WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2011-2012 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 87.5 8 7 1 686 605 85.8 75.6 10.2 85.2
2 Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream 50.0 8 4 4 645 636 80.6 79.5 1.1 54.9
3 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 50.0 6 3 3 444 472 74.0 78.7 -4.7 29.9
4 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 40.0 5 2 3 383 436 76.6 87.2 -10.6 14.2
5 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 33.3 3 1 2 238 230 79.3 76.7 2.6 61.7
6 New York Liberty New York Liberty 33.3 3 1 2 221 218 73.7 72.7 1.0 54.7
7 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 33.3 3 1 2 216 226 72.0 75.3 -3.3 34.8
8 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 0.0 2 0 2 148 158 74.0 79.0 -5.0 28.7

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.