A Look at the Lynx: Defense vs Seattle

#3 posting 6.14.2006
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NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
This looks at Defensive #s. Offensive numbers will be posted tomorrow morning.
MINNESOTA LYNX
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 12, 10, 120.0, .600
Simone Augustus 17, 13, 130.8, .538
Timika Williams 3, 6, 50.0, .333
Krista Mann 17, 16, 106.3, .500
Nicole Ohlde 14, 13, 107.7, .462
BENCH
Adrian Williams 7, 11, 63.6, .364
Megan Duffy 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Shona Thorburn 4, 3, 133.3, .667
Svetlana Abrosimova 0, 3, 0.0, .000

SEATTLE
STARTERS
Sue Bird 5, 9, 55.6, .222
Betty Lennox 4, 9, 44.4, .222
Iziane Castro Marques 12, 6, 200.0, .833
Lauren Jackson 6, 10, 60.0, .300
Janell Burse 14, 14, 100.0, .500
BENCH
Edwige Lawson-Wade 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Tiffani Johnson 1, 5, 20.0, .200
Barbara Turner 14, 9, 155.6, .778
Shaunzinski Gortman 8, 12, 66.7, .333
Tanisha Wright 2, 2, 100.0, .500

BY THE NUMBERS--defensive edition
Minnesota 74, 76, 97.4, .447
Seattle 66, 78, 84.6, .410
Minnesota's defensive numbers have improved. But the offensive numbers didn't keep pace. The defense posted it's third best day with a 97.4, and the floor % numbers actually is the second best performance. The perimeter defense was the sore spot today. If you compare the two starting units only Castro Marques, who had the miserable shared task of guard Augustus, had numbers in the stratosphere. Everyone else was .500 or less. Bird & Lennox, much less.

Jacobs and Augustus's D#s jumped. Jacobs was .250 vs Houston, Augustus .400. Their pp100 went from 62.5 to 120 for Jacobs, 73.3 to 130.8 for Augustus.

It appeared to me that Seattle had quicker feet, choppy feet, and active hands, and more intensity, especially on the perimeter. The 24 second clock ate into the MN offense due to the difficulty getting past the initial Seattle D.

The biggest droughts MN caused were a six possession drought in the second quarter, and 1/9 stretch in the same quarter. Unfortunately that air tight defense escaped at half time as Seattle scored 7 of their first nine possessions to start the third quarter.

Next up: Tomorrow morning with the offensive #s for the Lynx/Seattle game, plus the general news of the day. Later Out & About Southern Minne Magic vs Quest--photos included.