10%	3.77%	96.12%

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Houston Comets	93.11%	6.69%	0.21%	-	-
Phoenix Mercury	6.55%	80.33%	12.27%	0.78%	0.08%
Los Angeles Sparks	0.34%	12.10%	69.31%	14.60%	3.66%
Sacramento Monarchs	<0.01%	0.59%	11.32%	48.28%	39.81%
Utah Starzz	-	0.30%	6.90%	36.34%	56.46%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Houston Comets	87.84%	9.38%	2.07%	0.56%	0.13%	0.02%	<0.01%	-	-	-
Phoenix Mercury	5.63%	35.32%	26.14%	17.18%	9.75%	4.48%	1.19%	0.26%	0.04%	<0.01%
Charlotte Sting	3.32%	23.71%	25.19%	21.10%	15.05%	8.14%	2.75%	0.63%	0.12%	0.01%
Cleveland Rockers	1.77%	16.93%	21.63%	22.98%	19.40%	11.63%	4.20%	1.22%	0.23%	0.01%
New York Liberty	1.18%	10.85%	16.20%	20.76%	22.63%	17.11%	7.92%	2.70%	0.61%	0.04%
Los Angeles Sparks	0.25%	3.24%	6.95%	12.39%	20.27%	28.22%	17.68%	8.01%	2.73%	0.25%
Detroit Shock	0.01%	0.49%	1.48%	3.74%	8.49%	17.88%	32.52%	22.41%	10.94%	2.04%
Sacramento Monarchs	<0.01%	0.06%	0.25%	0.89%	2.81%	7.60%	19.04%	32.70%	29.48%	7.18%
Utah Starzz	-	0.02%	0.10%	0.40%	1.44%	4.77%	13.76%	27.69%	38.72%	13.10%
Washington Mystics	-	-	-	<0.01%	0.02%	0.14%	0.95%	4.39%	17.14%	77.37%

Win Totals in Context

How each team's actual results compared to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Click a division name in the legend to toggle it on or off.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team earned a given playoff seed in the simulation. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Houston Comets	87.84%	9.38%	2.07%	0.56%	0.15%
Phoenix Mercury	5.63%	35.32%	26.14%	17.18%	15.72%
Charlotte Sting	3.32%	23.71%	25.19%	21.10%	26.70%
Cleveland Rockers	1.77%	16.93%	21.63%	22.98%	36.69%
New York Liberty	1.18%	10.85%	16.20%	20.76%	51.01%
Los Angeles Sparks	0.25%	3.24%	6.95%	12.39%	77.17%
Detroit Shock	0.01%	0.49%	1.48%	3.74%	94.28%
Sacramento Monarchs	<0.01%	0.06%	0.25%	0.89%	98.81%
Utah Starzz	-	0.02%	0.10%	0.40%	99.47%
Washington Mystics	-	-	-	<0.01%	100.00%

Edges & Scoring

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Home Edge: Percentage of games won by the home team - percentage of games won by the away team
No Edge: under 2% · Slight Edge: 2% to 6% · Clear Edge: 6% to 10% · Fortress: 10% and up.
Elo Value: Number of Elo rating points that 1 point is worth. A team this many Elo ratings points better than another would be expected to defeat their opponent by 1 point at a neutral location.
Scoring Tilt: Average home points - average away points per game. The gold line represents the expected home points edge according to the scoring value of a point of Elo and the number of Elo rating points home advantage is worth.
Road-Tilted: under -3.2 · Lean Road: -3.2 to 0 · Lean Home: 0 to 3.2 · Home-Tilted: 3.2 and up.

Home Edge

HomeAway

+20.00%

Fortress

60.00%40.00%

Elo Value

Home Edge: 70.44 Elo pts.

24 Elo

0.042 points per Elo point

060

Scoring Tilt

Expected

+2.93 points

Lean Home

-8+2.95+8

Title Race

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Title-Race Openness: Effective number of preseason title contenders. Calculated by taking 1 divided by the sum of squared preseason title odds. Higher numbers indicate more parity in the league while 1 indicates that the preseason favorite is a near-lock.
Front-Runner: under 2 · Few Contenders: 2 to 4 · Open Race: 4 to 8 · Wide Open: 8 and up.
Champion Preseason Odds: Preseason probability that the eventual champion would win the title based on the simulated results. Location of the dot marks their rank across all teams, ranging from longshot to favorite.
Preseason Favorite: 1st · Among the Favorites: 2nd · Middle of the Pack: 3rd to 5th · Longshot: 6th or lower.
Title Run Odds: Given that actual playoff bracket, the probability that the champion would win the exact series/games they faced in reality. The gold line represents their odds of winning if every series/game was a toss-up.
Long Shot: under 12.5% · Tough Road: 12.5% to 25% · Favored: 25% to 50% · Heavy Favorite: 50% and up.

Title-Race Openness

2.0

Front-Runner

124810

Champion Preseason Odds

70%

Houston Comets, 1st of 10

LongshotFavorite

Title Run Odds

Coin-flip

71.4%

Heavy Favorite

025.00%100%

Simulation-Based Surprises

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Luck Spread: Average standard deviation of the difference between each team's actual wins total and their simulated average wins total. The gold line is the standard deviation the model expected from random chance alone.
Subdued: under 1.9 · As Expected: 1.9 to 2.61 · Elevated: 2.61 to 3.56 · High Variance: 3.56 and up.
Average Finish Error: Average gap in the rank of the final standings between where each team finished in the standings and where the model projected them to finish.
Pinpoint: under 0.75 · Close: 0.75 to 1.02 · Off Target: 1.02 to 1.33 · Well Off Target: 1.33 and up.
Biggest Overachiever: The team whose record finished in the highest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the top team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Biggest Underachiever: The team whose record finished in the lowest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the bottom team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Season Outliers: Number of teams that finished either above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile. Even with a well-calibrated model, 10% of teams are expected to land in the extremes of their distributions.
Minimal Outliers: under 0.5 · As Expected: 0.5 to 1.2 · Several Outliers: 1.2 to 2.2 · Many Outliers: 2.2 and up.
Unexpected Playoff Teams: Number of teams that actually made the playoffs but were not in the model's projected field.The gold line represents how many playoff teams the simulation missed on average.
Fewer Than Expected: under 0.59 · As Expected: 0.59 to 0.99 · More Than Expected: 0.99 to 1.59 · Far More Than Expected: 1.59 and up.

Luck Spread

Expected

2.55 wins

As Expected

02.376

Average Finish Error

Expected

0.80

00.892

Biggest Overachiever

Expected 95.00%

97.63%

Detroit Shock

50100

Biggest Underachiever

Expected 5.00%

8.60%

Washington Mystics

050

Season Outliers

Expected

2 of 10

Several Outliers

01.010

Unexpected Playoff Teams

Expected

0 of 4

Fewer Than Expected

00.84

Parity

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Gini Index: Measures how evenly wins were distributed across the league. Lower scores indicate there was less variability across the actual wins totals .Higher scores are an indication of more imbalance in the league with a few unusually strong or unusually weak teams.
Highly Balanced: under 0.08 · Balanced: 0.08 to 0.15 · Top-Heavy: 0.15 to 0.24 · Concentrated: 0.24 and up.
Noll-Scully: Measures how more times spread out the final standings were in reality compared to standings that were generated by flipping a coin for each game. The gold line at 1 indicates as much variability in the standings as s coin flip. Above it, talent gaps in team composition stretched the standings more than the variability produced by luck alone. Below it, the league was more competitive than coin flips alone would yield.
Compressed: under 0.9 · Coin-Flip Spread: 0.9 to 1.15 · Moderate Separation: 1.15 to 1.45 · Stratified: 1.45 and up.
Interquartile Edge: The probability that the team in the 75th percentile of the league's Elo ratings would defeat the team in the 25th percentile at a neutral site. The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league.
Even: under 58% · Competitive: 58% to 65% · Tilted: 65% to 73% · Lopsided: 73% and up.
Best vs. Worst: The probability that the team with the highest Elo rating would defeat the team with the lowest Elo rating at a neutral site.The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league. The gold line represents how high this probability is expected to be in a league of this size. A blue dot to the right indicates an unusually dominant team or an unusually weak team.
Tight: under 65% · Clear Edge: 65% to 78% · Lopsided: 78% to 88% · No Contest: 88% and up.
Close Games: Actual percentage of games decided by 3 run/points or fewer. The gold line indicates the proportion of close games you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Mostly Decisive: under 25% · Some Drama: 25% to 38% · Often Close: 38% to 50% · Nail-Biters: 50% and up.
Blowouts: Actual percentage of games decided by 15 runs/points or more. The gold line indicates the proportion of blowouts you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Rare: under 10% · Occasional: 10% to 20% · Frequent: 20% to 30% · Routine: 30% and up.

