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1998 WNBA Season

150 regular-season games · 3 playoff teams · 100,000 simulations

Final

Champion

Houston Comets

2nd Title

Last Title: 1997

Runner-Up

Charlotte Sting

1

Biggest Overachiever

Houston Comets

6.99 wins above expected

27 wins · 20.01 expected wins

Biggest Disappointment

Sacramento Monarchs

5.61 wins below expected

8 wins · 13.61 expected wins

Final Standings

Regular-season records by division. The vsSim column shows actual wins minus the simulation's mean wins — positive means the team overachieved, negative means they underperformed.

# Team W L Pct GB PPG OPP DIFF SimW vsSim
1 Cleveland Rockers 20 10 .667 — 73.1 70.3 +2.8 17.12 +2.88
2 Charlotte Sting Playoffs 18 12 .600 2 71.4 68.4 +3.1 17.70 +0.30
3 New York Liberty 18 12 .600 2 68.6 65.5 +3.1 16.90 +1.10
4 Detroit Shock 17 13 .567 3 69.6 69.3 +0.3 10.04 +6.96
5 Washington Mystics 3 27 .100 17 65.1 80.5 -15.4 7.67 -4.67
# Team W L Pct GB PPG OPP DIFF SimW vsSim
1 Houston Comets League 27 3 .900 — 76.2 63.5 +12.7 20.01 +6.99
2 Phoenix Mercury Playoffs 19 11 .633 8 73.9 67.5 +6.4 17.82 +1.18
3 Los Angeles Sparks 12 18 .400 15 71.6 72.3 -0.7 15.96 -3.96
4 Sacramento Monarchs 8 22 .267 19 63.9 69.4 -5.5 13.61 -5.61
5 Utah Starzz 8 22 .267 19 69.8 76.5 -6.7 13.19 -5.19

Playoff Bracket

The path each team took through the postseason — reconstructed from actual playoff games, not the simulation.

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 100,000 simulations. Click any column header to sort; use the dropdown to filter by Conference or Division. Luck is the team's actual outcome minus the sim's mean — positive means the team beat the model. Percentile is where the actual result fell in the team's sim distribution (e.g. 90% = the team did this well or better in only 10% of sims).

Team Conference Division Elo Actual Avg. Wins Luck Percentile Min 5th Q1 Median Q3 95th Max
Houston Comets Western 1669 27 20.01 +6.99 99.95% 10 16 18 20 22 24 28
Phoenix Mercury Western 1582 19 17.82 +1.18 74.36% 8 14 16 18 20 22 27
Cleveland Rockers Eastern 1570 20 17.12 +2.88 91.02% 8 13 15 17 19 21 26
New York Liberty Eastern 1558 18 16.90 +1.10 72.97% 8 13 15 17 19 21 26
Charlotte Sting Eastern 1540 18 17.70 +0.30 62.82% 9 13 16 18 19 22 28
Los Angeles Sparks Western 1517 12 15.96 -3.96 9.52% 6 12 14 16 18 20 25
Sacramento Monarchs Western 1442 8 13.61 -5.61 2.43% 4 9 12 14 15 18 23
Utah Starzz Western 1424 8 13.19 -5.19 2.87% 2 9 11 13 15 17 24
Detroit Shock Eastern 1422 17 10.04 +6.96 99.81% 2 6 8 10 12 14 19
Washington Mystics Eastern 1275 3 7.67 -4.67 2.46% 1 4 6 8 9 12 16

Head-to-Head

Each cell shows a team's record (row vs column) and below it the expected number of wins the model predicted based on each individual game's win probability. Navy-tinted cells mean the team beat the model's expectations by more than half a win in that matchup; gold-tinted cells mean they fell short by the same margin. The first matrix for each division covers within-division games; the second (when shown) covers games against teams outside that division — aggregated by division when there are many opponents, broken out team-by-team when there are few.

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
(3.1 exp.)
Cleveland Rockers
3-1
(1.9 exp.)
 —
2-2
(2.9 exp.)
3-1
(2.0 exp.)
4-0
(3.1 exp.)
Detroit Shock
1-3
(1.1 exp.)
2-2
(1.1 exp.)
 —
2-2
(1.2 exp.)
3-1
(2.2 exp.)
New York Liberty
1-3
(1.9 exp.)
1-3
(2.0 exp.)
2-2
(2.8 exp.)
 —
4-0
(3.2 exp.)
Washington Mystics
0-4
(0.9 exp.)
0-4
(0.9 exp.)
1-3
(1.8 exp.)
0-4
(0.8 exp.)
 —

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team Comets Sparks Mercury Monarchs Starzz
Charlotte Sting
0-3
(1.3 exp.)
1-2
(1.5 exp.)
2-0
(0.9 exp.)
2-1
(1.9 exp.)
2-1
(1.7 exp.)
Cleveland Rockers
1-2
(1.1 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
0-3
(1.5 exp.)
3-0
(1.7 exp.)
3-0
(1.9 exp.)
Detroit Shock
0-2
(0.4 exp.)
3-0
(1.1 exp.)
0-3
(0.7 exp.)
3-0
(1.2 exp.)
3-0
(1.1 exp.)
New York Liberty
1-2
(1.3 exp.)
2-1
(1.5 exp.)
3-0
(1.5 exp.)
3-0
(1.6 exp.)
1-1
(1.1 exp.)
Washington Mystics
0-3
(0.4 exp.)
1-2
(0.8 exp.)
0-3
(0.6 exp.)
0-2
(0.6 exp.)
1-2
(1.0 exp.)

Within Western

Team Comets Sparks Mercury Monarchs Starzz
Houston Comets —
4-0
(2.5 exp.)
3-1
(2.4 exp.)
4-0
(2.7 exp.)
4-0
(2.9 exp.)
Los Angeles Sparks
0-4
(1.5 exp.)
 —
2-2
(1.7 exp.)
1-3
(2.2 exp.)
3-1
(2.3 exp.)
Phoenix Mercury
1-3
(1.6 exp.)
2-2
(2.3 exp.)
 —
4-0
(2.5 exp.)
3-1
(2.6 exp.)
Sacramento Monarchs
0-4
(1.3 exp.)
3-1
(1.8 exp.)
0-4
(1.5 exp.)
 —
2-2
(2.1 exp.)
Utah Starzz
0-4
(1.1 exp.)
1-3
(1.7 exp.)
1-3
(1.4 exp.)
2-2
(1.9 exp.)
 —

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team Sting Rockers Shock Liberty Mystics
Houston Comets
3-0
(1.7 exp.)
2-1
(1.9 exp.)
2-0
(1.6 exp.)
2-1
(1.7 exp.)
3-0
(2.6 exp.)
Los Angeles Sparks
2-1
(1.5 exp.)
1-1
(1.0 exp.)
0-3
(1.9 exp.)
1-2
(1.5 exp.)
2-1
(2.2 exp.)
Phoenix Mercury
0-2
(1.1 exp.)
3-0
(1.5 exp.)
3-0
(2.3 exp.)
0-3
(1.5 exp.)
3-0
(2.4 exp.)
Sacramento Monarchs
1-2
(1.1 exp.)
0-3
(1.3 exp.)
0-3
(1.8 exp.)
0-3
(1.4 exp.)
2-0
(1.4 exp.)
Utah Starzz
1-2
(1.3 exp.)
0-3
(1.1 exp.)
0-3
(1.9 exp.)
1-1
(0.9 exp.)
2-1
(2.0 exp.)

Scoring Distribution

Histograms of points scored and allowed, a home-vs-away score scatter (marker size grows with how often that exact score happened), and summary stats — all driven by the team filter below. Default view is league-wide.

Summary Statistics

Mean scored—
Mean allowed—
StdDev scored—
StdDev allowed—
Correlation (home vs away score)—
Sample size (games)—

Actual vs. Point Differential

How points translated into wins. Teams above the cluster overperformed their points differential (often called Pythagorean luck), while teams below underperformed. Hover for exact values.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams furthest from where the simulation said they'd land — a fast read of the Luck column on top of the main season summary above.

