WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 1998-1999 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Houston Comets Houston Comets 80.0 5 4 1 367 326 73.4 65.2 8.2 83.9
2 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 50.0 6 3 3 409 400 68.2 66.7 1.5 57.7
3 Cleveland Rockers Cleveland Rockers 33.3 3 1 2 195 215 65.0 71.7 -6.7 20.5
4 Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting 0.0 2 0 2 132 162 66.0 81.0 -15.0 5.5

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.