Gini Index

0.25

Concentrated

00.080.150.240.5

Noll-Scully

Coin-flip

1.92

Stratified

01.003

Interquartile Edge

80%

Lopsided

50%58%65%73%100%

Best vs. Worst

Baseline 98%

98%

No Contest

50%100%

Close Games

Expected

19%

Mostly Decisive

0%16%100%

Blowouts

Expected

33%

Routine

0%32%100%

Predictability

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Brier Score: How close the pregame win probabilities aligned with the actual game result, averaged over the entire season. Picks that were both confident and correct are rewarded the most, while incorrect predictions and/or uncertain predictions are penalized more. Lower scores are better. 0 indicates every game was perfectly predicted with maximum confidence. For sports with where wins and losses are the only outcomes, Brier scores less than 0.25 indicate the model did better than random predictions. For sports where ties are possible, 0.67 is the cutoff for which the Brier score must be lower to beat random predictions. The lower the Brier score, the easier and more accurately the games were to predict.
Highly Predictable: under 0.18 · Predictable: 0.18 to 0.22 · Hard to Predict: 0.22 to 0.25 · Coin-Flip: 0.25 and up.
Matchup Imbalance: How lopsided the matchups were on paper, calculated by averaging the difference in the win probabilities divided by the sum of the win probabilities. Lower scores indicate more parity in the league. 0 indicates that every game was a 50-50 toss-up between evenly matched teams. 1 means every game pitted a heavy favorite against a huge underdog.
Evenly Matched: under 0.12 · Slight Separation: 0.12 to 0.22 · Wide Gaps: 0.22 to 0.34 · Lopsided: 0.34 and up.
Strangeness: How extreme the actual final standings were compared to what the model expected. A value of 0 would indicate that the simulated results perfectly matched the actual standings. A score of 1 indicates that the actual results were scattered around the projections by exactly the variance the model predicted. (i.e. The projections missed the actual standings by 1 standard deviation on average. Scores larger than 1 mean the season was wilder to forecast with more overperforming and underperforming teams than expected. Scores less than 1 indicate the season was more predictable.
Tighter Than Modeled: under 0.85 · As Expected: 0.85 to 1.15 · Volatile: 1.15 to 1.5 · Chaotic: 1.5 and up.
Repeatability: How closely the order of the final standings aligned with the ranked preseason Elo ratings as calculated by the Spearman rank correlation. Larger values indicate that the preseason Elo ratings were a strong predictor of the team's final rank in the standings while values near 0 mean.
Reshuffled: under 0.3 · Weak Alignment: 0.3 to 0.6 · Strong Alignment: 0.6 to 0.85 · Closely Aligned: 0.85 and up.
Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality. The gold line measures how often the model expected the underdog to win when considering the outcome probabilities. A blue dot to the right of the gold line means upsets were more prevalent than left. A dot to the left indicates that favorites won more often than expected.
Chalk Held: under 30% · As Expected: 30% to 40% · Upset-Prone: 40% to 46% · Bedlam: 46% and up.
Clear Favorite Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality, but only including games with a clear favorite, one at least 60% likely to win once a draw is set aside. This metrics ignores games that could be considered toss-ups. The gold line is how often the model expected these heavy favorites to lose. A dot to the right means the big favorites were upset more than expected; to the left means they took care of business.
Favorites Held: under 22% · As Expected: 22% to 32% · Shaky Favorites: 32% to 42% · Bedlam: 42% and up.

Brier Score

Expected

0.18

Highly Predictable

00.191

Matchup Imbalance

0.42

Lopsided

00.120.220.340.5

Strangeness

Expected

1.21

Volatile

01.002

Repeatability

0.87

Closely Aligned

00.30.60.851

Upset Rate

Expected

27%

Chalk Held

0%29%50%

Clear Favorite Upset Rate

Expected

18%

Favorites Held

0%23%50%

Calibration

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Probability calibration: An all-in-one chi-square test of the model's probabilities. Games are sorted into bins according to how confident the model was. Within each bin, the predicted number of wins, losses, and ties are compared against the actual counts. The p-value of this test is plotted below. Values above 0.05 indicate that the model's probabilities are well-calibrated for the season.
Clear Misfit: under 0.01 · Misfit: 0.01 to 0.05 · Borderline: 0.05 to 0.1 · Well Calibrated: 0.1 and up.
Calibration slope: Checks whether the spread of the model's probabilities is correct. Each probability is turned into their log-odds. A line is fit that predicts the actual results from the log-odds. The slope of this line is the calibration slope.A slope of 1.00 is perfect, indicating that the model's confidence matches the actual outcomes of the games. Slopes less than 1.00 indicate overconfidence. The model assigned higher probabilities to the favorites than was appropriate given the matchup, causing more losses by favored teams. Slopes greater than 1.00 indicate under-confidence. The model is more uncertain about too many results, assigning them lower probabilities when in reality the favorites should have had higher probabilities.
Overconfident: under 0.85 · Calibrated: 0.85 to 1.15 · Underconfident: 1.15 and up.
Calibration error (ECE): Calibration error (ECE) checks whether the model's probabilities mean what they say. ECE is calculated as the average weighted gap between the model's stated chances and how often the predicted outcome actually occurred. The smaller the ECE, the more confident we are about the model's probabilities. The gold line represents the noise ceiling, which is the amount of error that luck can produce on its own even if the probabilities are perfectly calibrated. Values below the noise ceiling indicate that the model's error is no larger than chance alone would produce. Values above the noice ceiling point to a genuine calibration issue since the error is larger than luck could explain.
Well Within Noise: under 0.06 · Within Noise: 0.06 to 0.12 · Above Noise: 0.12 to 0.25 · Well Above Noise: 0.25 and up.

Probability calibration

0.74

Well Calibrated

0.010.050.11

Calibration slope

Ideal

1.15

Underconfident

0.51.001.5

Calibration error (ECE)

Noise ceiling

0.079

Within Noise

00.1240.3

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season - Elo rating, actual wins, simulated final wins, playoff probability, and division-title probability - day by day. Select a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces each team's game-by-game Elo rating through their playoff run. Net Elo Change summarizes the difference in Elo rating between the beginning and end of the playoffs for each team.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

How we would have expected the postseason to play out at the beginning of the season according to the simulation. The table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The top percentage in each cell represents each team's winning percentage against the corresponding opponent. The bottom percentage represents how often that specific matchup occurred during that round in the simulation.

Team	Made Playoffs	Advanced to Finals	Won Finals
Houston Comets	99.85%	86.03%	69.56%
Phoenix Mercury	84.28%	43.57%	11.88%
Cleveland Rockers	63.31%	30.27%	10.17%
New York Liberty	48.99%	17.96%	4.97%
Charlotte Sting	73.30%	16.50%	2.44%
Los Angeles Sparks	22.83%	4.37%	0.72%
Detroit Shock	5.72%	1.23%	0.26%
Utah Starzz	0.53%	0.03%	<0.01%
Sacramento Monarchs	1.19%	0.06%	<0.01%
Washington Mystics	<0.01%	-	-

