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| Gromova | Сообщение # 21 | 07:05 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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Страшилка это Фаулс))) Берд не светит в этом соревновании.... Она ж 1 номер...
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| Зритель | Сообщение # 22 | 07:41 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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Quote (Gromova) продолжает болеть за страшилку
громова-это ты страшилка..........я смотрю любим проитись по игрокам 
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 23 | 07:44 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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Зритель, ну гут, я тож страшилка) я ж не по злому умыслу, почти любя) простите, если вдруг кого задела
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 24 | 08:45 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 25 | 09:05 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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AlienF, ))) только хотела написать, что эта нервозность выдает Видновчан и, по совместительству, администрацию Спарта-сити))
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 26 | 09:05 Пятница, 05 Августа 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 10 - Overall Player Rankings
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (13-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
18.1 10.9 1.5 0.6 1.4 .495 0.000 .723 +21.60
# Last ranking: 1
August has been good to Charles. Which is to say, a complete and unrelenting disaster for anyone trying to guard her. In three games to start the month, she rolled out three straight double-doubles -- which gives her six in a row and 14 in her last 17 games -- including a 23-point, 17-rebound effort in an overtime win over Phoenix on Aug. 7. Oh yeah, she also hit the game-winning shot in that game with five seconds left. The Sun are pushing the Fever for the first spot in the East, and if the home stretch of a season comes down to which stars shine brightest, Connecticut looks like it’s in good shape. Right now, nobody else is in Charles’ galaxy.
2. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (10-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
19.4 9.5 0.5 1.4 2.2 .572 0.000 .771 +23.05
# Last ranking: 2
Over Chicago's last 12 games, the Sky have gone 6-6. When they've played well, Fowles has dominated. When they've lost, Fowles has pretty much still dominated. However, her numbers are down – way down – from where they were a month ago. She’d just finished a June that saw her score at least 20 points in seven straight games, and then blast into July with a 34-point, 16-rebound night against the Mystics in her second game of the month. Still, Fowles remains one of the most dominating presences in the league, and it was her 21-point, 12-rebound performance on Sunday that sent the Sky to a massive upset over the first-place Fever. The Sky desperately need her, a point underscored by her minutes – she played 40 minutes against the Sparks on July 30, followed by 37 and 35 against the Liberty and Fever.
3. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (13-4)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.4 3.9 2.1 1.1 0.6 .495 .345 .833 +14.95
# Last ranking: 6
Just three weeks ago, it was Rebekkah Brunson, not Augustus, who looked like the driving force behind the Lynx' (Lynx's?) success this season. But that was before she won two of three Players of the Week awards and took home the hardware as July's Player of the Month. Averaging 16.67 points per game in the Lynx' three wins last week, Augustus also chipped in 4.66 boards per contest. While she may 'suffer' -- in these rankings, not on the court (your call as to which one matters more) -- because Minnesota's so deep, a healthy Augustus has taken the reins of a team out to re-write history.
4. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (11-9)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.6 3.1 4.0 1.0 0.6 .434 .361 .913 +17.60
# Last ranking: 3
Taurasi's done all she can to stop the Mercury's slide from first to fourth in the West, scoring 23.67 points per game as Phoenix has gone 1-5 since a win over the Mystics on July 15. But she's also had her own semi-secret struggles of late, shooting just 34.7 perent over her last three games. Sure, she scored 29 points in an OT loss to the Sun on Sunday, but only on a 7-for-23 effort that featured 5-for-13 shooting from behind the arc. That came after a foul-shortened game against Minnesota in which she scored 20, but got blanked on the boards and turned the ball over three times, with only two assists. But the leading scorer in the WNBA is scorching from the foul line, going 35 for her last 36 and shooting .913 for the year. When the Phoenix figure things out, expect Taurasi to be behind it.
5. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (12-8)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.8 2.8 5.8 1.4 0.2 .455 .431 .877 +16.15
# Last ranking: 4
Hammon’s 3-point touch has cooled from last week’s scalding-hot 66-percent clip from behind the arc, but she’s still the most dangerous player on the court virtually any time she steps on it. Well, outside of whoever on the Lynx has the ball when the buzzer’s about to sound. Despite two losses a week apart on last-second shots to Minnesota, the Silver Stars have proven they can play with the best in the West, and so much of that has to do with Hammon’s work. She’s currently averaging a career-high 5.8 assists per game, in addition to a scoring average that’s outpacing her career line by more than three-and-a-half points per game (16.8 ppg in 2011 compared to 13.2 career). And remember: this is her 13th year. Hammon’s seen a lot in her career, and thanks to what she’s done this year, she might see something new – a title in San Antonio.
6. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (9-11)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
19.9 5.0 2.1 2.4 0.5 .407 .231 .745 +14.53
# Last ranking: 7
Another week, another scoring average of more than 20 points per game. Although the Dream took a tough in-conference loss to the Liberty (after falling to fellow Eastern foe Connecticut a game prior), McCoughtry led all scorers with 17 points in Atlanta's upset win over the Storm on Sunday. That makes 10 out of 11 games with 15 or more points for the third-year phenom, a stretch that's seen her average 24.2 per contest, while, not coincidentally, the Dream have clawed back into contention.
7. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (15-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.0 7.6 3.8 2.1 0.8 .422 .322 .886 +19.18
# Last ranking: 5
All of a sudden, Catchings is in a bit of a slump. Well, a Catchings-style slump. She's been held to single-digits in scoring in two of her last three games -- including an eight-point effort in an upset loss to the Sky on Sunday -- but has still found ways to contribute. Despite the low point total on Sunday, she did chip in five assists, three rebounds and three steals, although the Fever will need her to get on the board a little more if the team hopes to hold off the Sun in the East.
8. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (16-4)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.3 3.3 6.0 1.3 0.0 .505 .407 .723 +16.40
# Last ranking: 10
Whalen may not win the MVP this year, but she's making a pretty good case for herself as the Best Point Guard in the WNBA. Not only is she feeding assists -- at a clip of 6.0 per game (and 6.33 in three wins last week) -- to an offense that's using them like a locomotive used coal, she's getting in on the scoring, too. Her 14.3 points per game are a career-high, and she bumped that number up a little bit last week with a 14.66 ppg pace, including 24 in a win over L.A. Plus, she's grabbed four or more rebounds in four of her last five games. Maya Moore, Brunson and Augustus may steal the headlines, but Whalen's running the show.
9. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (12-9)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.1 3.6 4.8 1.3 0.2 .421 .349 .870 +15.29
# Last ranking: 12
As always, Cappie does it all. The Liberty have grasped for consistency as a team over the past month, alternating wins and losses for six games, then winning two last week -- against the Dream and Sky -- before falling to the Mystics. But through it all, Pondexter's been a constant. If Sue Bird's been peaks and valleys (see below), Pondexter's been Iowa. Over her last eight games (including the All-Star Game), she hasn't scored fewer than 13 points or more than 21. She's had at least three assists (and no more than seven) in all but one of those games. And in all eight, she's had just one game with more than three turnovers (when she had four against the Sun on July 19.)
10. Sue Bird, Seattle Storm (12-9)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.2 3.0 5.0 1.5 0.1 .456 .437 .867 +15.38
# Last ranking: 11
If you were to chart Bird's game-by-game scoring over the past three weeks, you'd have a pretty good facsimile of a heart monitor. Every time she's gone up, she's crashed back down...then gone right back up again. In the seven games between July 3 and 19, she scored in double-figures each time. Then she scored two against San Antonio on July 21. And 18 against Phoenix a game later. Then, four against Minnesota in the next one. And after things started to look like they were stabilizing -- after scoring 29 against Tulsa, she dropped 17 and 20 in consecutive wins over the Silver Stars and Sun, respectively -- she scored four in a loss to the Dream, with six turnovers to go along with only three assists. As Bird goes, so do the Storm -- and thanks to some great performances of late, she's taken them much farther than many predicted when Lauren Jackson went down. And every time her form's fallen, she's bounced back up. Now, on Tuesday night, tune in to ESPN2 to see how she rebounds from the collapse against the Dream when the Storm take on the Liberty in a litmus test for both teams.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Swin Cash (Seattle) 15.8 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.0 SPG, +15.86 EFF
12. Penny Taylor (Phoenix) 15.8 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.6 BPG, +20.20 EFF
13. Rebekkah Brunson (New York) 11.8 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 SPG, +17.70 EFF
14. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.4 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, +19.60 EFF
15. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 13.8 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.8 BPG, +18.35 EFF
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| Sleva | Сообщение # 27 | 07:37 Среда, 10 Августа 2011
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Quote (Gromova) 5. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (12-8)
Сдала одну позицию...
