WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2017-2018 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 75.0 8 6 2 658 607 82.3 75.9 6.4 75.4
2 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 62.5 8 5 3 627 608 78.4 76.0 2.4 60.5
3 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 40.0 5 2 3 392 406 78.4 81.2 -2.8 38.0
4 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 40.0 5 2 3 402 419 80.4 83.8 -3.4 36.0
5 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 0.0 1 0 1 83 88 83.0 88.0 -5.0 30.7
6 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 0.0 1 0 1 76 86 76.0 86.0 -10.0 15.2
7 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 0.0 1 0 1 69 79 69.0 79.0 -10.0 13.2
8 New York Liberty New York Liberty 0.0 1 0 1 68 82 68.0 82.0 -14.0 6.9

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.