Loser → ↓ Winner	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers	Detroit Shock	Houston Comets	Los Angeles Sparks	New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah Starzz	Washington Mystics
Charlotte Sting		24.5%12.42%	43.8%0.59%	6.8%21.96%	52.8%2.99%	32.9%8.15%	27.0%27.01%	86.4%0.13%	80.4%0.05%
Cleveland Rockers	75.5%12.42%		69.5%0.40%	20.8%22.68%	76.7%2.22%	59.8%5.85%	54.0%19.66%	89.8%0.06%	91.3%0.02%
Detroit Shock	56.2%0.59%	30.5%0.40%		8.8%3.45%	48.3%0.09%	34.5%0.23%	35.6%0.95%	66.7%<0.01%	100.0%<0.01%
Houston Comets	93.2%21.96%	79.2%22.68%	91.2%3.45%		93.4%11.56%	84.3%20.26%	82.1%18.74%	97.8%0.82%	99.2%0.38%	100.0%<0.01%
Los Angeles Sparks	47.2%2.99%	23.3%2.22%	51.7%0.09%	6.6%11.56%		31.2%1.35%	25.9%4.61%	87.5%<0.01%	100.0%<0.01%
New York Liberty	67.1%8.15%	40.2%5.85%	65.5%0.23%	15.7%20.26%	68.8%1.35%		44.6%13.10%	88.5%0.03%	85.0%0.02%
Phoenix Mercury	73.0%27.01%	46.0%19.66%	64.4%0.95%	17.9%18.74%	74.1%4.61%	55.4%13.10%		89.2%0.15%	85.7%0.06%
Sacramento Monarchs	13.6%0.13%	10.2%0.06%	33.3%<0.01%	2.2%0.82%	12.5%<0.01%	11.5%0.03%	10.8%0.15%
Utah Starzz	19.6%0.05%	8.7%0.02%	0.0%<0.01%	0.8%0.38%	0.0%<0.01%	15.0%0.02%	14.3%0.06%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers	Detroit Shock	Houston Comets	Los Angeles Sparks	New York Liberty	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah Starzz
Charlotte Sting		25.9%1.49%	43.5%0.06%	9.8%12.50%	51.7%0.15%	33.1%0.87%	31.2%1.42%	66.7%<0.01%
Cleveland Rockers	74.1%1.49%		70.9%0.11%	24.0%22.27%	73.0%0.44%	56.1%1.76%	55.4%4.18%	100.0%<0.01%	80.0%<0.01%
Detroit Shock	56.5%0.06%	29.1%0.11%		11.0%0.79%	72.7%0.01%	38.5%0.05%	37.7%0.20%
Houston Comets	90.2%12.50%	76.0%22.27%	89.0%0.79%		90.6%3.00%	81.5%12.62%	79.3%34.77%	100.0%0.04%	88.9%0.02%
Los Angeles Sparks	48.3%0.15%	27.0%0.44%	27.3%0.01%	9.4%3.00%		38.4%0.22%	28.9%0.55%
New York Liberty	66.9%0.87%	43.9%1.76%	61.5%0.05%	18.5%12.62%	61.6%0.22%		45.9%2.43%	100.0%<0.01%	100.0%<0.01%
Phoenix Mercury	68.8%1.42%	44.6%4.18%	62.3%0.20%	20.7%34.77%	71.1%0.55%	54.1%2.43%		100.0%0.01%
Sacramento Monarchs	33.3%<0.01%	0.0%<0.01%		0.0%0.04%		0.0%<0.01%	0.0%0.01%
Utah Starzz		20.0%<0.01%		11.1%0.02%		0.0%<0.01%

Actual Bracket Simulation

Team	Advanced to Finals	Won Finals	Actual Outcome
Houston Comets	93.12%	70.83%	Won Finals
Charlotte Sting	6.88%	2.05%	Eliminated in Finals

Loser → ↓ Winner	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers	Houston Comets	Phoenix Mercury
Charlotte Sting			6.9%100.00%
Cleveland Rockers				59.2%100.00%
Houston Comets	93.1%100.00%
Phoenix Mercury		40.8%100.00%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Charlotte Sting	Cleveland Rockers	Houston Comets	Phoenix Mercury
Charlotte Sting		28.5%4.04%		31.6%2.84%
Cleveland Rockers	71.5%4.04%		24.4%55.16%
Houston Comets		75.6%55.16%		76.7%37.97%
Phoenix Mercury	68.4%2.84%		23.3%37.97%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

Houston Comets 70.83% chance to win

Semifinals

vs. Charlotte Sting

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

93.12%

→

Finals

vs. Cleveland Rockers

Matchup

58.89%

Win Prob

75.63%

Cleveland Rockers 16.33% chance to win

Semifinals

vs. Phoenix Mercury

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

59.19%

→

Finals

vs. Houston Comets

Matchup

82.33%

Win Prob

24.37%

Phoenix Mercury 10.79% chance to win

Semifinals

vs. Cleveland Rockers

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

40.81%

→

Finals

vs. Houston Comets

Matchup

81.97%

Win Prob

23.30%

Charlotte Sting 2.05% chance to win

Semifinals

vs. Houston Comets

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

6.88%

→

Finals

vs. Cleveland Rockers

Matchup

56.18%

Win Prob

28.50%

Regular Season Games

Summary of every regular-season game played this season.

