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1997 New York Liberty

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17-11, Finished 2nd in WNBA Eastern Conference
WNBA Season Summary

Scored 68.3 points per game, Allowed 65.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 17-11)

Pace Factor: 89.2 (5th of 8)
Offensive Rating: 90.6 (6th of 8), Defensive Rating: 87.4 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost WNBA Finals (1-0) to Houston Comets
Won WNBA Semifinals (1-0) over Phoenix Mercury

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 28 5675 707 1715 .412 93 339 .274 404 607 .666 320 600 920 484 289 116 536 556 1911 68.3
Opponent 28 5675 661 1690 .391 106 320 .331 416 564 .738 327 604 931 397 278 87 570 563 1844 65.9

Player Statistics

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Totals

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sophia Witherspoon 28 28 867 140 345 .406 44 126 .349 83 111 .748 30 54 84 64 49 7 77 62 407
2 Rebecca Lobo 28 28 939 133 354 .376 18 63 .286 64 105 .610 62 141 203 53 26 51 88 73 348
3 Kym Hampton 28 28 663 99 210 .471 0 1 .000 73 114 .640 52 111 163 38 39 19 49 68 271
4 Vickie Johnson 26 25 789 108 269 .401 4 21 .190 27 35 .771 46 64 110 66 19 4 49 52 247
5 Teresa Weatherspoon 28 28 924 64 137 .467 3 35 .086 65 100 .650 25 91 116 172 85 2 94 72 196
6 Trena Trice 28 0 340 51 92 .554 2 8 .250 30 45 .667 32 36 68 2 9 9 40 65 134
7 Kisha Ford 28 3 473 43 114 .377 3 20 .150 27 44 .614 28 20 48 25 28 5 38 56 116
8 Sue Wicks 28 0 332 38 107 .355 2 7 .286 22 33 .667 36 58 94 29 17 18 46 52 100
9 Rhonda Blades 28 0 290 25 70 .357 17 54 .315 13 20 .650 6 15 21 30 14 1 39 55 80
10 Jasmina Perazic-Gipe 9 0 47 5 13 .385 0 3 .000 0 0 2 9 11 4 3 0 7 1 10
11 Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer 2 0 11 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2