Top Overachievers

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 Houston Comets 27 20.01 +6.99
2 Detroit Shock 17 10.04 +6.96
3 Cleveland Rockers 20 17.12 +2.88
4 Phoenix Mercury 19 17.82 +1.18
5 New York Liberty 18 16.90 +1.10

Biggest Disappointments

# Team Actual Sim Luck
1 Sacramento Monarchs 8 13.61 -5.61
2 Utah Starzz 8 13.19 -5.19
3 Washington Mystics 3 7.67 -4.67
4 Los Angeles Sparks 12 15.96 -3.96
5 Charlotte Sting 18 17.70 +0.30

Top Streaks

Ranked by model unlikelihood — the product of pregame W/L probabilities over the games in each team's streak. A short streak by a poor team can outrank a longer one by a strong team since the poor team's per-game probabilities were lower going in.

Longest Winning Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Detroit Shock 6 Jun 21 – Jul 1 1 in 508
2 Houston Comets 15 Jun 27 – Jul 30 1 in 479
3 New York Liberty 6 Jul 18 – Aug 2 1 in 46
4 Charlotte Sting 5 Jun 18 – Jun 27 1 in 23
5 Los Angeles Sparks 4 Jul 29 – Aug 3 1 in 7

Longest Losing Streaks

# Team Games Dates Probability
1 Los Angeles Sparks 5 Jun 21 – Jul 2 1 in 42
2 Sacramento Monarchs 6 Jul 10 – Jul 24 1 in 29
3 Utah Starzz 6 Jun 19 – Jun 30 1 in 29
4 Phoenix Mercury 5 Jul 21 – Jul 31 1 in 26
5 Washington Mystics 11 Jul 13 – Aug 7 1 in 25

Home-Field Advantage Edge

The simulation applies the same home-field boost to every game across the league, so the per-game home win probabilities bake in the model's idea of HFA. For each team, we add up those probabilities over home games and compare to actual home wins — and do the same on the road. The bar height is (home wins above expected) minus (road wins above expected). A tall positive bar means the team's home/road split exceeded what the model predicted — a real Coors-style edge. A tall negative bar means the reverse: they played worse at home or better on the road than expected.

Finish Position Heatmaps

Each cell is the probability — across 100,000 simulations — that the team (row) finished at that position (column). Use the buttons to switch between divisions, leagues, and the overall WNBA view. Rows are sorted by the simulation's average finish (best at top).

Team12345
Charlotte Sting40.26%32.68%24.94%1.99%0.13%
Cleveland Rockers31.17%33.20%32.57%2.89%0.17%
New York Liberty28.34%32.90%34.97%3.57%0.22%
Detroit Shock0.22%1.09%6.47%65.68%26.54%
Washington Mystics0.01%0.13%1.05%25.87%72.94%
Team12345
Houston Comets64.09%24.38%8.70%2.24%0.59%
Phoenix Mercury24.03%39.64%22.55%10.24%3.54%
Los Angeles Sparks8.73%23.10%34.57%21.63%11.97%
Sacramento Monarchs1.83%7.37%18.66%34.24%37.90%
Utah Starzz1.32%5.51%15.52%31.65%46.00%
Team12345678910
Houston Comets45.78%22.45%13.70%8.42%5.34%2.70%1.09%0.48%0.04%—
Phoenix Mercury15.22%18.91%17.17%16.48%12.78%10.04%5.78%2.90%0.66%0.06%
Charlotte Sting13.66%18.04%18.00%16.01%13.79%10.29%6.46%2.77%0.89%0.09%
Cleveland Rockers9.88%14.75%16.11%16.71%14.97%13.24%8.62%4.72%0.88%0.12%
New York Liberty9.18%13.58%15.51%15.55%16.00%13.79%9.57%5.29%1.40%0.13%
Los Angeles Sparks4.88%8.78%12.44%14.86%15.84%17.46%13.45%8.82%2.92%0.55%
Sacramento Monarchs0.83%2.00%3.98%6.65%10.51%15.17%22.79%23.67%12.04%2.36%
Utah Starzz0.55%1.46%2.86%4.69%9.11%14.04%21.95%28.15%13.96%3.23%
Detroit Shock0.02%0.03%0.23%0.57%1.56%2.90%8.54%17.93%43.89%24.33%
Washington Mystics———0.06%0.10%0.37%1.75%5.27%23.32%69.13%

Win Totals in Context

How did each team's actual results compare to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Use the buttons to switch between views. In each chart, dashed crosshairs at the league means split the plot into four quadrants: pastel green (team did well, model agreed), pastel red (team did poorly, model agreed), and pastel yellow (model and reality disagreed). Click a division in the legend to toggle it.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Across the 10,000 regular-season simulations, the probability that each team finished as each playoff seed (or missed the playoffs entirely). Rows sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed; teams that more often missed the playoffs sit toward the bottom.

Team1 Seed2 Seed3 Seed4 SeedMissed Playoffs
Houston Comets45.78%22.45%13.70%8.42%9.65%
Phoenix Mercury15.22%18.91%17.17%16.48%32.22%
Charlotte Sting13.66%18.04%18.00%16.01%34.29%
Cleveland Rockers9.88%14.75%16.11%16.71%42.55%
New York Liberty9.18%13.58%15.51%15.55%46.18%
Los Angeles Sparks4.88%8.78%12.44%14.86%59.04%
Sacramento Monarchs0.83%2.00%3.98%6.65%86.54%
Utah Starzz0.55%1.46%2.86%4.69%90.44%
Detroit Shock0.02%0.03%0.23%0.57%99.15%
Washington Mystics———0.06%99.94%

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. Pick 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 every team's game-by-game Elo trajectory through their playoff run — teams eliminated early have short lines, deeper runs extend further right; click a team in the legend to isolate it. Net Elo Change summarizes the same data as one bar per team from first playoff game to last, sorted biggest gain to biggest loss.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

Across 10,000 simulations starting from preseason Elo, every team had a chance to make the playoffs based on how the regular-season Monte Carlo played out. The default view sums those simulations up: what fraction of them had each team making the playoffs, advancing each round, and winning the title. The round buttons switch to heatmaps showing how often every pair of teams faced off in each round across all sims.

Team Made Playoffs Advanced to Finals Won Finals
Houston Comets 90.35% 67.84% 48.44%
Phoenix Mercury 67.78% 35.21% 15.26%
Cleveland Rockers 57.45% 27.18% 11.39%
Charlotte Sting 65.71% 27.30% 9.80%
New York Liberty 53.82% 23.37% 9.65%
Los Angeles Sparks 40.96% 14.48% 4.47%
Sacramento Monarchs 13.46% 2.76% 0.63%
Utah Starzz 9.56% 1.70% 0.34%
Detroit Shock 0.85% 0.14% 0.02%
Washington Mystics 0.06% 0.02% —
Loser →
↓ Winner
Charlotte StingCleveland RockersDetroit ShockNew York LibertyWashington Mystics
Charlotte Sting4.95%0.12%5.27%0.02%
Cleveland Rockers6.31%0.12%4.46%0.01%
Detroit Shock0.01%0.01%0.04%
New York Liberty5.46%4.20%0.07%
Washington Mystics0.01%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Houston CometsLos Angeles SparksPhoenix MercurySacramento MonarchsUtah Starzz
Houston Comets9.70%13.32%4.30%3.10%
Los Angeles Sparks2.48%2.71%0.60%0.58%
Phoenix Mercury6.18%5.01%1.95%1.20%
Sacramento Monarchs0.53%0.29%0.38%0.08%
Utah Starzz0.33%0.13%0.24%0.06%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Charlotte StingCleveland RockersDetroit ShockHouston CometsLos Angeles SparksNew York LibertyPhoenix MercurySacramento MonarchsUtah StarzzWashington Mystics
Charlotte Sting1.37%0.01%3.84%0.89%1.31%2.05%0.18%0.15%
Cleveland Rockers1.99%0.03%4.27%1.21%1.32%2.17%0.20%0.20%
Detroit Shock0.01%0.01%
Houston Comets10.33%9.67%0.04%5.58%8.45%12.75%1.01%0.60%0.01%
Los Angeles Sparks0.74%0.64%1.65%0.46%0.88%0.07%0.03%
New York Liberty1.53%1.44%0.01%3.51%0.88%1.93%0.21%0.14%
Phoenix Mercury2.71%2.49%0.02%5.87%1.38%2.11%0.44%0.23%0.01%
Sacramento Monarchs0.11%0.12%0.01%0.16%0.04%0.06%0.12%0.01%
Utah Starzz0.08%0.06%0.10%0.03%0.01%0.04%0.02%

Actual Bracket Simulation

With the actual playoff bracket fixed in place, this second simulation re-runs each matchup 10,000 times and tallies how often each team advanced past each round and won the title. The right-most column shows what actually happened. Round buttons switch to matchup heatmaps for that round.