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Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1998-06-11	Washington Mystics	W 83-57	1541.20	1350.00	81.85%	18.15%	+15.03	1-0
1998-06-13	@ Detroit Shock	W 78-69	1556.23	1350.00	68.60%	31.40%	+15.28	2-0
1998-06-15	Houston Comets	L 65-79	1571.51	1627.60	52.06%	47.94%	-31.61	2-1
1998-06-18	Detroit Shock	W 71-67	1539.90	1320.11	84.17%	15.83%	+5.13	3-1
1998-06-21	@ Phoenix Mercury	W 72-71	1545.03	1600.23	32.67%	67.33%	+10.93	4-1
1998-06-24	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 77-73	1555.96	1521.67	44.82%	55.18%	+17.91	5-1
1998-06-25	@ Utah Starzz	W 91-83	1573.87	1403.08	64.05%	35.95%	+16.51	6-1
1998-06-27	Sacramento Monarchs	W 58-50	1590.38	1398.10	81.94%	18.06%	+8.29	7-1
1998-06-29	@ Detroit Shock	L 49-60	1598.67	1425.99	64.30%	35.70%	-34.62	7-2
1998-07-04	Phoenix Mercury	W 68-66	1564.05	1650.18	47.74%	52.26%	+12.00	8-2
1998-07-07	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 79-86	1576.05	1469.75	55.14%	44.86%	-23.68	8-3
1998-07-08	@ Utah Starzz	W 77-69	1552.37	1382.51	63.93%	36.07%	+16.56	9-3
1998-07-10	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 63-55	1568.93	1419.83	61.13%	38.87%	+17.84	10-3
1998-07-12	@ New York Liberty	W 75-57	1586.77	1527.33	48.42%	51.58%	+35.52	11-3
1998-07-15	New York Liberty	W 72-65	1622.29	1491.81	76.07%	23.93%	+10.27	12-3
1998-07-17	Washington Mystics	W 86-56	1632.56	1301.08	91.00%	9.00%	+8.00	13-3
1998-07-19	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 69-85	1640.56	1462.92	64.96%	35.04%	-42.17	13-4
1998-07-21	@ Washington Mystics	W 84-67	1598.39	1263.19	82.11%	17.89%	+11.97	14-4
1998-07-22	Utah Starzz	L 58-61	1610.36	1354.87	86.72%	13.28%	-24.37	14-5
1998-07-25	Houston Comets	L 58-67	1585.99	1818.07	28.28%	71.72%	-13.77	14-6
1998-07-27	Sacramento Monarchs	L 70-76	1572.22	1359.72	83.60%	16.40%	-33.24	14-7
1998-07-30	Cleveland Rockers	W 79-64	1538.98	1548.82	58.63%	41.37%	+26.00	15-7
1998-08-02	@ New York Liberty	L 67-85	1564.98	1588.05	36.86%	63.14%	-25.38	15-8
1998-08-03	Detroit Shock	W 71-68	1539.60	1475.58	68.44%	31.56%	+8.87	16-8
1998-08-05	New York Liberty	W 69-61	1548.47	1613.43	50.79%	49.21%	+22.60	17-8
1998-08-08	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 58-65	1571.07	1585.00	38.09%	61.91%	-16.36	17-9
1998-08-10	@ Houston Comets	L 67-70	1554.71	1840.93	11.37%	88.63%	-3.20	17-10
1998-08-12	Los Angeles Sparks	L 52-65	1551.51	1453.21	72.54%	27.46%	-42.45	17-11
1998-08-14	Cleveland Rockers	L 72-85	1509.06	1595.38	47.72%	52.28%	-27.92	17-12
1998-08-19	@ Washington Mystics	W 105-69	1481.14	1159.44	80.94%	19.06%	+18.56	18-12
1998-06-11	New York Liberty	W 78-71	1559.81	1556.75	60.42%	39.58%	+17.00	1-0
1998-06-15	@ Detroit Shock	W 96-85	1576.81	1334.71	72.87%	27.13%	+14.60	2-0
1998-06-18	@ Houston Comets	L 69-87	1591.41	1659.22	31.09%	68.91%	-21.41	2-1
1998-06-20	Detroit Shock	W 68-66	1570.00	1314.97	86.69%	13.31%	+3.06	3-1
1998-06-22	Utah Starzz	W 88-72	1573.06	1416.94	78.65%	21.35%	+13.85	4-1
1998-06-23	@ New York Liberty	L 57-59	1586.91	1530.04	48.05%	51.95%	-11.02	4-2
1998-06-27	Detroit Shock	L 73-84	1575.89	1381.80	82.09%	17.91%	-44.19	4-3
1998-07-01	@ Washington Mystics	W 92-80	1531.70	1280.59	73.88%	26.12%	+14.68	5-3
1998-07-02	Phoenix Mercury	L 61-76	1546.38	1618.94	49.69%	50.31%	-31.24	5-4
1998-07-06	Houston Comets	L 64-78	1515.14	1728.35	30.54%	69.46%	-18.54	5-5
1998-07-08	Washington Mystics	W 77-65	1496.60	1254.08	85.83%	14.17%	+7.96	6-5
1998-07-10	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 60-76	1504.56	1647.08	22.69%	77.31%	-14.73	6-6
1998-07-12	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 66-87	1489.83	1467.03	43.19%	56.81%	-32.12	6-7
1998-07-14	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 61-58	1457.71	1401.98	47.88%	52.12%	+14.65	7-7
1998-07-16	New York Liberty	W 60-51	1472.36	1481.53	58.73%	41.27%	+20.10	8-7
1998-07-18	@ Detroit Shock	L 57-72	1492.46	1442.96	46.99%	53.01%	-29.54	8-8
1998-07-19	Charlotte Sting	W 85-69	1462.92	1640.56	35.04%	64.96%	+42.17	9-8
1998-07-25	Utah Starzz	W 69-59	1505.09	1379.24	75.58%	24.42%	+12.53	10-8
1998-07-27	Los Angeles Sparks	W 83-67	1517.62	1458.97	67.77%	32.23%	+20.93	11-8
1998-07-29	Sacramento Monarchs	W 75-67	1538.55	1392.96	77.62%	22.38%	+10.27	12-8
1998-07-30	@ Charlotte Sting	L 64-79	1548.82	1538.98	41.37%	58.63%	-26.00	12-9
1998-08-01	@ Houston Comets	W 74-71	1522.82	1843.23	9.54%	90.46%	+25.43	13-9
1998-08-04	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 72-60	1548.25	1374.67	64.42%	35.58%	+20.00	14-9
1998-08-06	@ Utah Starzz	W 79-69	1568.25	1371.80	67.38%	32.62%	+16.75	15-9
1998-08-08	Charlotte Sting	W 65-58	1585.00	1571.07	61.91%	38.09%	+16.35	16-9
1998-08-10	Phoenix Mercury	L 80-82	1601.35	1554.47	66.27%	33.73%	-15.21	16-10
1998-08-12	@ Washington Mystics	W 75-55	1586.14	1181.26	87.27%	12.73%	+9.24	17-10
1998-08-14	@ Charlotte Sting	W 85-72	1595.38	1509.06	52.28%	47.72%	+27.92	18-10
1998-08-15	Washington Mystics	W 90-71	1623.30	1166.76	95.41%	4.59%	+3.25	19-10
1998-08-17	@ New York Liberty	W 70-64	1626.55	1666.37	34.64%	65.36%	+25.98	20-10
1998-06-13	Charlotte Sting	L 69-78	1350.00	1556.23	31.40%	68.60%	-15.29	0-1
1998-06-15	Cleveland Rockers	L 85-96	1334.71	1576.81	27.13%	72.87%	-14.60	0-2
1998-06-18	@ Charlotte Sting	L 67-71	1320.11	1539.90	15.83%	84.17%	-5.14	0-3
1998-06-20	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 66-68	1314.97	1570.00	13.31%	86.69%	-3.06	0-4
1998-06-21	@ Washington Mystics	W 70-57	1311.91	1350.84	34.76%	65.24%	+38.18	1-4
1998-06-23	Sacramento Monarchs	W 61-57	1350.09	1429.41	48.72%	51.28%	+16.65	2-4
1998-06-25	Washington Mystics	W 79-71	1366.74	1312.67	67.19%	32.81%	+15.06	3-4
1998-06-27	@ Cleveland Rockers	W 84-73	1381.80	1575.89	17.91%	82.09%	+44.19	4-4
1998-06-29	Charlotte Sting	W 60-49	1425.99	1598.67	35.70%	64.30%	+34.61	5-4
1998-07-01	New York Liberty	W 82-65	1460.60	1570.08	44.41%	55.59%	+37.21	6-4
1998-07-06	@ New York Liberty	L 56-59	1497.81	1544.70	33.73%	66.27%	-9.49	6-5
1998-07-08	Phoenix Mercury	L 76-78	1488.32	1638.18	38.77%	61.23%	-8.89	6-6
1998-07-09	@ Houston Comets	L 66-96	1479.43	1773.75	10.91%	89.09%	-9.70	6-7
1998-07-11	@ Washington Mystics	L 53-78	1469.73	1246.12	70.72%	29.28%	-57.39	6-8
1998-07-13	@ Utah Starzz	W 74-67	1412.34	1364.10	46.81%	53.19%	+22.84	7-8
1998-07-15	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 60-73	1435.18	1672.45	14.54%	85.46%	-8.51	7-9
1998-07-17	Utah Starzz	W 79-67	1426.67	1341.26	71.04%	28.96%	+16.29	8-9
1998-07-18	Cleveland Rockers	W 72-57	1442.96	1492.46	53.01%	46.99%	+29.53	9-9
1998-07-22	Washington Mystics	W 76-61	1472.49	1251.22	84.28%	15.72%	+9.88	10-9
1998-07-25	Los Angeles Sparks	W 69-67	1482.37	1467.69	62.01%	37.99%	+8.72	11-9
1998-07-26	@ New York Liberty	L 62-78	1491.09	1559.18	31.06%	68.94%	-20.16	11-10
1998-07-31	Sacramento Monarchs	W 78-77	1470.93	1382.68	71.37%	28.63%	+4.65	12-10
1998-08-03	@ Charlotte Sting	L 68-71	1475.58	1539.60	31.56%	68.44%	-8.87	12-11
1998-08-05	Los Angeles Sparks	W 73-61	1466.71	1516.70	52.94%	47.06%	+26.45	13-11
1998-08-07	Houston Comets	L 57-61	1493.16	1835.31	17.31%	82.69%	-5.61	13-12
1998-08-10	@ Utah Starzz	W 77-73	1487.55	1347.88	59.83%	40.17%	+13.04	14-12
1998-08-11	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 50-41	1500.59	1369.07	58.70%	41.30%	+20.10	15-12
1998-08-14	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 59-84	1520.69	1564.06	34.18%	65.82%	-27.74	15-13
1998-08-16	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 77-76	1492.95	1512.37	37.35%	62.65%	+10.17	16-13
1998-08-19	New York Liberty	W 82-68	1503.12	1640.39	40.50%	59.50%	+36.13	17-13
1998-06-13	New York Liberty	W 73-62	1611.10	1539.75	69.34%	30.66%	+16.50	1-0
1998-06-15	@ Charlotte Sting	W 79-65	1627.60	1571.51	47.94%	52.06%	+31.62	2-0
1998-06-18	Cleveland Rockers	W 87-69	1659.22	1591.41	68.91%	31.09%	+21.41	3-0
1998-06-20	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 79-68	1680.63	1444.38	72.20%	27.80%	+14.96	4-0
1998-06-21	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 79-63	1695.59	1546.94	61.07%	38.93%	+25.27	5-0
1998-06-24	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 66-69	1720.86	1589.30	58.71%	41.29%	-16.50	5-1
1998-06-27	Los Angeles Sparks	W 75-64	1704.36	1503.76	82.64%	17.36%	+9.35	6-1
1998-06-29	Washington Mystics	W 73-48	1713.71	1284.93	94.65%	5.35%	+4.34	7-1