Per Game

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sophia Witherspoon 28 28 31.0 5.0 12.3 .406 1.6 4.5 .349 3.0 4.0 .748 1.1 1.9 3.0 2.3 1.8 0.3 2.8 2.2 14.5
2 Rebecca Lobo 28 28 33.5 4.8 12.6 .376 0.6 2.3 .286 2.3 3.8 .610 2.2 5.0 7.3 1.9 0.9 1.8 3.1 2.6 12.4
3 Kym Hampton 28 28 23.7 3.5 7.5 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 4.1 .640 1.9 4.0 5.8 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.8 2.4 9.7
4 Vickie Johnson 26 25 30.3 4.2 10.3 .401 0.2 0.8 .190 1.0 1.3 .771 1.8 2.5 4.2 2.5 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.0 9.5
5 Teresa Weatherspoon 28 28 33.0 2.3 4.9 .467 0.1 1.3 .086 2.3 3.6 .650 0.9 3.3 4.1 6.1 3.0 0.1 3.4 2.6 7.0
6 Trena Trice 28 0 12.1 1.8 3.3 .554 0.1 0.3 .250 1.1 1.6 .667 1.1 1.3 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.4 2.3 4.8
7 Kisha Ford 28 3 16.9 1.5 4.1 .377 0.1 0.7 .150 1.0 1.6 .614 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.4 2.0 4.1
8 Sue Wicks 28 0 11.9 1.4 3.8 .355 0.1 0.3 .286 0.8 1.2 .667 1.3 2.1 3.4 1.0 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.9 3.6
9 Rhonda Blades 28 0 10.4 0.9 2.5 .357 0.6 1.9 .315 0.5 0.7 .650 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 1.4 2.0 2.9
10 Jasmina Perazic-Gipe 9 0 5.2 0.6 1.4 .385 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.1
11 Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer 2 0 5.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sophia Witherspoon 28 28 867 5.8 14.3 .406 1.8 5.2 .349 3.4 4.6 .748 1.2 2.2 3.5 2.7 2.0 0.3 3.2 2.6 16.9
2 Kym Hampton 28 28 663 5.4 11.4 .471 0.0 0.1 .000 4.0 6.2 .640 2.8 6.0 8.9 2.1 2.1 1.0 2.7 3.7 14.7
3 Trena Trice 28 0 340 5.4 9.7 .554 0.2 0.8 .250 3.2 4.8 .667 3.4 3.8 7.2 0.2 1.0 1.0 4.2 6.9 14.2
4 Rebecca Lobo 28 28 939 5.1 13.6 .376 0.7 2.4 .286 2.5 4.0 .610 2.4 5.4 7.8 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.4 2.8 13.3
5 Vickie Johnson 26 25 789 4.9 12.3 .401 0.2 1.0 .190 1.2 1.6 .771 2.1 2.9 5.0 3.0 0.9 0.2 2.2 2.4 11.3
6 Sue Wicks 28 0 332 4.1 11.6 .355 0.2 0.8 .286 2.4 3.6 .667 3.9 6.3 10.2 3.1 1.8 2.0 5.0 5.6 10.8
7 Rhonda Blades 28 0 290 3.1 8.7 .357 2.1 6.7 .315 1.6 2.5 .650 0.7 1.9 2.6 3.7 1.7 0.1 4.8 6.8 9.9
8 Kisha Ford 28 3 473 3.3 8.7 .377 0.2 1.5 .150 2.1 3.3 .614 2.1 1.5 3.7 1.9 2.1 0.4 2.9 4.3 8.8
9 Jasmina Perazic-Gipe 9 0 47 3.8 10.0 .385 0.0 2.3 .000 0.0 0.0 1.5 6.9 8.4 3.1 2.3 0.0 5.4 0.8 7.7
10 Teresa Weatherspoon 28 28 924 2.5 5.3 .467 0.1 1.4 .086 2.5 3.9 .650 1.0 3.5 4.5 6.7 3.3 0.1 3.7 2.8 7.6
11 Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer 2 0 11 3.3 13.1 .250 0.0 3.3 .000 0.0 0.0 3.3 3.3 6.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 6.5

Advanced

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Rk Player G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Sophia Witherspoon 28 867 18.3 .517 .470 4.3 7.6 5.9 16.0 3.0 0.7 16.4 24.5 98 90 2.3 1.4 3.6
2 Kym Hampton 28 663 20.7 .521 .471 9.6 20.5 15.1 12.1 3.2 2.4 15.8 21.0 101 83 1.8 1.8 3.6
3 Teresa Weatherspoon 28 924 16.3 .541 .478 3.3 12.1 7.7 33.6 5.0 0.2 34.2 13.4 94 84 1.1 2.4 3.4
4 Rebecca Lobo 28 939 14.3 .435 .401 8.1 18.4 13.3 11.7 1.5 4.5 18.0 23.4 85 87 0.0 2.0 1.9
5 Vickie Johnson 26 789 12.4 .434 .409 7.2 9.9 8.5 17.2 1.3 0.4 14.7 19.0 92 93 0.8 0.9 1.7
6 Trena Trice 28 340 12.9 .599 .565 11.6 13.0 12.3 1.2 1.4 2.2 26.4 20.1 92 90 0.4 0.5 0.9
7 Kisha Ford 28 473 8.6 .435 .390 7.3 5.2 6.2 9.9 3.2 0.9 22.2 16.3 82 91 -0.2 0.7 0.5
8 Sue Wicks 28 332 12.3 .411 .364 13.3 21.4 17.4 17.2 2.8 4.5 27.5 22.7 76 83 -0.6 0.9 0.4
9 Rhonda Blades 28 290 6.1 .508 .479 2.5 6.3 4.4 19.3 2.6 0.3 33.1 18.3 79 91 -0.3 0.4 0.1
10 Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer 2 11 3.0 .250 .250 11.2 11.1 11.1 17.1 0.0 0.0 20.0 20.5 62 96 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jasmina Perazic-Gipe 9 47 8.2 .385 .385 5.2 23.4 14.4 16.5 3.4 0.0 35.0 19.2 62 83 -0.2 0.1 -0.1