WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 1997-1998 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Houston Comets Houston Comets 100.0 2 2 0 135 105 67.5 52.5 15.0 97.1
2 New York Liberty New York Liberty 50.0 2 1 1 110 106 55.0 53.0 2.0 62.6
3 Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting 0.0 1 0 1 54 70 54.0 70.0 -16.0 2.6
4 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 0.0 1 0 1 41 59 41.0 59.0 -18.0 0.6

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.