1998-06-30	@ Utah Starzz	W 75-73	1718.05	1371.77	83.03%	16.97%	+3.89	8-1
1998-07-03	Sacramento Monarchs	W 84-67	1721.94	1402.41	90.42%	9.58%	+6.41	9-1
1998-07-06	@ Cleveland Rockers	W 78-64	1728.35	1515.14	69.46%	30.54%	+18.55	10-1
1998-07-08	@ New York Liberty	W 79-54	1746.90	1554.19	66.90%	33.10%	+26.85	11-1
1998-07-09	Detroit Shock	W 96-66	1773.75	1479.43	89.09%	10.91%	+9.70	12-1
1998-07-11	Utah Starzz	W 72-68	1783.45	1365.95	94.32%	5.68%	+1.85	13-1
1998-07-13	Washington Mystics	W 81-67	1785.30	1303.50	96.00%	4.00%	+2.43	14-1
1998-07-17	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 74-68	1787.73	1498.37	77.91%	22.09%	+8.78	15-1
1998-07-18	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 75-44	1796.51	1377.49	88.15%	11.85%	+10.71	16-1
1998-07-21	@ Phoenix Mercury	W 65-62	1807.22	1656.20	61.39%	38.61%	+10.85	17-1
1998-07-25	@ Charlotte Sting	W 67-58	1818.07	1585.99	71.72%	28.28%	+13.77	18-1
1998-07-28	Phoenix Mercury	W 72-62	1831.84	1591.38	85.69%	14.31%	+7.35	19-1
1998-07-30	Utah Starzz	W 88-65	1839.19	1405.31	94.80%	5.20%	+4.04	20-1
1998-08-01	Cleveland Rockers	L 71-74	1843.23	1522.82	90.46%	9.54%	-25.43	20-2
1998-08-02	Sacramento Monarchs	W 70-53	1817.80	1378.04	94.96%	5.04%	+3.37	21-2
1998-08-04	@ Utah Starzz	W 77-57	1821.17	1379.46	89.45%	10.55%	+7.66	22-2
1998-08-06	Phoenix Mercury	W 75-64	1828.83	1553.77	87.96%	12.04%	+6.48	23-2
1998-08-07	@ Detroit Shock	W 61-57	1835.31	1493.16	82.69%	17.31%	+5.62	24-2
1998-08-10	Charlotte Sting	W 70-67	1840.93	1554.71	88.63%	11.37%	+3.20	25-2
1998-08-15	@ New York Liberty	L 54-70	1844.13	1620.45	70.73%	29.27%	-45.92	25-3
1998-08-17	@ Washington Mystics	W 110-65	1798.21	1163.51	96.26%	3.74%	+4.07	26-3
1998-08-19	Los Angeles Sparks	W 80-71	1802.28	1502.20	89.41%	10.59%	+5.16	27-3
1998-06-11	@ Utah Starzz	W 89-83	1556.40	1438.06	56.85%	43.15%	+17.15	1-0
1998-06-14	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 60-70	1573.55	1571.47	40.29%	59.71%	-20.67	1-1
1998-06-16	@ Sacramento Monarchs	L 69-73	1552.88	1465.21	52.48%	47.52%	-17.04	1-2
1998-06-19	New York Liberty	W 78-75	1535.84	1532.10	60.52%	39.48%	+11.10	2-2
1998-06-21	Houston Comets	L 63-79	1546.94	1695.59	38.93%	61.07%	-25.27	2-3
1998-06-24	Charlotte Sting	L 73-77	1521.67	1555.96	55.18%	44.82%	-17.91	2-4
1998-06-27	@ Houston Comets	L 64-75	1503.76	1704.36	17.36%	82.64%	-9.35	2-5
1998-06-30	@ Sacramento Monarchs	L 56-58	1494.41	1389.81	54.90%	45.10%	-12.60	2-6
1998-07-02	Utah Starzz	L 57-58	1481.81	1367.88	74.29%	25.71%	-12.06	2-7
1998-07-07	Charlotte Sting	W 86-79	1469.75	1576.05	44.86%	55.14%	+23.68	3-7
1998-07-08	Sacramento Monarchs	L 71-76	1493.43	1393.43	72.73%	27.27%	-26.40	3-8
1998-07-12	Cleveland Rockers	W 87-66	1467.03	1489.83	56.81%	43.19%	+32.12	4-8
1998-07-13	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 62-72	1499.15	1661.81	20.72%	79.28%	-10.63	4-9
1998-07-15	Sacramento Monarchs	W 81-76	1488.52	1387.33	72.87%	27.13%	+9.85	5-9
1998-07-17	Houston Comets	L 68-74	1498.37	1787.73	22.09%	77.91%	-8.79	5-10
1998-07-21	New York Liberty	L 77-92	1489.58	1494.89	59.26%	40.74%	-37.25	5-11
1998-07-23	Phoenix Mercury	W 70-68	1452.33	1645.35	33.06%	66.94%	+15.36	6-11
1998-07-25	@ Detroit Shock	L 67-69	1467.69	1482.37	37.99%	62.01%	-8.72	6-12
1998-07-27	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 67-83	1458.97	1517.62	32.23%	67.77%	-20.92	6-13
1998-07-29	@ Washington Mystics	W 77-68	1438.05	1212.66	70.93%	29.07%	+14.15	7-13
1998-07-31	Phoenix Mercury	W 71-56	1452.20	1584.03	41.26%	58.74%	+36.93	8-13
1998-08-01	@ Utah Starzz	W 73-65	1489.13	1401.27	52.51%	47.49%	+21.80	9-13
1998-08-03	Washington Mystics	W 86-72	1510.93	1189.79	90.50%	9.50%	+5.77	10-13
1998-08-05	@ Detroit Shock	L 61-73	1516.70	1466.71	47.06%	52.94%	-26.46	10-14
1998-08-08	@ New York Liberty	L 62-80	1490.24	1590.84	27.20%	72.80%	-18.73	10-15
1998-08-09	@ Washington Mystics	L 74-76	1471.51	1162.96	79.75%	20.25%	-18.30	10-16
1998-08-12	@ Charlotte Sting	W 65-52	1453.21	1551.51	27.46%	72.54%	+42.45	11-16
1998-08-14	Utah Starzz	W 87-67	1495.66	1356.38	76.98%	23.02%	+16.71	12-16
1998-08-16	Detroit Shock	L 76-77	1512.37	1492.95	62.65%	37.35%	-10.17	12-17
1998-08-19	@ Houston Comets	L 71-80	1502.20	1802.28	10.59%	89.41%	-5.16	12-18
1998-06-11	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 71-78	1556.75	1559.81	39.58%	60.42%	-17.00	0-1
1998-06-13	@ Houston Comets	L 62-73	1539.75	1611.10	30.66%	69.34%	-16.50	0-2
1998-06-15	@ Utah Starzz	L 60-71	1523.25	1425.59	53.91%	46.09%	-29.02	0-3
1998-06-18	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 64-48	1494.23	1482.25	41.67%	58.33%	+37.87	1-3
1998-06-19	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 75-78	1532.10	1535.84	39.48%	60.52%	-11.10	1-4
1998-06-21	Utah Starzz	W 68-64	1521.00	1425.97	72.16%	27.84%	+9.04	2-4
1998-06-23	Cleveland Rockers	W 59-57	1530.04	1586.91	51.95%	48.05%	+11.03	3-4
1998-06-26	Sacramento Monarchs	W 62-48	1541.07	1412.77	75.84%	24.16%	+14.67	4-4
1998-06-29	Phoenix Mercury	W 71-68	1555.74	1633.28	48.98%	51.02%	+14.34	5-4
1998-07-01	@ Detroit Shock	L 65-82	1570.08	1460.60	55.59%	44.41%	-37.20	5-5
1998-07-03	Washington Mystics	W 76-60	1532.88	1265.91	87.46%	12.54%	+8.14	6-5
1998-07-05	@ Washington Mystics	W 62-61	1541.02	1257.77	77.30%	22.70%	+3.68	7-5
1998-07-06	Detroit Shock	W 59-56	1544.70	1497.81	66.27%	33.73%	+9.49	8-5
1998-07-08	Houston Comets	L 54-79	1554.19	1746.90	33.10%	66.90%	-26.86	8-6
1998-07-12	Charlotte Sting	L 57-75	1527.33	1586.77	51.58%	48.42%	-35.52	8-7
1998-07-15	@ Charlotte Sting	L 65-72	1491.81	1622.29	23.93%	76.07%	-10.28	8-8
1998-07-16	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 51-60	1481.53	1472.36	41.27%	58.73%	-20.09	8-9
1998-07-18	@ Phoenix Mercury	W 69-63	1461.44	1680.95	15.85%	84.15%	+33.45	9-9
1998-07-21	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 92-77	1494.89	1489.58	40.74%	59.26%	+37.25	10-9
1998-07-24	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 76-54	1532.14	1358.08	64.49%	35.51%	+27.04	11-9
1998-07-26	Detroit Shock	W 78-62	1559.18	1491.09	68.94%	31.06%	+20.16	12-9
1998-08-01	@ Washington Mystics	W 67-53	1579.34	1198.50	85.65%	14.35%	+8.71	13-9
1998-08-02	Charlotte Sting	W 85-67	1588.05	1564.98	63.14%	36.86%	+25.38	14-9
1998-08-05	@ Charlotte Sting	L 61-69	1613.43	1548.47	49.21%	50.79%	-22.59	14-10
1998-08-08	Los Angeles Sparks	W 80-62	1590.84	1490.24	72.80%	27.20%	+18.73	15-10
1998-08-11	Phoenix Mercury	W 79-78	1609.57	1569.68	65.37%	34.63%	+5.62	16-10
1998-08-13	Washington Mystics	W 88-45	1615.19	1172.02	95.06%	4.94%	+5.26	17-10
1998-08-15	Houston Comets	W 70-54	1620.45	1844.13	29.27%	70.73%	+45.92	18-10
1998-08-17	Cleveland Rockers	L 64-70	1666.37	1626.55	65.36%	34.64%	-25.98	18-11
1998-08-19	@ Detroit Shock	L 68-82	1640.39	1503.12	59.50%	40.50%	-36.14	18-12
1998-06-11	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 73-70	1557.75	1478.93	51.21%	48.79%	+13.72	1-0
1998-06-14	Los Angeles Sparks	W 70-60	1571.47	1573.55	59.71%	40.29%	+20.67	2-0
1998-06-15	Washington Mystics	W 69-54	1592.14	1330.29	87.13%	12.87%	+8.09	3-0
1998-06-21	Charlotte Sting	L 71-72	1600.23	1545.03	67.33%	32.67%	-10.93	3-1
1998-06-24	Houston Comets	W 69-66	1589.30	1720.86	41.29%	58.71%	+16.51	4-1
1998-06-26	Utah Starzz	W 96-63	1605.81	1386.58	84.12%	15.88%	+14.80	5-1
1998-06-28	@ Washington Mystics	W 86-69	1620.61	1297.60	81.06%	18.94%	+12.67	6-1
1998-06-29	@ New York Liberty	L 68-71	1633.28	1555.74	51.02%	48.98%	-14.34	6-2
1998-07-02	@ Cleveland Rockers	W 76-61	1618.94	1546.38	50.31%	49.69%	+31.24	7-2
1998-07-04	@ Charlotte Sting	L 66-68	1650.18	1564.05	52.26%	47.74%	-12.00	7-3
1998-07-08	@ Detroit Shock	W 78-76	1638.18	1488.32	61.23%	38.77%	+8.90	8-3
1998-07-10	Cleveland Rockers	W 76-60	1647.08	1504.56	77.31%	22.69%	+14.73	9-3
1998-07-13	Los Angeles Sparks	W 72-62	1661.81	1499.15	79.28%	20.72%	+10.64	10-3
1998-07-15	Detroit Shock	W 73-60	1672.45	1435.18	85.46%	14.54%	+8.50	11-3
1998-07-18	New York Liberty	L 63-69	1680.95	1461.44	84.15%	15.85%	-33.45	11-4
1998-07-20	Sacramento Monarchs	W 88-67	1647.50	1366.78	88.30%	11.70%	+8.70	12-4
1998-07-21	Houston Comets	L 62-65	1656.20	1807.22	38.61%	61.39%	-10.85	12-5
1998-07-23	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 68-70	1645.35	1452.33	66.94%	33.06%	-15.37	12-6
1998-07-27	@ Utah Starzz	L 80-90	1629.98	1366.71	75.21%	24.79%	-38.60	12-7