Team Advanced to Finals Won Finals Actual Outcome
Houston Comets 78.27% 56.33% Won Finals
Charlotte Sting 21.73% 8.61% Eliminated in Finals
Loser →
↓ Winner
Charlotte StingCleveland RockersHouston CometsPhoenix Mercury
Charlotte Sting21.73%
Cleveland Rockers52.51%
Houston Comets78.27%
Phoenix Mercury47.49%
Loser →
↓ Winner
Charlotte StingCleveland RockersHouston CometsPhoenix Mercury
Charlotte Sting5.00%3.61%
Cleveland Rockers6.70%10.89%
Houston Comets29.92%26.41%
Phoenix Mercury6.42%11.05%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, the opponent they most often faced and defeated at each round across all bracket simulations. Each step shows two numbers: Matchup % is the fraction of this team's wins in this round that came against this opponent; Win % is the head-to-head probability they beat this opponent when the two meet. Note: fixed early-round matchups against bracket-determined opponents will show 100% Matchup — that's because those pairings are decided by the bracket.

Houston Comets 56.33% chance to win
Semifinals
vs. Charlotte Sting
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
78.27%
→
Finals
vs. Cleveland Rockers
Matchup
53.12%
Win Prob
73.32%
Cleveland Rockers 17.59% chance to win
Semifinals
vs. Phoenix Mercury
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
52.51%
→
Finals
vs. Houston Comets
Matchup
61.91%
Win Prob
26.68%
Phoenix Mercury 17.47% chance to win
Semifinals
vs. Cleveland Rockers
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
47.49%
→
Finals
vs. Houston Comets
Matchup
63.25%
Win Prob
29.50%
Charlotte Sting 8.61% chance to win
Semifinals
vs. Houston Comets
Matchup
100.00%
Win Prob
21.73%
→
Finals
vs. Cleveland Rockers
Matchup
58.07%
Win Prob
42.74%

Regular Season Games

Every regular-season game from each team's perspective. Pick a team from the dropdown — it filters every table on this tab. Sort any column by clicking its header. @ before an opponent name indicates an away game.

