WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2008-2009 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 77.8 9 7 2 660 600 73.3 66.7 6.6 79.0
2 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 50.0 6 3 3 421 410 70.2 68.3 1.9 59.1
3 New York Liberty New York Liberty 50.0 6 3 3 396 393 66.0 65.5 0.5 52.6
4 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 44.4 9 4 5 641 688 71.2 76.4 -5.2 27.2
5 Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs 33.3 3 1 2 243 238 81.0 79.3 1.7 57.2
6 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 33.3 3 1 2 197 198 65.7 66.0 -0.3 48.2
7 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 33.3 3 1 2 198 208 66.0 69.3 -3.3 33.5
8 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 33.3 3 1 2 222 243 74.0 81.0 -7.0 22.1

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.