1998-07-28	@ Houston Comets	L 62-72	1591.38	1831.84	14.31%	85.69%	-7.35	12-8
1998-07-31	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 56-71	1584.03	1452.20	58.74%	41.26%	-36.92	12-9
1998-08-04	Washington Mystics	W 88-59	1547.11	1184.02	92.38%	7.62%	+6.66	13-9
1998-08-06	@ Houston Comets	L 64-75	1553.77	1828.83	12.04%	87.96%	-6.48	13-10
1998-08-08	Utah Starzz	W 68-62	1547.29	1355.06	81.94%	18.06%	+7.18	14-10
1998-08-10	@ Cleveland Rockers	W 82-80	1554.47	1601.35	33.73%	66.27%	+15.21	15-10
1998-08-11	@ New York Liberty	L 78-79	1569.68	1609.57	34.63%	65.37%	-5.62	15-11
1998-08-14	Detroit Shock	W 84-59	1564.06	1520.69	65.82%	34.18%	+27.74	16-11
1998-08-16	@ Sacramento Monarchs	W 85-69	1591.80	1362.59	71.38%	28.62%	+18.58	17-11
1998-08-17	@ Utah Starzz	W 75-64	1610.38	1304.50	79.50%	20.50%	+11.03	18-11
1998-08-19	Sacramento Monarchs	W 71-62	1621.41	1344.01	88.10%	11.90%	+5.80	19-11
1998-06-11	Phoenix Mercury	L 70-73	1478.93	1557.75	48.79%	51.21%	-13.72	0-1
1998-06-16	Los Angeles Sparks	W 73-69	1465.21	1552.88	47.52%	52.48%	+17.04	1-1
1998-06-18	New York Liberty	L 48-64	1482.25	1494.23	58.33%	41.67%	-37.87	1-2
1998-06-20	Houston Comets	L 68-79	1444.38	1680.63	27.80%	72.20%	-14.97	1-3
1998-06-23	@ Detroit Shock	L 57-61	1429.41	1350.09	51.28%	48.72%	-16.64	1-4
1998-06-26	@ New York Liberty	L 48-62	1412.77	1541.07	24.16%	75.84%	-14.67	1-5
1998-06-27	@ Charlotte Sting	L 50-58	1398.10	1590.38	18.06%	81.94%	-8.29	1-6
1998-06-30	Los Angeles Sparks	W 58-56	1389.81	1494.41	45.10%	54.90%	+12.60	2-6
1998-07-03	@ Houston Comets	L 67-84	1402.41	1721.94	9.58%	90.42%	-6.41	2-7
1998-07-05	Utah Starzz	W 70-66	1396.00	1379.94	62.20%	37.80%	+12.27	3-7
1998-07-06	@ Utah Starzz	L 64-68	1408.27	1367.67	45.72%	54.28%	-14.84	3-8
1998-07-08	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 76-71	1393.43	1493.43	27.27%	72.73%	+26.40	4-8
1998-07-10	Charlotte Sting	L 55-63	1419.83	1568.93	38.87%	61.13%	-17.85	4-9
1998-07-14	Cleveland Rockers	L 58-61	1401.98	1457.71	52.12%	47.88%	-14.65	4-10
1998-07-15	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 76-81	1387.33	1488.52	27.13%	72.87%	-9.84	4-11
1998-07-18	Houston Comets	L 44-75	1377.49	1796.51	11.85%	88.15%	-10.71	4-12
1998-07-20	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 67-88	1366.78	1647.50	11.70%	88.30%	-8.70	4-13
1998-07-24	New York Liberty	L 54-76	1358.08	1532.14	35.51%	64.49%	-27.04	4-14
1998-07-26	@ Washington Mystics	W 79-65	1331.04	1241.34	52.77%	47.23%	+28.68	5-14
1998-07-27	@ Charlotte Sting	W 76-70	1359.72	1572.22	16.40%	83.60%	+33.24	6-14
1998-07-29	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 67-75	1392.96	1538.55	22.38%	77.62%	-10.28	6-15
1998-07-31	@ Detroit Shock	L 77-78	1382.68	1470.93	28.63%	71.37%	-4.64	6-16
1998-08-02	@ Houston Comets	L 53-70	1378.04	1817.80	5.04%	94.96%	-3.37	6-17
1998-08-04	Cleveland Rockers	L 60-72	1374.67	1548.25	35.58%	64.42%	-20.00	6-18
1998-08-07	Washington Mystics	W 76-55	1354.67	1177.36	80.63%	19.37%	+14.40	7-18
1998-08-11	Detroit Shock	L 41-50	1369.07	1500.59	41.30%	58.70%	-20.11	7-19
1998-08-12	@ Utah Starzz	L 71-81	1348.96	1334.84	41.97%	58.03%	-21.53	7-20
1998-08-15	Utah Starzz	W 82-55	1327.43	1339.67	58.30%	41.70%	+35.16	8-20
1998-08-16	Phoenix Mercury	L 69-85	1362.59	1591.80	28.62%	71.38%	-18.58	8-21
1998-08-19	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 62-71	1344.01	1621.41	11.90%	88.10%	-5.79	8-22
1998-06-11	Los Angeles Sparks	L 83-89	1438.06	1556.40	43.15%	56.85%	-17.16	0-1
1998-06-13	Washington Mystics	W 78-77	1420.90	1334.98	71.10%	28.90%	+4.69	1-1
1998-06-15	New York Liberty	W 71-60	1425.59	1523.25	46.09%	53.91%	+29.02	2-1
1998-06-19	@ Washington Mystics	L 76-85	1454.61	1322.20	58.83%	41.17%	-28.64	2-2
1998-06-21	@ New York Liberty	L 64-68	1425.97	1521.00	27.84%	72.16%	-9.03	2-3
1998-06-22	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 72-88	1416.94	1573.06	21.35%	78.65%	-13.86	2-4
1998-06-25	Charlotte Sting	L 83-91	1403.08	1573.87	35.95%	64.05%	-16.50	2-5
1998-06-26	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 63-96	1386.58	1605.81	15.88%	84.12%	-14.81	2-6
1998-06-30	Houston Comets	L 73-75	1371.77	1718.05	16.97%	83.03%	-3.89	2-7
1998-07-02	@ Los Angeles Sparks	W 58-57	1367.88	1481.81	25.71%	74.29%	+12.06	3-7
1998-07-05	@ Sacramento Monarchs	L 66-70	1379.94	1396.00	37.80%	62.20%	-12.27	3-8
1998-07-06	Sacramento Monarchs	W 68-64	1367.67	1408.27	54.28%	45.72%	+14.84	4-8
1998-07-08	Charlotte Sting	L 69-77	1382.51	1552.37	36.07%	63.93%	-16.56	4-9
1998-07-11	@ Houston Comets	L 68-72	1365.95	1783.45	5.68%	94.32%	-1.85	4-10
1998-07-13	Detroit Shock	L 67-74	1364.10	1412.34	53.19%	46.81%	-22.84	4-11
1998-07-17	@ Detroit Shock	L 67-79	1341.26	1426.67	28.96%	71.04%	-16.28	4-12
1998-07-19	@ Washington Mystics	W 99-88	1324.98	1293.08	44.48%	55.52%	+29.89	5-12
1998-07-22	@ Charlotte Sting	W 61-58	1354.87	1610.36	13.28%	86.72%	+24.37	6-12
1998-07-25	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 59-69	1379.24	1505.09	24.42%	75.58%	-12.53	6-13
1998-07-27	Phoenix Mercury	W 90-80	1366.71	1629.98	24.79%	75.21%	+38.60	7-13
1998-07-30	@ Houston Comets	L 65-88	1405.31	1839.19	5.20%	94.80%	-4.04	7-14
1998-08-01	Los Angeles Sparks	L 65-73	1401.27	1489.13	47.49%	52.51%	-21.81	7-15
1998-08-04	Houston Comets	L 57-77	1379.46	1821.17	10.55%	89.45%	-7.66	7-16
1998-08-06	Cleveland Rockers	L 69-79	1371.80	1568.25	32.62%	67.38%	-16.74	7-17
1998-08-08	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 62-68	1355.06	1547.29	18.06%	81.94%	-7.18	7-18
1998-08-10	Detroit Shock	L 73-77	1347.88	1487.55	40.17%	59.83%	-13.04	7-19
1998-08-12	Sacramento Monarchs	W 81-71	1334.84	1348.96	58.03%	41.97%	+21.54	8-19
1998-08-14	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 67-87	1356.38	1495.66	23.02%	76.98%	-16.71	8-20
1998-08-15	@ Sacramento Monarchs	L 55-82	1339.67	1327.43	41.70%	58.30%	-35.17	8-21
1998-08-17	Phoenix Mercury	L 64-75	1304.50	1610.38	20.50%	79.50%	-11.03	8-22
1998-06-11	@ Charlotte Sting	L 57-83	1350.00	1541.20	18.15%	81.85%	-15.02	0-1
1998-06-13	@ Utah Starzz	L 77-78	1334.98	1420.90	28.90%	71.10%	-4.69	0-2
1998-06-15	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 54-69	1330.29	1592.14	12.87%	87.13%	-8.09	0-3
1998-06-19	Utah Starzz	W 85-76	1322.20	1454.61	41.17%	58.83%	+28.64	1-3
1998-06-21	Detroit Shock	L 57-70	1350.84	1311.91	65.24%	34.76%	-38.17	1-4
1998-06-25	@ Detroit Shock	L 71-79	1312.67	1366.74	32.81%	67.19%	-15.07	1-5
1998-06-28	Phoenix Mercury	L 69-86	1297.60	1620.61	18.94%	81.06%	-12.67	1-6
1998-06-29	@ Houston Comets	L 48-73	1284.93	1713.71	5.35%	94.65%	-4.34	1-7
1998-07-01	Cleveland Rockers	L 80-92	1280.59	1531.70	26.12%	73.88%	-14.68	1-8
1998-07-03	@ New York Liberty	L 60-76	1265.91	1532.88	12.54%	87.46%	-8.14	1-9
1998-07-05	New York Liberty	L 61-62	1257.77	1541.02	22.70%	77.30%	-3.69	1-10
1998-07-08	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 65-77	1254.08	1496.60	14.17%	85.83%	-7.96	1-11
1998-07-11	Detroit Shock	W 78-53	1246.12	1469.73	29.28%	70.72%	+57.38	2-11
1998-07-13	@ Houston Comets	L 67-81	1303.50	1785.30	4.00%	96.00%	-2.42	2-12
1998-07-17	@ Charlotte Sting	L 56-86	1301.08	1632.56	9.00%	91.00%	-8.00	2-13
1998-07-19	Utah Starzz	L 88-99	1293.08	1324.98	55.52%	44.48%	-29.89	2-14
1998-07-21	Charlotte Sting	L 67-84	1263.19	1598.39	17.89%	82.11%	-11.97	2-15
1998-07-22	@ Detroit Shock	L 61-76	1251.22	1472.49	15.72%	84.28%	-9.88	2-16
1998-07-26	Sacramento Monarchs	L 65-79	1241.34	1331.04	47.23%	52.77%	-28.68	2-17
1998-07-29	Los Angeles Sparks	L 68-77	1212.66	1438.05	29.07%	70.93%	-14.16	2-18
1998-08-01	New York Liberty	L 53-67	1198.50	1579.34	14.35%	85.65%	-8.71	2-19
1998-08-03	@ Los Angeles Sparks	L 72-86	1189.79	1510.93	9.50%	90.50%	-5.77	2-20
1998-08-04	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 59-88	1184.02	1547.11	7.62%	92.38%	-6.66	2-21
1998-08-07	@ Sacramento Monarchs	L 55-76	1177.36	1354.67	19.37%	80.63%	-14.40	2-22
1998-08-09	Los Angeles Sparks	W 76-74	1162.96	1471.51	20.25%	79.75%	+18.30	3-22
1998-08-12	Cleveland Rockers	L 55-75	1181.26	1586.14	12.73%	87.27%	-9.24	3-23
1998-08-13	@ New York Liberty	L 45-88	1172.02	1615.19	4.94%	95.06%	-5.26	3-24
1998-08-15	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 71-90	1166.76	1623.30	4.59%	95.41%	-3.25	3-25
1998-08-17	Houston Comets	L 65-110	1163.51	1798.21	3.74%	96.26%	-4.07	3-26
1998-08-19	Charlotte Sting	L 69-105	1159.44	1481.14	19.06%	80.94%	-18.55	3-27