Date Opponent Score Pre Elo Opp Elo Win % Loss % Elo Δ Record
1998-06-11 Washington Mystics W 83-57 1540.05 1350.00 81.75% 18.25% +3.55 1-0
1998-06-13 @ Detroit Shock W 78-69 1543.60 1350.00 67.02% 32.98% +3.78 2-0
1998-06-15 Houston Comets L 65-79 1547.38 1572.89 56.43% 43.57% -8.06 2-1
1998-06-18 Detroit Shock W 71-67 1539.32 1342.18 82.35% 17.65% +1.34 3-1
1998-06-21 @ Phoenix Mercury W 72-71 1540.66 1557.98 37.63% 62.37% +2.39 4-1
1998-06-24 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 77-73 1543.05 1534.53 41.18% 58.82% +4.49 5-1
1998-06-25 @ Utah Starzz W 91-83 1547.54 1483.57 49.07% 50.93% +5.50 6-1
1998-06-27 Sacramento Monarchs W 58-50 1553.04 1487.37 68.64% 31.36% +3.39 7-1
1998-06-29 @ Detroit Shock L 49-60 1556.43 1367.58 66.41% 33.59% -8.41 7-2
1998-07-04 Phoenix Mercury W 68-66 1548.02 1575.26 56.19% 43.81% +2.36 8-2
1998-07-07 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 79-86 1550.38 1521.05 44.11% 55.89% -4.45 8-3
1998-07-08 @ Utah Starzz W 77-69 1545.93 1472.22 50.47% 49.53% +5.35 9-3
1998-07-10 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 63-55 1551.28 1487.86 48.99% 51.01% +5.51 10-3
1998-07-12 @ New York Liberty W 75-57 1556.79 1538.05 42.61% 57.39% +9.30 11-3
1998-07-15 New York Liberty W 72-65 1566.09 1528.75 65.03% 34.97% +3.53 12-3
1998-07-17 Washington Mystics W 86-56 1569.62 1328.49 85.74% 14.26% +2.99 13-3
1998-07-19 @ Cleveland Rockers L 69-85 1572.61 1517.58 47.78% 52.22% -7.30 13-4
1998-07-21 @ Washington Mystics W 84-67 1565.31 1320.17 73.22% 26.78% +4.22 14-4
1998-07-22 Utah Starzz L 58-61 1569.53 1456.50 74.19% 25.81% -4.91 14-5
1998-07-25 Houston Comets L 58-67 1564.62 1648.54 48.06% 51.94% -5.51 14-6
1998-07-27 Sacramento Monarchs L 70-76 1559.11 1460.12 72.62% 27.38% -6.80 14-7
1998-07-30 Cleveland Rockers W 79-64 1552.31 1537.84 61.98% 38.02% +5.63 15-7
1998-08-02 @ New York Liberty L 67-85 1557.94 1551.91 40.83% 59.17% -6.62 15-8
1998-08-03 Detroit Shock W 71-68 1551.32 1397.56 78.42% 21.58% +1.43 16-8
1998-08-05 New York Liberty W 69-61 1552.75 1558.53 59.20% 40.80% +4.41 17-8
1998-08-08 @ Cleveland Rockers L 58-65 1557.16 1549.34 41.08% 58.92% -4.16 17-9
1998-08-10 @ Houston Comets L 67-70 1553.00 1669.44 25.43% 74.57% -1.68 17-10
1998-08-12 Los Angeles Sparks L 52-65 1551.32 1508.21 65.78% 34.22% -9.06 17-11
1998-08-14 Cleveland Rockers L 72-85 1542.26 1554.67 58.27% 41.73% -8.03 17-12
1998-08-19 @ Washington Mystics W 105-69 1534.23 1280.51 74.18% 25.82% +5.92 18-12
1998-06-11 New York Liberty W 78-71 1544.16 1549.25 59.29% 40.71% +4.11 1-0
1998-06-15 @ Detroit Shock W 96-85 1548.27 1346.22 68.08% 31.92% +4.05 2-0
1998-06-18 @ Houston Comets L 69-87 1552.32 1580.96 36.12% 63.88% -5.86 2-1
1998-06-20 Detroit Shock W 68-66 1546.46 1340.83 83.05% 16.95% +0.92 3-1
1998-06-22 Utah Starzz W 88-72 1547.38 1488.50 67.80% 32.20% +4.92 4-1
1998-06-23 @ New York Liberty L 57-59 1552.30 1543.09 41.28% 58.72% -2.23 4-2
1998-06-27 Detroit Shock L 73-84 1550.07 1357.19 81.99% 18.01% -10.39 4-3
1998-07-01 @ Washington Mystics W 92-80 1539.68 1330.70 68.94% 31.06% +4.11 5-3
1998-07-02 Phoenix Mercury L 61-76 1543.79 1566.86 56.78% 43.22% -8.40 5-4
1998-07-06 Houston Comets L 64-78 1535.39 1610.39 49.34% 50.66% -7.05 5-5
1998-07-08 Washington Mystics W 77-65 1528.34 1323.00 83.03% 16.97% +2.24 6-5
1998-07-10 @ Phoenix Mercury L 60-76 1530.58 1574.71 34.09% 65.91% -5.20 6-6
1998-07-12 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 66-87 1525.38 1519.89 40.76% 59.24% -7.14 6-7
1998-07-14 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 61-58 1518.24 1482.35 45.04% 54.96% +3.64 7-7
1998-07-16 New York Liberty W 60-51 1521.88 1525.22 59.54% 40.46% +4.63 8-7
1998-07-18 @ Detroit Shock L 57-72 1526.51 1382.61 60.42% 39.58% -8.93 8-8
1998-07-19 Charlotte Sting W 85-69 1517.58 1572.61 52.22% 47.78% +7.30 9-8
1998-07-25 Utah Starzz W 69-59 1524.88 1461.41 68.37% 31.63% +3.82 10-8
1998-07-27 Los Angeles Sparks W 83-67 1528.70 1512.59 62.20% 37.80% +5.77 11-8
1998-07-29 Sacramento Monarchs W 75-67 1534.47 1466.91 68.88% 31.12% +3.37 12-8
1998-07-30 @ Charlotte Sting L 64-79 1537.84 1552.31 38.02% 61.98% -5.63 12-9
1998-08-01 @ Houston Comets W 74-71 1532.21 1660.88 24.12% 75.88% +5.02 13-9
1998-08-04 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 72-60 1537.23 1458.84 51.14% 48.86% +6.47 14-9
1998-08-06 @ Utah Starzz W 79-69 1543.70 1450.15 53.32% 46.68% +5.64 15-9
1998-08-08 Charlotte Sting W 65-58 1549.34 1557.16 58.92% 41.08% +4.15 16-9
1998-08-10 Phoenix Mercury L 80-82 1553.49 1562.26 58.78% 41.22% -3.18 16-10
1998-08-12 @ Washington Mystics W 75-55 1550.31 1293.63 74.50% 25.50% +4.36 17-10
1998-08-14 @ Charlotte Sting W 85-72 1554.67 1542.26 41.73% 58.27% +8.03 18-10
1998-08-15 Washington Mystics W 90-71 1562.70 1286.22 88.05% 11.95% +1.99 19-10
1998-08-17 @ New York Liberty W 70-64 1564.69 1572.86 38.88% 61.12% +5.71 20-10
1998-06-13 Charlotte Sting L 69-78 1350.00 1543.60 32.98% 67.02% -3.78 0-1
1998-06-15 Cleveland Rockers L 85-96 1346.22 1548.27 31.92% 68.08% -4.04 0-2
1998-06-18 @ Charlotte Sting L 67-71 1342.18 1539.32 17.65% 82.35% -1.35 0-3
1998-06-20 @ Cleveland Rockers L 66-68 1340.83 1546.46 16.95% 83.05% -0.92 0-4
1998-06-21 @ Washington Mystics W 70-57 1339.91 1350.23 38.58% 61.42% +8.46 1-4
1998-06-23 Sacramento Monarchs W 61-57 1348.37 1496.74 38.97% 61.03% +4.66 2-4
1998-06-25 Washington Mystics W 79-71 1353.03 1341.77 61.55% 38.45% +4.16 3-4
1998-06-27 @ Cleveland Rockers W 84-73 1357.19 1550.07 18.01% 81.99% +10.39 4-4
1998-06-29 Charlotte Sting W 60-49 1367.58 1556.43 33.59% 66.41% +8.41 5-4
1998-07-01 New York Liberty W 82-65 1375.99 1552.85 35.15% 64.85% +10.22 6-4
1998-07-06 @ New York Liberty L 56-59 1386.21 1546.23 20.97% 79.03% -1.39 6-5
1998-07-08 Phoenix Mercury L 76-78 1384.82 1572.89 33.69% 66.31% -1.82 6-6
1998-07-09 @ Houston Comets L 66-96 1383.00 1627.01 14.06% 85.94% -2.94 6-7
1998-07-11 @ Washington Mystics L 53-78 1380.06 1320.75 48.40% 51.60% -9.25 6-8
1998-07-13 @ Utah Starzz W 74-67 1370.81 1465.29 27.90% 72.10% +7.29 7-8
1998-07-15 @ Phoenix Mercury L 60-73 1378.10 1583.90 16.94% 83.06% -2.33 7-9
1998-07-17 Utah Starzz W 79-67 1375.77 1458.00 48.30% 51.70% +6.84 8-9
1998-07-18 Cleveland Rockers W 72-57 1382.61 1526.51 39.58% 60.42% +8.94 9-9
1998-07-22 Washington Mystics W 76-61 1391.55 1315.95 69.86% 30.14% +4.45 10-9
1998-07-25 Los Angeles Sparks W 69-67 1396.00 1515.68 42.96% 57.04% +3.09 11-9
1998-07-26 @ New York Liberty L 62-78 1399.09 1544.68 22.38% 77.62% -3.42 11-10
1998-07-31 Sacramento Monarchs W 78-77 1395.67 1463.55 50.37% 49.63% +1.89 12-10
1998-08-03 @ Charlotte Sting L 68-71 1397.56 1551.32 21.58% 78.42% -1.43 12-11
1998-08-05 Los Angeles Sparks W 73-61 1396.13 1525.44 41.61% 58.39% +7.73 13-11
1998-08-07 Houston Comets L 57-61 1403.86 1667.55 24.74% 75.26% -1.89 13-12
1998-08-10 @ Utah Starzz W 77-73 1401.97 1442.12 34.60% 65.40% +5.00 14-12
1998-08-11 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 50-41 1406.97 1456.06 33.45% 66.55% +7.62 15-12
1998-08-14 @ Phoenix Mercury L 59-84 1414.59 1563.88 22.01% 77.99% -4.20 15-13
1998-08-16 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 77-76 1410.39 1522.43 25.91% 74.09% +2.83 16-13
1998-08-19 New York Liberty W 82-68 1413.22 1567.14 38.21% 61.79% +8.83 17-13
1998-06-13 New York Liberty W 73-62 1568.22 1545.14 63.14% 36.86% +4.67 1-0
1998-06-15 @ Charlotte Sting W 79-65 1572.89 1547.38 43.57% 56.43% +8.07 2-0
1998-06-18 Cleveland Rockers W 87-69 1580.96 1552.32 63.88% 36.12% +5.85 3-0
1998-06-20 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 79-68 1586.81 1502.83 51.95% 48.05% +6.09 4-0
1998-06-21 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 79-63 1592.90 1542.61 47.10% 52.90% +8.08 5-0
1998-06-24 @ Phoenix Mercury L 66-69 1600.98 1555.59 46.40% 53.60% -3.07 5-1
1998-06-27 Los Angeles Sparks W 75-64 1597.91 1530.04 68.92% 31.08% +3.94 6-1
1998-06-29 Washington Mystics W 73-48 1601.85 1333.08 87.57% 12.43% +2.37 7-1
1998-06-30 @ Utah Starzz W 75-73 1604.22 1471.59 58.86% 41.14% +2.23 8-1
