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1997 Phoenix Mercury

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16-12, Finished 1st in WNBA Western Conference
WNBA Season Summary

Scored 69.2 points per game, Allowed 65.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 20-8)

Pace Factor: 89.6 (3rd of 8)
Offensive Rating: 91.4 (5th of 8), Defensive Rating: 86.1 (1st of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost WNBA Semifinals (1-0) to New York Liberty

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 660 1768 .373 134 436 .307 484 634 .763 322 599 921 437 343 80 475 570 1938 69.2
Opponent 28 5675 670 1622 .413 89 313 .284 397 589 .674 275 649 924 408 243 114 599 598 1826 65.2

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 Jennifer Gillom 28 28 874 163 376 .434 20 65 .308 94 121 .777 45 106 151 21 37 15 58 93 440
2 Bridget Pettis 28 28 842 107 321 .333 41 134 .306 97 108 .898 36 71 107 78 49 12 82 57 352
3 Michele Timms 27 27 966 99 295 .336 49 142 .345 79 104 .760 23 76 99 137 71 3 80 95 326
4 Toni Foster 28 28 736 94 201 .468 1 6 .167 57 81 .704 64 108 172 27 53 21 53 77 246
5 Marlies Askamp 28 1 517 70 178 .393 0 1 .000 71 93 .763 66 80 146 23 21 9 46 59 211
6 Umeki Webb 28 17 775 47 158 .297 1 15 .067 46 67 .687 42 75 117 68 68 8 55 92 141
7 Tia Jackson 26 6 320 25 73 .342 3 8 .375 21 25 .840 24 31 55 26 23 8 37 31 74
8 Nancy Lieberman-Cline 25 0 279 25 77 .325 6 26 .231 8 10 .800 6 26 32 40 15 2 39 34 64
9 Tara Williams 12 0 84 16 39 .410 5 11 .455 0 0 1 7 8 3 3 0 4 9 37
10 Mikiko Hagiwara 12 5 186 10 39 .256 8 28 .286 5 10 .500 5 9 14 10 2 0 7 10 33
11 Monique Ambers 19 0 85 4 9 .444 0 0 6 15 .400 10 10 20 4 0 2 7 13 14
12 Molly Tuter 3 0 3 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ryneldi Becenti 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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 Jennifer Gillom 28 28 31.2 5.8 13.4 .434 0.7 2.3 .308 3.4 4.3 .777 1.6 3.8 5.4 0.8 1.3 0.5 2.1 3.3 15.7
2 Bridget Pettis 28 28 30.1 3.8 11.5 .333 1.5 4.8 .306 3.5 3.9 .898 1.3 2.5 3.8 2.8 1.8 0.4 2.9 2.0 12.6
3 Michele Timms 27 27 35.8 3.7 10.9 .336 1.8 5.3 .345 2.9 3.9 .760 0.9 2.8 3.7 5.1 2.6 0.1 3.0 3.5 12.1
4 Toni Foster 28 28 26.3 3.4 7.2 .468 0.0 0.2 .167 2.0 2.9 .704 2.3 3.9 6.1 1.0 1.9 0.8 1.9 2.8 8.8
5 Marlies Askamp 28 1 18.5 2.5 6.4 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 2.5 3.3 .763 2.4 2.9 5.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.6 2.1 7.5
6 Umeki Webb 28 17 27.7 1.7 5.6 .297 0.0 0.5 .067 1.6 2.4 .687 1.5 2.7 4.2 2.4 2.4 0.3 2.0 3.3 5.0
7 Tara Williams 12 0 7.0 1.3 3.3 .410 0.4 0.9 .455 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.8 3.1
8 Tia Jackson 26 6 12.3 1.0 2.8 .342 0.1 0.3 .375 0.8 1.0 .840 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.3 1.4 1.2 2.8
9 Mikiko Hagiwara 12 5 15.5 0.8 3.3 .256 0.7 2.3 .286 0.4 0.8 .500 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.8 2.8
10 Nancy Lieberman-Cline 25 0 11.2 1.0 3.1 .325 0.2 1.0 .231 0.3 0.4 .800 0.2 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.1 1.6 1.4 2.6
11 Monique Ambers 19 0 4.5 0.2 0.5 .444 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 .400 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.7
12 Molly Tuter 3 0 1.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Ryneldi Becenti 1 0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0