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1998-08-22	Houston Comets	L 71-85	1499.70	1807.44	20.33%	79.67%	-12.35	0-1
1998-08-24	@ Houston Comets	L 61-77	1487.35	1819.79	8.96%	91.04%	-5.81	0-2
1998-08-22	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 68-78	1652.53	1627.21	43.54%	56.46%	-22.34	0-1
1998-08-24	Phoenix Mercury	W 67-66	1630.19	1649.55	57.30%	42.70%	+6.93	1-1
1998-08-25	Phoenix Mercury	L 60-71	1637.12	1642.62	59.24%	40.76%	-31.89	1-2
1998-08-22	@ Charlotte Sting	W 85-71	1807.44	1499.70	79.67%	20.33%	+12.35	1-0
1998-08-24	Charlotte Sting	W 77-61	1819.79	1487.35	91.04%	8.96%	+5.81	2-0
1998-08-27	@ Phoenix Mercury	L 51-54	1825.60	1674.51	61.40%	38.60%	-17.26	2-1
1998-08-29	Phoenix Mercury	W 74-69	1808.34	1691.77	74.58%	25.42%	+9.22	3-1
1998-09-01	Phoenix Mercury	W 80-71	1817.56	1682.55	76.54%	23.46%	+11.42	4-1
1998-08-22	Cleveland Rockers	W 78-68	1627.21	1652.53	56.46%	43.54%	+22.34	1-0
1998-08-24	@ Cleveland Rockers	L 66-67	1649.55	1630.19	42.70%	57.30%	-6.93	1-1
1998-08-25	@ Cleveland Rockers	W 71-60	1642.62	1637.12	40.76%	59.24%	+31.89	2-1
1998-08-27	Houston Comets	W 54-51	1674.51	1825.60	38.60%	61.40%	+17.26	3-1
1998-08-29	@ Houston Comets	L 69-74	1691.77	1808.34	25.42%	74.58%	-9.22	3-2
1998-09-01	@ Houston Comets	L 71-80	1682.55	1817.56	23.46%	76.54%	-11.42	3-3