1998-07-03 Sacramento Monarchs W 84-67 1606.45 1486.47 74.95% 25.05% +3.94 9-1
1998-07-06 @ Cleveland Rockers W 78-64 1610.39 1535.39 50.66% 49.34% +7.06 10-1
1998-07-08 @ New York Liberty W 79-54 1617.45 1547.62 49.91% 50.09% +9.56 11-1
1998-07-09 Detroit Shock W 96-66 1627.01 1383.00 85.94% 14.06% +2.94 12-1
1998-07-11 Utah Starzz W 72-68 1629.95 1466.87 79.32% 20.68% +1.58 13-1
1998-07-13 Washington Mystics W 81-67 1631.53 1330.00 89.49% 10.51% +1.51 14-1
1998-07-17 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 74-68 1633.04 1525.95 55.25% 44.75% +4.18 15-1
1998-07-18 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 75-44 1637.22 1475.80 62.80% 37.20% +7.92 16-1
1998-07-21 @ Phoenix Mercury W 65-62 1645.14 1584.35 48.61% 51.39% +3.40 17-1
1998-07-25 @ Charlotte Sting W 67-58 1648.54 1564.62 51.94% 48.06% +5.50 18-1
1998-07-28 Phoenix Mercury W 72-62 1654.04 1571.36 70.71% 29.29% +3.54 19-1
1998-07-30 Utah Starzz W 88-65 1657.58 1464.49 82.01% 17.99% +3.30 20-1
1998-08-01 Cleveland Rockers L 71-74 1660.88 1532.21 75.88% 24.12% -5.02 20-2
1998-08-02 Sacramento Monarchs W 70-53 1655.86 1461.66 82.10% 17.90% +2.82 21-2
1998-08-04 @ Utah Starzz W 77-57 1658.68 1455.58 68.21% 31.79% +5.43 22-2
1998-08-06 Phoenix Mercury W 75-64 1664.11 1563.31 72.82% 27.18% +3.44 23-2
1998-08-07 @ Detroit Shock W 61-57 1667.55 1403.86 75.26% 24.74% +1.89 24-2
1998-08-10 Charlotte Sting W 70-67 1669.44 1553.00 74.57% 25.43% +1.68 25-2
1998-08-15 @ New York Liberty L 54-70 1671.12 1564.43 55.20% 44.80% -8.43 25-3
1998-08-17 @ Washington Mystics W 110-65 1662.69 1284.23 85.48% 14.52% +3.72 26-3
1998-08-19 Los Angeles Sparks W 80-71 1666.41 1519.60 77.74% 22.26% +2.55 27-3
1998-06-11 @ Utah Starzz W 89-83 1543.16 1496.35 46.60% 53.40% +5.00 1-0
1998-06-14 @ Phoenix Mercury L 60-70 1548.16 1550.73 39.65% 60.35% -4.79 1-1
1998-06-16 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 69-73 1543.37 1508.07 44.96% 55.04% -3.43 1-2
1998-06-19 New York Liberty W 78-75 1539.94 1543.21 59.55% 40.45% +2.67 2-2
1998-06-21 Houston Comets L 63-79 1542.61 1592.90 52.90% 47.10% -8.08 2-3
1998-06-24 Charlotte Sting L 73-77 1534.53 1543.05 58.82% 41.18% -4.49 2-4
1998-06-27 @ Houston Comets L 64-75 1530.04 1597.91 31.08% 68.92% -3.94 2-5
1998-06-30 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 56-58 1526.10 1483.99 45.93% 54.07% -2.48 2-6
1998-07-02 Utah Starzz L 57-58 1523.62 1469.37 67.21% 32.79% -2.57 2-7
1998-07-07 Charlotte Sting W 86-79 1521.05 1550.38 55.89% 44.11% +4.46 3-7
1998-07-08 Sacramento Monarchs L 71-76 1525.51 1482.24 65.80% 34.20% -5.62 3-8
1998-07-12 Cleveland Rockers W 87-66 1519.89 1525.38 59.24% 40.76% +7.13 4-8
1998-07-13 @ Phoenix Mercury L 62-72 1527.02 1579.92 32.96% 67.04% -3.98 4-9
1998-07-15 Sacramento Monarchs W 81-76 1523.04 1478.71 65.94% 34.06% +2.91 5-9
1998-07-17 Houston Comets L 68-74 1525.95 1633.04 44.75% 55.25% -4.19 5-10
1998-07-21 New York Liberty L 77-92 1521.76 1527.00 59.27% 40.73% -8.77 5-11
1998-07-23 Phoenix Mercury W 70-68 1512.99 1580.95 50.36% 49.64% +2.69 6-11
1998-07-25 @ Detroit Shock L 67-69 1515.68 1396.00 57.04% 42.96% -3.09 6-12
1998-07-27 @ Cleveland Rockers L 67-83 1512.59 1528.70 37.80% 62.20% -5.77 6-13
1998-07-29 @ Washington Mystics W 77-68 1506.82 1305.82 67.95% 32.05% +3.67 7-13
1998-07-31 Phoenix Mercury W 71-56 1510.49 1567.82 51.89% 48.11% +7.12 8-13
1998-08-01 @ Utah Starzz W 73-65 1517.61 1461.20 47.98% 52.02% +5.62 9-13
1998-08-03 Washington Mystics W 86-72 1523.23 1298.33 84.55% 15.45% +2.21 10-13
1998-08-05 @ Detroit Shock L 61-73 1525.44 1396.13 58.39% 41.61% -7.73 10-14
1998-08-08 @ New York Liberty L 62-80 1517.71 1554.12 35.09% 64.91% -5.69 10-15
1998-08-09 @ Washington Mystics L 74-76 1512.02 1289.82 70.55% 29.45% -3.81 10-16
1998-08-12 @ Charlotte Sting W 65-52 1508.21 1551.32 34.22% 65.78% +9.06 11-16
1998-08-14 Utah Starzz W 87-67 1517.27 1442.14 69.80% 30.20% +5.16 12-16
1998-08-16 Detroit Shock L 76-77 1522.43 1410.39 74.09% 25.91% -2.83 12-17
1998-08-19 @ Houston Comets L 71-80 1519.60 1666.41 22.26% 77.74% -2.55 12-18
1998-06-11 @ Cleveland Rockers L 71-78 1549.25 1544.16 40.71% 59.29% -4.11 0-1
1998-06-13 @ Houston Comets L 62-73 1545.14 1568.22 36.86% 63.14% -4.67 0-2
1998-06-15 @ Utah Starzz L 60-71 1540.47 1492.21 46.81% 53.19% -5.93 0-3
1998-06-18 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 64-48 1534.54 1511.51 43.22% 56.78% +8.67 1-3
1998-06-19 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 75-78 1543.21 1539.94 40.45% 59.55% -2.67 1-4
1998-06-21 Utah Starzz W 68-64 1540.54 1491.05 66.61% 33.39% +2.55 2-4
1998-06-23 Cleveland Rockers W 59-57 1543.09 1552.30 58.72% 41.28% +2.23 3-4
1998-06-26 Sacramento Monarchs W 62-48 1545.32 1492.08 67.08% 32.92% +4.70 4-4
1998-06-29 Phoenix Mercury W 71-68 1550.02 1569.68 57.26% 42.74% +2.83 5-4
1998-07-01 @ Detroit Shock L 65-82 1552.85 1375.99 64.85% 35.15% -10.21 5-5
1998-07-03 Washington Mystics W 76-60 1542.64 1326.59 83.88% 16.12% +2.46 6-5
1998-07-05 @ Washington Mystics W 62-61 1545.10 1324.13 70.40% 29.60% +1.13 7-5
1998-07-06 Detroit Shock W 59-56 1546.23 1386.21 79.03% 20.97% +1.39 8-5
1998-07-08 Houston Comets L 54-79 1547.62 1617.45 50.09% 49.91% -9.57 8-6
1998-07-12 Charlotte Sting L 57-75 1538.05 1556.79 57.39% 42.61% -9.30 8-7
1998-07-15 @ Charlotte Sting L 65-72 1528.75 1566.09 34.97% 65.03% -3.53 8-8
1998-07-16 @ Cleveland Rockers L 51-60 1525.22 1521.88 40.46% 59.54% -4.64 8-9
1998-07-18 @ Phoenix Mercury W 69-63 1520.58 1586.23 31.36% 68.64% +6.42 9-9
1998-07-21 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 92-77 1527.00 1521.76 40.73% 59.27% +8.77 10-9
1998-07-24 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 76-54 1535.77 1463.35 50.29% 49.71% +8.91 11-9
1998-07-26 Detroit Shock W 78-62 1544.68 1399.09 77.62% 22.38% +3.42 12-9
1998-08-01 @ Washington Mystics W 67-53 1548.10 1302.15 73.31% 26.69% +3.81 13-9
1998-08-02 Charlotte Sting W 85-67 1551.91 1557.94 59.17% 40.83% +6.62 14-9
1998-08-05 @ Charlotte Sting L 61-69 1558.53 1552.75 40.80% 59.20% -4.41 14-10
1998-08-08 Los Angeles Sparks W 80-62 1554.12 1517.71 64.91% 35.09% +5.69 15-10
1998-08-11 Phoenix Mercury W 79-78 1559.81 1565.44 59.22% 40.78% +1.56 16-10
1998-08-13 Washington Mystics W 88-45 1561.37 1289.28 87.78% 12.22% +3.06 17-10
1998-08-15 Houston Comets W 70-54 1564.43 1671.12 44.80% 55.20% +8.43 18-10
1998-08-17 Cleveland Rockers L 64-70 1572.86 1564.69 61.12% 38.88% -5.72 18-11
1998-08-19 @ Detroit Shock L 68-82 1567.14 1413.22 61.79% 38.21% -8.83 18-12
1998-06-11 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 73-70 1547.09 1511.71 44.97% 55.03% +3.64 1-0
1998-06-14 Los Angeles Sparks W 70-60 1550.73 1548.16 60.35% 39.65% +4.79 2-0
1998-06-15 Washington Mystics W 69-54 1555.52 1345.59 83.40% 16.60% +2.46 3-0
1998-06-21 Charlotte Sting L 71-72 1557.98 1540.66 62.37% 37.63% -2.39 3-1
1998-06-24 Houston Comets W 69-66 1555.59 1600.98 53.60% 46.40% +3.07 4-1
1998-06-26 Utah Starzz W 96-63 1558.66 1478.07 70.46% 29.54% +6.49 5-1
1998-06-28 @ Washington Mystics W 86-69 1565.15 1337.62 71.18% 28.82% +4.53 6-1
1998-06-29 @ New York Liberty L 68-71 1569.68 1550.02 42.74% 57.26% -2.82 6-2
1998-07-02 @ Cleveland Rockers W 76-61 1566.86 1543.79 43.22% 56.78% +8.40 7-2
1998-07-04 @ Charlotte Sting L 66-68 1575.26 1548.02 43.81% 56.19% -2.37 7-3
1998-07-08 @ Detroit Shock W 78-76 1572.89 1384.82 66.31% 33.69% +1.82 8-3
1998-07-10 Cleveland Rockers W 76-60 1574.71 1530.58 65.91% 34.09% +5.21 9-3
1998-07-13 Los Angeles Sparks W 72-62 1579.92 1527.02 67.04% 32.96% +3.98 10-3
1998-07-15 Detroit Shock W 73-60 1583.90 1378.10 83.06% 16.94% +2.33 11-3
1998-07-18 New York Liberty L 63-69 1586.23 1520.58 68.64% 31.36% -6.42 11-4
1998-07-20 Sacramento Monarchs W 88-67 1579.81 1467.89 74.07% 25.93% +4.54 12-4
1998-07-21 Houston Comets L 62-65 1584.35 1645.14 51.39% 48.61% -3.40 12-5
1998-07-23 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 68-70 1580.95 1512.99 49.64% 50.36% -2.68 12-6
1998-07-27 @ Utah Starzz L 80-90 1578.27 1457.59 57.18% 42.82% -6.91 12-7