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 Jennifer Gillom 28 28 874 6.7 15.5 .434 0.8 2.7 .308 3.9 5.0 .777 1.9 4.4 6.2 0.9 1.5 0.6 2.4 3.8 18.1
2 Tara Williams 12 0 84 6.9 16.7 .410 2.1 4.7 .455 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.7 3.9 15.9
3 Bridget Pettis 28 28 842 4.6 13.7 .333 1.8 5.7 .306 4.1 4.6 .898 1.5 3.0 4.6 3.3 2.1 0.5 3.5 2.4 15.0
4 Marlies Askamp 28 1 517 4.9 12.4 .393 0.0 0.1 .000 4.9 6.5 .763 4.6 5.6 10.2 1.6 1.5 0.6 3.2 4.1 14.7
5 Michele Timms 27 27 966 3.7 11.0 .336 1.8 5.3 .345 2.9 3.9 .760 0.9 2.8 3.7 5.1 2.6 0.1 3.0 3.5 12.1
6 Toni Foster 28 28 736 4.6 9.8 .468 0.0 0.3 .167 2.8 4.0 .704 3.1 5.3 8.4 1.3 2.6 1.0 2.6 3.8 12.0
7 Nancy Lieberman-Cline 25 0 279 3.2 9.9 .325 0.8 3.4 .231 1.0 1.3 .800 0.8 3.4 4.1 5.2 1.9 0.3 5.0 4.4 8.3
8 Tia Jackson 26 6 320 2.8 8.2 .342 0.3 0.9 .375 2.4 2.8 .840 2.7 3.5 6.2 2.9 2.6 0.9 4.2 3.5 8.3
9 Umeki Webb 28 17 775 2.2 7.3 .297 0.0 0.7 .067 2.1 3.1 .687 2.0 3.5 5.4 3.2 3.2 0.4 2.6 4.3 6.5
10 Mikiko Hagiwara 12 5 186 1.9 7.5 .256 1.5 5.4 .286 1.0 1.9 .500 1.0 1.7 2.7 1.9 0.4 0.0 1.4 1.9 6.4
11 Monique Ambers 19 0 85 1.7 3.8 .444 0.0 0.0 2.5 6.4 .400 4.2 4.2 8.5 1.7 0.0 0.8 3.0 5.5 5.9
12 Ryneldi Becenti 1 0 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
13 Molly Tuter 3 0 3 0.0 24.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Jennifer Gillom 28 874 19.3 .513 .460 6.0 15.7 10.6 6.1 2.3 1.5 11.9 25.1 101 87 2.7 1.8 4.5
2 Michele Timms 27 966 16.2 .478 .419 2.8 10.2 6.3 29.6 3.9 0.3 19.0 19.6 96 86 1.8 2.2 4.0
3 Toni Foster 28 736 18.0 .520 .470 10.2 19.1 14.4 8.1 3.9 2.5 18.3 17.7 98 83 1.4 2.1 3.5
4 Bridget Pettis 28 842 17.0 .478 .397 5.0 11.0 7.8 20.4 3.1 1.2 18.2 24.1 94 88 1.5 1.7 3.2
5 Marlies Askamp 28 517 18.2 .482 .393 14.9 20.1 17.4 10.0 2.2 1.5 17.4 23.1 96 86 1.1 1.2 2.3
6 Umeki Webb 28 775 10.2 .376 .301 6.3 12.6 9.3 16.8 4.7 0.9 22.7 14.1 80 84 -0.5 2.1 1.6
7 Tia Jackson 26 320 11.0 .440 .363 8.8 12.6 10.6 16.1 3.8 2.2 30.6 17.0 78 85 -0.3 0.8 0.5
8 Tara Williams 12 84 13.8 .474 .474 1.4 10.8 5.9 9.1 1.9 0.0 9.3 23.0 92 91 0.1 0.1 0.2
9 Mikiko Hagiwara 12 186 5.0 .380 .359 3.1 6.3 4.6 10.2 0.6 0.0 13.9 12.2 84 95 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Monique Ambers 19 85 6.1 .449 .444 13.8 15.3 14.5 8.8 0.0 2.0 31.0 12.0 81 92 0.0 0.1 0.1
11 Molly Tuter 3 3 -25.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.0 0 99 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Ryneldi Becenti 1 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 0.0 100.0 5.6 0 85 0.0 0.0 0.0
13 Nancy Lieberman-Cline 25 279 6.6 .393 .364 2.5 12.1 7.1 29.1 2.9 0.6 32.4 19.4 70 88 -0.7 0.6 -0.2