Biggest Upsets

The 25 biggest upsets of the seasons, ranked by lowest pregame win probability. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Underdog Win %	Winning Team			Losing Team
#	Date	Underdog Win %	Team	Elo	Score	Team	Elo	Score
1	1998-08-01	9.54%	Cleveland Rockers	1522.82	74	@ Houston Comets	1843.23	71
2	1998-07-22	13.28%	Utah Starzz	1354.87	61	@ Charlotte Sting	1610.36	58
3	1998-07-18	15.85%	New York Liberty	1461.44	69	@ Phoenix Mercury	1680.95	63
4	1998-07-27	16.40%	Sacramento Monarchs	1359.72	76	@ Charlotte Sting	1572.22	70
5	1998-06-27	17.91%	Detroit Shock	1381.80	84	@ Cleveland Rockers	1575.89	73
6	1998-08-09	20.25%	@ Washington Mystics	1162.96	76	Los Angeles Sparks	1471.51	74
7	1998-07-27	24.79%	@ Utah Starzz	1366.71	90	Phoenix Mercury	1629.98	80
8	1998-07-02	25.71%	Utah Starzz	1367.88	58	@ Los Angeles Sparks	1481.81	57
9	1998-07-08	27.27%	Sacramento Monarchs	1393.43	76	@ Los Angeles Sparks	1493.43	71
10	1998-08-12	27.46%	Los Angeles Sparks	1453.21	65	@ Charlotte Sting	1551.51	52
11	1998-08-15	29.27%	@ New York Liberty	1620.45	70	Houston Comets	1844.13	54
12	1998-07-11	29.28%	@ Washington Mystics	1246.12	78	Detroit Shock	1469.73	53
13	1998-06-21	32.67%	Charlotte Sting	1545.03	72	@ Phoenix Mercury	1600.23	71
14	1998-07-23	33.06%	@ Los Angeles Sparks	1452.33	70	Phoenix Mercury	1645.35	68
15	1998-08-10	33.73%	Phoenix Mercury	1554.47	82	@ Cleveland Rockers	1601.35	80
16	1998-08-17	34.64%	Cleveland Rockers	1626.55	70	@ New York Liberty	1666.37	64
17	1998-06-21	34.76%	Detroit Shock	1311.91	70	@ Washington Mystics	1350.84	57
18	1998-07-19	35.04%	@ Cleveland Rockers	1462.92	85	Charlotte Sting	1640.56	69
19	1998-06-29	35.70%	@ Detroit Shock	1425.99	60	Charlotte Sting	1598.67	49
20	1998-08-16	37.35%	Detroit Shock	1492.95	77	@ Los Angeles Sparks	1512.37	76
21	1998-08-27 *	38.60%	@ Phoenix Mercury	1674.51	54	Houston Comets	1825.60	51
22	1998-08-19	40.50%	@ Detroit Shock	1503.12	82	New York Liberty	1640.39	68
23	1998-07-21	40.74%	New York Liberty	1494.89	92	@ Los Angeles Sparks	1489.58	77
24	1998-08-25 *	40.76%	Phoenix Mercury	1642.62	71	@ Cleveland Rockers	1637.12	60
25	1998-06-19	41.17%	@ Washington Mystics	1322.20	85	Utah Starzz	1454.61	76

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %
1	1998-07-11	57.39	@ Washington Mystics	78	1246.12	29.28%	Detroit Shock	53	1469.73	70.72%
2	1998-08-15	45.92	@ New York Liberty	70	1620.45	29.27%	Houston Comets	54	1844.13	70.73%
3	1998-06-27	44.19	Detroit Shock	84	1381.80	17.91%	@ Cleveland Rockers	73	1575.89	82.09%
4	1998-08-12	42.45	Los Angeles Sparks	65	1453.21	27.46%	@ Charlotte Sting	52	1551.51	72.54%
5	1998-07-19	42.17	@ Cleveland Rockers	85	1462.92	35.04%	Charlotte Sting	69	1640.56	64.96%
6	1998-07-27	38.60	@ Utah Starzz	90	1366.71	24.79%	Phoenix Mercury	80	1629.98	75.21%
7	1998-06-21	38.18	Detroit Shock	70	1311.91	34.76%	@ Washington Mystics	57	1350.84	65.24%
8	1998-06-18	37.87	New York Liberty	64	1494.23	41.67%	@ Sacramento Monarchs	48	1482.25	58.33%
9	1998-07-21	37.25	New York Liberty	92	1494.89	40.74%	@ Los Angeles Sparks	77	1489.58	59.26%
10	1998-07-01	37.21	@ Detroit Shock	82	1460.60	44.41%	New York Liberty	65	1570.08	55.59%
11	1998-07-31	36.93	@ Los Angeles Sparks	71	1452.20	41.26%	Phoenix Mercury	56	1584.03	58.74%
12	1998-08-19	36.14	@ Detroit Shock	82	1503.12	40.50%	New York Liberty	68	1640.39	59.50%
13	1998-07-12	35.52	Charlotte Sting	75	1586.77	48.42%	@ New York Liberty	57	1527.33	51.58%
14	1998-08-15	35.17	@ Sacramento Monarchs	82	1327.43	58.30%	Utah Starzz	55	1339.67	41.70%
15	1998-06-29	34.62	@ Detroit Shock	60	1425.99	35.70%	Charlotte Sting	49	1598.67	64.30%
16	1998-07-18	33.45	New York Liberty	69	1461.44	15.85%	@ Phoenix Mercury	63	1680.95	84.15%
17	1998-07-27	33.24	Sacramento Monarchs	76	1359.72	16.40%	@ Charlotte Sting	70	1572.22	83.60%
18	1998-07-12	32.12	@ Los Angeles Sparks	87	1467.03	56.81%	Cleveland Rockers	66	1489.83	43.19%
19	1998-08-25 *	31.89	Phoenix Mercury	71	1642.62	40.76%	@ Cleveland Rockers	60	1637.12	59.24%
20	1998-06-15	31.62	Houston Comets	79	1627.60	47.94%	@ Charlotte Sting	65	1571.51	52.06%
21	1998-07-02	31.24	Phoenix Mercury	76	1618.94	50.31%	@ Cleveland Rockers	61	1546.38	49.69%
22	1998-07-19	29.89	Utah Starzz	99	1324.98	44.48%	@ Washington Mystics	88	1293.08	55.52%
23	1998-07-18	29.54	@ Detroit Shock	72	1442.96	53.01%	Cleveland Rockers	57	1492.46	46.99%
24	1998-06-15	29.02	@ Utah Starzz	71	1425.59	46.09%	New York Liberty	60	1523.25	53.91%
25	1998-07-26	28.68	Sacramento Monarchs	79	1331.04	52.77%	@ Washington Mystics	65	1241.34	47.23%