1998-07-28 @ Houston Comets L 62-72 1571.36 1654.04 29.29% 70.71% -3.54 12-8
1998-07-31 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 56-71 1567.82 1510.49 48.11% 51.89% -7.12 12-9
1998-08-04 Washington Mystics W 88-59 1560.70 1296.12 87.31% 12.69% +2.61 13-9
1998-08-06 @ Houston Comets L 64-75 1563.31 1664.11 27.18% 72.82% -3.44 13-10
1998-08-08 Utah Starzz W 68-62 1559.87 1444.51 74.45% 25.55% +2.39 14-10
1998-08-10 @ Cleveland Rockers W 82-80 1562.26 1553.49 41.22% 58.78% +3.18 15-10
1998-08-11 @ New York Liberty L 78-79 1565.44 1559.81 40.78% 59.22% -1.56 15-11
1998-08-14 Detroit Shock W 84-59 1563.88 1414.59 77.99% 22.01% +4.20 16-11
1998-08-16 @ Sacramento Monarchs W 85-69 1568.08 1451.18 56.65% 43.35% +6.63 17-11
1998-08-17 @ Utah Starzz W 75-64 1574.71 1429.22 60.64% 39.36% +4.98 18-11
1998-08-19 Sacramento Monarchs W 71-62 1579.69 1444.55 76.56% 23.44% +2.69 19-11
1998-06-11 Phoenix Mercury L 70-73 1511.71 1547.09 55.03% 44.97% -3.64 0-1
1998-06-16 Los Angeles Sparks W 73-69 1508.07 1543.37 55.04% 44.96% +3.44 1-1
1998-06-18 New York Liberty L 48-64 1511.51 1534.54 56.78% 43.22% -8.68 1-2
1998-06-20 Houston Comets L 68-79 1502.83 1586.81 48.05% 51.95% -6.09 1-3
1998-06-23 @ Detroit Shock L 57-61 1496.74 1348.37 61.03% 38.97% -4.66 1-4
1998-06-26 @ New York Liberty L 48-62 1492.08 1545.32 32.92% 67.08% -4.71 1-5
1998-06-27 @ Charlotte Sting L 50-58 1487.37 1553.04 31.36% 68.64% -3.38 1-6
1998-06-30 Los Angeles Sparks W 58-56 1483.99 1526.10 54.07% 45.93% +2.48 2-6
1998-07-03 @ Houston Comets L 67-84 1486.47 1606.45 25.05% 74.95% -3.95 2-7
1998-07-05 Utah Starzz W 70-66 1482.52 1471.93 61.45% 38.55% +2.95 3-7
1998-07-06 @ Utah Starzz L 64-68 1485.47 1468.99 42.30% 57.70% -3.23 3-8
1998-07-08 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 76-71 1482.24 1525.51 34.20% 65.80% +5.62 4-8
1998-07-10 Charlotte Sting L 55-63 1487.86 1551.28 51.01% 48.99% -5.51 4-9
1998-07-14 Cleveland Rockers L 58-61 1482.35 1518.24 54.96% 45.04% -3.64 4-10
1998-07-15 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 76-81 1478.71 1523.04 34.06% 65.94% -2.91 4-11
1998-07-18 Houston Comets L 44-75 1475.80 1637.22 37.20% 62.80% -7.91 4-12
1998-07-20 @ Phoenix Mercury L 67-88 1467.89 1579.81 25.93% 74.07% -4.54 4-13
1998-07-24 New York Liberty L 54-76 1463.35 1535.77 49.71% 50.29% -8.91 4-14
1998-07-26 @ Washington Mystics W 79-65 1454.44 1311.50 60.29% 39.71% +5.68 5-14
1998-07-27 @ Charlotte Sting W 76-70 1460.12 1559.11 27.38% 72.62% +6.79 6-14
1998-07-29 @ Cleveland Rockers L 67-75 1466.91 1534.47 31.12% 68.88% -3.36 6-15
1998-07-31 @ Detroit Shock L 77-78 1463.55 1395.67 49.63% 50.37% -1.89 6-16
1998-08-02 @ Houston Comets L 53-70 1461.66 1655.86 17.90% 82.10% -2.82 6-17
1998-08-04 Cleveland Rockers L 60-72 1458.84 1537.23 48.86% 51.14% -6.47 6-18
1998-08-07 Washington Mystics W 76-55 1452.37 1293.51 78.92% 21.08% +3.69 7-18
1998-08-11 Detroit Shock L 41-50 1456.06 1406.97 66.55% 33.45% -7.62 7-19
1998-08-12 @ Utah Starzz L 71-81 1448.44 1437.12 41.57% 58.43% -5.03 7-20
1998-08-15 Utah Starzz W 82-55 1443.41 1436.98 60.89% 39.11% +7.77 8-20
1998-08-16 Phoenix Mercury L 69-85 1451.18 1568.08 43.35% 56.65% -6.63 8-21
1998-08-19 @ Phoenix Mercury L 62-71 1444.55 1579.69 23.44% 76.56% -2.68 8-22
1998-06-11 Los Angeles Sparks L 83-89 1496.35 1543.16 53.40% 46.60% -4.99 0-1
1998-06-13 Washington Mystics W 78-77 1491.36 1346.45 77.55% 22.45% +0.85 1-1
1998-06-15 New York Liberty W 71-60 1492.21 1540.47 53.19% 46.81% +5.93 2-1
1998-06-19 @ Washington Mystics L 76-85 1498.14 1343.13 61.94% 38.06% -7.09 2-2
1998-06-21 @ New York Liberty L 64-68 1491.05 1540.54 33.39% 66.61% -2.55 2-3
1998-06-22 @ Cleveland Rockers L 72-88 1488.50 1547.38 32.20% 67.80% -4.93 2-4
1998-06-25 Charlotte Sting L 83-91 1483.57 1547.54 50.93% 49.07% -5.50 2-5
1998-06-26 @ Phoenix Mercury L 63-96 1478.07 1558.66 29.54% 70.46% -6.48 2-6
1998-06-30 Houston Comets L 73-75 1471.59 1604.22 41.14% 58.86% -2.22 2-7
1998-07-02 @ Los Angeles Sparks W 58-57 1469.37 1523.62 32.79% 67.21% +2.56 3-7
1998-07-05 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 66-70 1471.93 1482.52 38.55% 61.45% -2.94 3-8
1998-07-06 Sacramento Monarchs W 68-64 1468.99 1485.47 57.70% 42.30% +3.23 4-8
1998-07-08 Charlotte Sting L 69-77 1472.22 1545.93 49.53% 50.47% -5.35 4-9
1998-07-11 @ Houston Comets L 68-72 1466.87 1629.95 20.68% 79.32% -1.58 4-10
1998-07-13 Detroit Shock L 67-74 1465.29 1370.81 72.10% 27.90% -7.29 4-11
1998-07-17 @ Detroit Shock L 67-79 1458.00 1375.77 51.70% 48.30% -6.84 4-12
1998-07-19 @ Washington Mystics W 99-88 1451.16 1325.51 57.88% 42.12% +5.34 5-12
1998-07-22 @ Charlotte Sting W 61-58 1456.50 1569.53 25.81% 74.19% +4.91 6-12
1998-07-25 @ Cleveland Rockers L 59-69 1461.41 1524.88 31.63% 68.37% -3.82 6-13
1998-07-27 Phoenix Mercury W 90-80 1457.59 1578.27 42.82% 57.18% +6.90 7-13
1998-07-30 @ Houston Comets L 65-88 1464.49 1657.58 17.99% 82.01% -3.29 7-14
1998-08-01 Los Angeles Sparks L 65-73 1461.20 1517.61 52.02% 47.98% -5.62 7-15
1998-08-04 Houston Comets L 57-77 1455.58 1658.68 31.79% 68.21% -5.43 7-16
1998-08-06 Cleveland Rockers L 69-79 1450.15 1543.70 46.68% 53.32% -5.64 7-17
1998-08-08 @ Phoenix Mercury L 62-68 1444.51 1559.87 25.55% 74.45% -2.39 7-18
1998-08-10 Detroit Shock L 73-77 1442.12 1401.97 65.40% 34.60% -5.00 7-19
1998-08-12 Sacramento Monarchs W 81-71 1437.12 1448.44 58.43% 41.57% +5.02 8-19
1998-08-14 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 67-87 1442.14 1517.27 30.20% 69.80% -5.16 8-20
1998-08-15 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 55-82 1436.98 1443.41 39.11% 60.89% -7.76 8-21
1998-08-17 Phoenix Mercury L 64-75 1429.22 1574.71 39.36% 60.64% -4.99 8-22
1998-06-11 @ Charlotte Sting L 57-83 1350.00 1540.05 18.25% 81.75% -3.55 0-1
1998-06-13 @ Utah Starzz L 77-78 1346.45 1491.36 22.45% 77.55% -0.86 0-2
1998-06-15 @ Phoenix Mercury L 54-69 1345.59 1555.52 16.60% 83.40% -2.46 0-3
1998-06-19 Utah Starzz W 85-76 1343.13 1498.14 38.06% 61.94% +7.10 1-3
1998-06-21 Detroit Shock L 57-70 1350.23 1339.91 61.42% 38.58% -8.46 1-4
1998-06-25 @ Detroit Shock L 71-79 1341.77 1353.03 38.45% 61.55% -4.15 1-5
1998-06-28 Phoenix Mercury L 69-86 1337.62 1565.15 28.82% 71.18% -4.54 1-6
1998-06-29 @ Houston Comets L 48-73 1333.08 1601.85 12.43% 87.57% -2.38 1-7
1998-07-01 Cleveland Rockers L 80-92 1330.70 1539.68 31.06% 68.94% -4.11 1-8
1998-07-03 @ New York Liberty L 60-76 1326.59 1542.64 16.12% 83.88% -2.46 1-9
1998-07-05 New York Liberty L 61-62 1324.13 1545.10 29.60% 70.40% -1.13 1-10
1998-07-08 @ Cleveland Rockers L 65-77 1323.00 1528.34 16.97% 83.03% -2.25 1-11
1998-07-11 Detroit Shock W 78-53 1320.75 1380.06 51.60% 48.40% +9.25 2-11
1998-07-13 @ Houston Comets L 67-81 1330.00 1631.53 10.51% 89.49% -1.51 2-12
1998-07-17 @ Charlotte Sting L 56-86 1328.49 1569.62 14.26% 85.74% -2.98 2-13
1998-07-19 Utah Starzz L 88-99 1325.51 1451.16 42.12% 57.88% -5.34 2-14
1998-07-21 Charlotte Sting L 67-84 1320.17 1565.31 26.78% 73.22% -4.22 2-15
1998-07-22 @ Detroit Shock L 61-76 1315.95 1391.55 30.14% 69.86% -4.45 2-16
1998-07-26 Sacramento Monarchs L 65-79 1311.50 1454.44 39.71% 60.29% -5.68 2-17
1998-07-29 Los Angeles Sparks L 68-77 1305.82 1506.82 32.05% 67.95% -3.67 2-18
1998-08-01 New York Liberty L 53-67 1302.15 1548.10 26.69% 73.31% -3.82 2-19
1998-08-03 @ Los Angeles Sparks L 72-86 1298.33 1523.23 15.45% 84.55% -2.21 2-20
1998-08-04 @ Phoenix Mercury L 59-88 1296.12 1560.70 12.69% 87.31% -2.61 2-21
1998-08-07 @ Sacramento Monarchs L 55-76 1293.51 1452.37 21.08% 78.92% -3.69 2-22
1998-08-09 Los Angeles Sparks W 76-74 1289.82 1512.02 29.45% 70.55% +3.81 3-22
1998-08-12 Cleveland Rockers L 55-75 1293.63 1550.31 25.50% 74.50% -4.35 3-23
1998-08-13 @ New York Liberty L 45-88 1289.28 1561.37 12.22% 87.78% -3.06 3-24
1998-08-15 @ Cleveland Rockers L 71-90 1286.22 1562.70 11.95% 88.05% -1.99 3-25
1998-08-17 Houston Comets L 65-110 1284.23 1662.69 14.52% 85.48% -3.72 3-26
1998-08-19 Charlotte Sting L 69-105 1280.51 1534.23 25.82% 74.18% -5.92 3-27

