A Look at the Lynx X 2

#2 posting 7.2.2006
Your Daily Dose of Girls Basketball

Sorry these are late, but I had no time to run the #s on the way to Sioux Falls

Game #1 vs Sacramento on June 29
NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Seimone Augustus 13, 13, 100.0, .462
Kristen Mann 16, 13, 123.1, .462
Vanessa Hayden 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Nicole Ohlde 6, 4, 150.0, .750
BENCH
Svetlana Abrosimova 16, 15, 105.7, .467
Adrian Williams 11, 7, 157.1, .857
Tynesha Lewis 10, 10, 100.0, .500
Megan Duffy 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Shona Thorburn 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Team 0, 2, 0.0, .000 (24 seconds)

SACRAMENTO
STARTERS
Ticha Penicheiro 11, 7, 157.1, .857
Hamchetou Maiga 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Erin Buescher 25, 19, 131.6, .737
Nicole Powell 6, 5, 120.0, .400
Yolanda Griffith 12, 10, 120.0, .600
BENCH
Scholanda Dorrell 8, 6, 133.3, .400
DeMya Walker 10, 9, 111.1, .556
Rebekah Brunson 9, 9, 100.0, .556
Kara Lawson 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Kim Smith 2, 2, 100.0, .500
Kristin Haynie 2, 2, 100.0, .500

BY THE NUMBERS
Team, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MN 78, 76, 102.6, .474
Sacramanto 87, 76, 114.5, .579
Sacramento's floor % was the highest allowed defensively all year by the Lynx. Sacramento exploited that fact early and often in building up a 25-9 first quarter lead. The odd thing about their build up was their biggest string was six, on a 13-0 run. MN had droughts of 8 and 5 in the opening quarter.
MN did manage to put together a 6/7 string in the second quarter, but they never really had great stops during that sequence. They did outscore Sac 16-9 during the run.
Sac opened the 3rd quarter with a 8/9 string, MN almost matched it going 6/8. The Lynx climbed back into the game trailing 75-68, but never were closer.
9 of the Sac players were over the gold standard of 100 pp100; five players, including four starters were above 120. MN had seven total over 100, and only two above the 120 mark. Sac made 25 free throws, MN scrimped by with 9.

GAME #2
vs Seattle, July 1, 2006
NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Amber Jacobs 7, 8, 87.5, .375
Seimone Augustus 24, 20, 120.0, .650
Kristen Mann 9, 8, 112.5, .500
Timika Williams 5, 8, 62.5, .375
Nicole Ohlde 15, 14, 107.1, .643
BENCH
Tynesha Lewis 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Adrian Williams 0, 4, 0.0, .000
Svetlana Abrosimova 4, 8, 50.0, .250
Vanessa Hayden 2, 3, 66.7, .333
Megan Duffy 7, 3, 233.3, 1.000

SEATTLE
STARTERS
Sue Bird 11, 15, 73.3, .333
Betty Lennox 4, 8, 50.0, .250
Barbara Turner 11, 10, 110.0, .500
Lauren Jackson 25, 12, 208.3, .917
Janell Burse 24, 14, 171.4, .857
BENCH
Shaunzinski Gortman 8, 7, 114.0, .571
Iziane Castro-Marques 5, 4, 125.0, .500
Tiffani Johnson 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Ashley Robinson 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Edwige Lawson 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Team 0, 2, 0.0, .000

BY THE NUMBERS
Team, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
Minnesota 75, 81, 92.6, .469
Seattle 92, 80, 115.0, .538

More of the same. Look at Seattle's inside players Jackson and Burse. Both their floor %, and pp100 were outstanding. Seattle was getting very good shots inside. They had 50 in the paint compared to 22 for the Lynx.
In the 4th quarter Seattle had a string of 9 and were 15/20 for the quarter. Only five stops by MN in the 4th. Also MN allowed 9 lay ups in the quarter. No wonder Seattle had such a nice floor %. When Seattle was building that 9 string, MN was fumbling, bumbling, and stumbling with an 0/8 possession string including four off turnovers.

For the season MN's offensive pp100 is at 99.68 which is slightly under the gold standard, but quite respectable. The problems the Lynx face can be found on the defensive end with 105.3 pp100, and a floor % at .494. When MN holds teams to under 102 pp100 they are 4-1. over that and their record is a miserable 1-11.

Next up: we begin the review of the Dakota Showcase games: first up Nebraska Daubert Pinnacle vs MN Metro Stars White later today.