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from each team's perspective, controlled by the team filter above. Sort any column by clicking its header. @ before an opponent name indicates an away game; the record column shows the team's running playoff W-L.

Date Opponent Score Pre Elo Opp Elo Win % Loss % Elo Δ Record
1998-08-22 Houston Comets L 71-85 1540.15 1668.96 41.68% 58.32% -5.95 0-1
1998-08-24 @ Houston Comets L 61-77 1534.20 1674.92 22.87% 77.13% -3.50 0-2
1998-08-22 @ Phoenix Mercury L 68-78 1570.40 1582.38 38.36% 61.64% -4.63 0-1
1998-08-24 Phoenix Mercury W 67-66 1565.77 1587.01 57.03% 42.97% +1.64 1-1
1998-08-25 Phoenix Mercury L 60-71 1567.41 1585.37 57.50% 42.50% -7.28 1-2
1998-08-22 @ Charlotte Sting W 85-71 1668.96 1540.15 58.32% 41.68% +5.96 1-0
1998-08-24 Charlotte Sting W 77-61 1674.92 1534.20 77.13% 22.87% +3.49 2-0
1998-08-27 @ Phoenix Mercury L 51-54 1678.41 1592.66 52.20% 47.80% -3.45 2-1
1998-08-29 Phoenix Mercury W 74-69 1674.96 1596.11 70.25% 29.75% +2.54 3-1
1998-09-01 Phoenix Mercury W 80-71 1677.50 1593.57 70.86% 29.14% +3.34 4-1
1998-08-22 Cleveland Rockers W 78-68 1582.38 1570.40 61.64% 38.36% +4.63 1-0
1998-08-24 @ Cleveland Rockers L 66-67 1587.01 1565.77 42.97% 57.03% -1.64 1-1
1998-08-25 @ Cleveland Rockers W 71-60 1585.37 1567.41 42.50% 57.50% +7.29 2-1
1998-08-27 Houston Comets W 54-51 1592.66 1678.41 47.80% 52.20% +3.45 3-1
1998-08-29 @ Houston Comets L 69-74 1596.11 1674.96 29.75% 70.25% -2.54 3-2
1998-09-01 @ Houston Comets L 71-80 1593.57 1677.50 29.14% 70.86% -3.34 3-3

Biggest Upsets

The 25 games where the underdog won despite the lowest pregame win probability. Underdog Win % is the winner's pregame chance of winning the game (lower = bigger upset). @ before a team name indicates the away side. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

# Date Underdog Win % Winning Team Losing Team
Team Elo Score Team Elo Score
1 1998-06-27 18.01% Detroit Shock 1357.19 84 @ Cleveland Rockers 1550.07 73
2 1998-08-01 24.12% Cleveland Rockers 1532.21 74 @ Houston Comets 1660.88 71
3 1998-07-22 25.81% Utah Starzz 1456.50 61 @ Charlotte Sting 1569.53 58
4 1998-08-16 25.91% Detroit Shock 1410.39 77 @ Los Angeles Sparks 1522.43 76
5 1998-07-27 27.38% Sacramento Monarchs 1460.12 76 @ Charlotte Sting 1559.11 70
6 1998-07-13 27.90% Detroit Shock 1370.81 74 @ Utah Starzz 1465.29 67
7 1998-08-09 29.45% @ Washington Mystics 1289.82 76 Los Angeles Sparks 1512.02 74
8 1998-07-18 31.36% New York Liberty 1520.58 69 @ Phoenix Mercury 1586.23 63
9 1998-07-02 32.79% Utah Starzz 1469.37 58 @ Los Angeles Sparks 1523.62 57
10 1998-08-11 33.45% Detroit Shock 1406.97 50 @ Sacramento Monarchs 1456.06 41
11 1998-06-29 33.59% @ Detroit Shock 1367.58 60 Charlotte Sting 1556.43 49
12 1998-07-08 34.20% Sacramento Monarchs 1482.24 76 @ Los Angeles Sparks 1525.51 71
13 1998-08-12 34.22% Los Angeles Sparks 1508.21 65 @ Charlotte Sting 1551.32 52
14 1998-08-10 34.60% Detroit Shock 1401.97 77 @ Utah Starzz 1442.12 73
15 1998-07-01 35.15% @ Detroit Shock 1375.99 82 New York Liberty 1552.85 65
16 1998-06-21 37.63% Charlotte Sting 1540.66 72 @ Phoenix Mercury 1557.98 71
17 1998-06-19 38.06% @ Washington Mystics 1343.13 85 Utah Starzz 1498.14 76
18 1998-08-19 38.21% @ Detroit Shock 1413.22 82 New York Liberty 1567.14 68
19 1998-06-21 38.58% Detroit Shock 1339.91 70 @ Washington Mystics 1350.23 57
20 1998-08-17 38.88% Cleveland Rockers 1564.69 70 @ New York Liberty 1572.86 64
21 1998-06-23 38.97% @ Detroit Shock 1348.37 61 Sacramento Monarchs 1496.74 57
22 1998-07-18 39.58% @ Detroit Shock 1382.61 72 Cleveland Rockers 1526.51 57
23 1998-07-21 40.73% New York Liberty 1527.00 92 @ Los Angeles Sparks 1521.76 77
24 1998-06-24 41.18% Charlotte Sting 1543.05 77 @ Los Angeles Sparks 1534.53 73
25 1998-08-10 41.22% Phoenix Mercury 1562.26 82 @ Cleveland Rockers 1553.49 80

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that moved the Elo needle the most. Elo Δ is the magnitude of the rating swing; both teams move by the same amount per game (one up, one down). The winning side is shown first. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

# Date Elo Δ Winning Team Losing Team
Team Score Elo Win % Team Score Elo Win %
1 1998-06-27 10.39 Detroit Shock 84 1357.19 18.01% @ Cleveland Rockers 73 1550.07 81.99%
2 1998-07-01 10.22 @ Detroit Shock 82 1375.99 35.15% New York Liberty 65 1552.85 64.85%
3 1998-07-08 9.57 Houston Comets 79 1617.45 49.91% @ New York Liberty 54 1547.62 50.09%
4 1998-07-12 9.30 Charlotte Sting 75 1556.79 42.61% @ New York Liberty 57 1538.05 57.39%
5 1998-07-11 9.25 @ Washington Mystics 78 1320.75 51.60% Detroit Shock 53 1380.06 48.40%
6 1998-08-12 9.06 Los Angeles Sparks 65 1508.21 34.22% @ Charlotte Sting 52 1551.32 65.78%
7 1998-07-18 8.94 @ Detroit Shock 72 1382.61 39.58% Cleveland Rockers 57 1526.51 60.42%
8 1998-07-24 8.91 New York Liberty 76 1535.77 50.29% @ Sacramento Monarchs 54 1463.35 49.71%
9 1998-08-19 8.83 @ Detroit Shock 82 1413.22 38.21% New York Liberty 68 1567.14 61.79%
10 1998-07-21 8.77 New York Liberty 92 1527.00 40.73% @ Los Angeles Sparks 77 1521.76 59.27%
11 1998-06-18 8.68 New York Liberty 64 1534.54 43.22% @ Sacramento Monarchs 48 1511.51 56.78%
12 1998-06-21 8.46 Detroit Shock 70 1339.91 38.58% @ Washington Mystics 57 1350.23 61.42%
13 1998-08-15 8.43 @ New York Liberty 70 1564.43 44.80% Houston Comets 54 1671.12 55.20%
14 1998-06-29 8.41 @ Detroit Shock 60 1367.58 33.59% Charlotte Sting 49 1556.43 66.41%
15 1998-07-02 8.40 Phoenix Mercury 76 1566.86 43.22% @ Cleveland Rockers 61 1543.79 56.78%
16 1998-06-21 8.08 Houston Comets 79 1592.90 47.10% @ Los Angeles Sparks 63 1542.61 52.90%
17 1998-06-15 8.07 Houston Comets 79 1572.89 43.57% @ Charlotte Sting 65 1547.38 56.43%
18 1998-08-14 8.03 Cleveland Rockers 85 1554.67 41.73% @ Charlotte Sting 72 1542.26 58.27%
19 1998-07-18 7.92 Houston Comets 75 1637.22 62.80% @ Sacramento Monarchs 44 1475.80 37.20%
20 1998-08-15 7.77 @ Sacramento Monarchs 82 1443.41 60.89% Utah Starzz 55 1436.98 39.11%
21 1998-08-05 7.73 @ Detroit Shock 73 1396.13 41.61% Los Angeles Sparks 61 1525.44 58.39%
22 1998-08-11 7.62 Detroit Shock 50 1406.97 33.45% @ Sacramento Monarchs 41 1456.06 66.55%
23 1998-07-19 7.30 @ Cleveland Rockers 85 1517.58 52.22% Charlotte Sting 69 1572.61 47.78%
24 1998-08-25 * 7.29 Phoenix Mercury 71 1585.37 42.50% @ Cleveland Rockers 60 1567.41 57.50%
25 1998-07-13 7.29 Detroit Shock 74 1370.81 27.90% @ Utah Starzz 67 1465.29 72.10%