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 28 | 07:39 Среда, 10 Августа 2011
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Sleva, Огэстэс всех сместила вниз... ну почти всех) Некоторые назад вмылились в десятку
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| Sleva | Сообщение # 29 | 07:41 Среда, 10 Августа 2011
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Quote (Gromova) Огэстэс всех сместила вниз... ну почти всех
Ну, Огастус была реально хороша на прошлой неделе... не без ее стараний Миннесота уделала нас и Финикс...  Спарта знала кого выбирать...
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 30 | 07:44 Среда, 10 Августа 2011
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Sleva, я специально у америкосов спрашивала как эту фамилию правильно произнести))
"Seimone Augustus. her last name is broken down as>> Au-gus-tus |əˈgəstəs|"
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 31 | 15:10 Четверг, 18 Августа 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 11
Posted Aug 16 2011 5:29PM
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (15-8)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.3 10.5 1.4 0.7 1.5 .465 0.000 .713 +19.87
Last ranking: 1
Charles is still at No. 1 in large part because we’re at the point where we can call her past seven days “a bad week,” compared to what she had been doing. She had a double-double last Tuesday against the Sky, sure, but she’d already had six in a row before then. In the two games after that, she came back and had her first two games without a double-double since July 19. And although she scored 16 in a win over the Mystics on Saturday, she managed only six in a loss to the Silver Stars two games prior. But, her final line when the week was over? Three games, 12.66 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game and, most importantly, two wins. A pretty good week for most anybody else, but a reminder that even forces of nature take a break every so often.
2. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (11-14)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.1 10.0 0.5 1.4 2.1 .584 0.000 .761 +24.32
Last ranking: 2
That’s the way to close a gap. After Charles made the MVP race look more like a victory lap, Fowles comes out with arguably her best week of the year – and maybe anyone’s best week. She was, simply, everywhere. Across three games, including a win over the Silver Stars and a near-upset over the Lynx, Fowles averaged 25 points, 13.66 rebounds and a whole lot of terror. Last week, we wrote about how Fowles had slipped from the form that once made her the front-runner for the MVP. This time around, she showed us a level of consistent individual dominance that very few in this league are capable of. Hold on tight.
3. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (13-10)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.9 3.3 4.0 0.9 0.6 .446 .376 .908 +18.00
Last ranking: 4
When her team needed her most, Taurasi stepped up. Not only did DT score 26 points in the Mercury’s win over West-leading Minnesota on Aug. 10, she came up with a huge steal in the final 20 seconds to seal the win. Up to that point, Phoenix had gone 1-5, falling steadily into the bottom half of the conference. But then the veteran Taurasi took over, leading all scorers and chipping in six rebounds as the Mercury righted the ship. A game later, she tossed in 21 more to give Phoenix two in a row. In the ensuing upset loss to the Sparks, she scored 21 again for her eighth game with 20 or more points in her last nine.
4. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (17-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.0 7.2 3.8 2.1 0.9 .434 .348 .884 +19.79
Last ranking: 7
Catchings entered last week on a bit of a slide. She’d scored single-digits in two of her last three games, including an eight-point, five-rebound effort in a loss to Chicago – a game in which she took only six shots. She left the week still smoking. A 21-point effort in a win over the Silver Stars was her first 20-point showing since July 19, and she followed that up with a 32-point binge against the Liberty – by far her largest point total of the year. In a game that saw her score her 5,000th point to become the first WNBA player with 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career, Catchings also went to the line 19 times, showing us all the attacking mindset that has the Fever still holding its spot atop the East…and Catchings within striking distance of her first MVP award.
5. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (18-5)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.7 3.7 2.0 1.0 0.5 .500 .400 .833 +14.91
Last ranking: 3
Healthy, focused and dangerous, Augustus -- who tied Diana Taurasi last Tuesday as the fastest player to ever reach 3,000 points (151 games) -- has turned into the energy center of the best team in the WNBA. As Rebekkah Brunson has grown more one-dimensional, cleaning up the glass and letting the rest of her team finish, Augustus has been the beneficiary on the scoring sheet. It’s true that her numbers aren’t up with Charles, Fowles or Taurasi, but the impact is there. With Augustus hobbled by injury last year, the Lynx fell apart down the stretch. With her healthy this time around, they’re the team to beat in the WNBA.
6. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (11-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.0 5.0 2.3 2.3 0.5 .402 .244 .760 +14.68
Last ranking: 6
Well, McCoughtry’s still scoring. A lot. Her 20.33-points-per-game average last week maintained her streak of 17 or more points in 12 of her last 13 games. But she’s also rebounding (4.67 per game last week). And dishing the ball (3.67 assists per game in that same stretch). And overall, helping drag the Dream from the depths of the division to the perimeter of the Playoff picture. We’d tell you to say that sentence five times fast but if you did, McCoughtry would have already scored on you twice.
7. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (12-8)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.8 2.7 5.6 1.6 0.3 .460 .429 .884 +16.30
Last ranking: 5
You know what you’re getting from Hammon. The only problem is, you’re not quite sure what you’re getting from the rest of her team. Last week, she was clockwork at the point, scoring 14, 18 and 19 points and adding four, five and five assists (in addition to two rebounds in each of the three games). But the Stars went L-W-L in their inter-conference swing, falling to the Fever and (shockingly) the Sky, with the losses book-ending a win over the Sun. San Antonio has trended downward in scoring and, well, winning, over the past two months, and although Hammon’s maintained her game, she may need to find another gear to get her team ready for a postseason run.
8. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (18-5)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.3 3.3 6.1 1.3 0.0 .512 .452 .703 +16.61
Last ranking: 8
Before the season started, Whalen was asked to take the keys to a Lynx offense that had potential, but little chemistry up to that point. And right from the start, Whalen’s made the machine hum. Once again, she led the WNBA in assists last week, racking up a 7.0 average in Minnesota’s three games. She also chipped in 14.33 points per game in those three contests, including a 3-for-4 effort from behind the arc in the Lynx’ loss to the Mercury, revealing yet another weapon in the Minnesota arsenal. Whalen’s long been one of the most important players in the league – but rarely has she been this dangerous.
9. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (13-11)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.6 3.8 4.7 1.3 0.2 .425 .342 .839 +15.42
Last ranking: 9
Someone had to keep pace with Tamika Catchings on Saturday. Pondexter, who finished the week with a 20.7 ppg average in three games, scored 30 in the Libs’ loss to the Fever and added eight rebounds and five assists. She did, however, also cough up a season-high eight turnovers. And while she did score 19 with five assists in a big win over the Storm on Aug. 9, Pondexter managed just 13 points and four rebounds in the Liberty’s loss to the bottom-dwelling Mystics on Friday.
10. Penny Taylor, Phoenix Mercury (12-9)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.9 3.3 4.0 0.9 0.6 .446 .376 .908 +18.00
Last ranking: 12
Taylor might live a little in Taurasi’s shadow, but the moment you stop paying attention to her is the moment you regret it. And while her 29 points against the Sparks weren’t enough to keep the Mercury from a loss…they were still 29 points. Earlier in the week, she’d provided support in all the major categories as Phoenix put an end to a 1-5 skid, scoring 19 points with six assists in a win over the Dream and dropping 13 with six rebounds in the Merc’s win over the Lynx.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Sue Bird (Seattle) 15.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.5 SPG, +14.67 EFF
12. Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota) 11.2 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, +17.09 EFF
13. Swin Cash (Seattle) 15.0 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, +14.54 EFF
14. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.6 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, +19.22 EFF
15. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 14.2 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.9 BPG, +18.35 EFF
Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
NEVER SAY NEVER!
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 32 | 13:13 Среда, 24 Августа 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 12
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (17-10)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.7 10.9 1.6 0.8 1.7 .465 0.000 .721 +20.59
Last ranking: 1
It was a busy week for the Glass Cleana. First, she played 42 minutes – and scored 29 points with 14 rebounds – in the Sun’s 84-81 loss to the Liberty on Aug. 18. Then, a night later, when the Sun went into OT again (and lost to the Dream), she played another 35 minutes, putting up another double-double while she was at it (not to mention five blocks). To top it off, she had an 18-point, nine-rebound night two nights later in a win over the Dream. We know, we know…the last one wasn’t a triple-double. But over the course of four nights, these are Charles’ numbers: 62 points, 34 rebounds, 10 blocks, 110 minutes. In four nights. Four.
2. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (12-14)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.3 10.1 0.5 1.3 2.1 .587 0.000 .761 +24.35
Last ranking: 2
The Sky only had one game this week (after three the week before that saw Fowles make her case, loudly, to return to No. 1 on this list), so Fowles got a much-needed break. But she made the most of her lone appearance, leading both teams in points (25) and rebounds (11) as the Sky took down the Mystics on Saturday. That’s five straight double-doubles and double-figure scoring in every. single. game. this. year.
3. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (15-10)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.0 3.3 4.0 0.9 0.6 .439 .374 .913 +18.08
Last ranking: 3
Taurasi missed Saturday night with back spasms, giving her only one appearance in the last week – just like Fowles. And just like Fowles, she made it count. Not only did Taurasi – the leading scorer in the WNBA – drop 24 points with five rebounds and four assists (against only one turnover), she picked off a rare bad pass from Sue Bird with six seconds left and drove in for a bucket to give the Mercury their first win over the Storm in 10 tries. In helping her team complete the second-biggest comeback in team history (18 points), Taurasi scored nine of her 24 in the fourth quarter. In other words, they couldn’t have done it without her.
4. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (13-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.4 5.4 2.6 2.3 0.6 .405 .231 .752 +15.72
Last ranking: 6
On July 13, Atlanta was 3-9. Now, the Dream are 13-13 and at .500 for the first time since the 2010 season and just a game and a half out of third place in the Eastern Conference. The resurgence of Sancho Lyttle has been big, but nowhere close to as big as what McCoughtry’s managed over the past month and a half. Not only is she scoring in waves, but she’s doing a ton of everything else, too – she grabbed 21 rebounds in the Dream’s back-to-back games against the Sun on Friday and Sunday, and has averaged four assists per game over her last six. And when she’s scoring, she’s also doing so at big, big times. In Atlanta’s big win over Connecticut in the first of those two, McCoughtry forced OT after blocking a shot at the end of regulation, then sank two huge shots in the extra frame to send her team to the win. There aren’t many hotter teams in the league right now, and McCoughtry’s the one lighting the fire.
5. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (19-8)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.4 7.1 3.7 2.1 1.0 .444 .351 .881 +20.22
Last ranking: 4
After scoring 26 points to send the Fever to a win over the Silver Stars last Tuesday, Catching cooled off a bit. First, it was just an off night (which is saying something), as she scored 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting and grabbed six boards in a loss to the Sparks on Aug. 18. Then, it was just a short night, as she scored 13 in 27 minutes in the Fever’s 31-point blowout win over the Mystics on Sunday. Catchings got the Fever here – a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference, to be exact – so she deserves some rest when she can get it. Also, she’s averaging 21.6 ppg over her last five.
6. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (20-6)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.5 3.6 2.2 0.9 0.5 .501 .372 .846 +14.92
Last ranking: 5
As far as minutes go, Augustus received a bit of a reprieve last week, playing an average of 26.67 minutes in the Lynx’ three games after she’d played in the mid-30’s for about two weeks from the end of July through mid-August. And that’s the plan, she said: “Coach talked about doing our work early,” she said. “We remember those [championship] Detroit teams coming out. We were as team still fighting for pride and they’d come out and be like ‘our starters aren’t gonna play because we did our work earlier in the season.'” Now, thanks in large part to the efforts of Augustus, the Lynx get to rest their starters, having clinched the first playoff berth in the WNBA this year – and the team’s first since 2004. And after scoring just 11 points in a loss to Connecticut on Aug. 16, she came out with 17 and 18 points, respectively, against L.A. and Washington to send Minnesota to two wins. Individually, Augustus falls in the rankings because she’s diluted by her team – but together, the Lynx rise for the exact same reason.
7. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (15-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
18.0 4.0 4.6 1.3 0.3 .427 .356 .835 +15.85
Last ranking: 9
What a week. First, Pondexter comes out on Aug. 16 and scores the last of her 26 points with 13.5 seconds left to put the Liberty up for good against the Mystics. Then, two nights later, she hit a fall-away to beat the shot clock with 18 seconds left in overtime to give the Libs the last lead they would need in a win over Connecticut. She had 27 points in that one, to go along with six rebounds – which she had in all three games this week. And when the scoring toned down against the vicious Storm defense on Saturday (Pondexter had 12 points), she chipped in six assists.
8. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (20-6)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.2 3.3 5.9 1.3 0.1 .515 .500 .727 +16.54
Last ranking: 8
Whalen’s minutes took a hit this week, just like Augustus’ did. But where her teammates all struggled in a 108-79 loss to Connecticut on Aug. 16, Whalen did her best to hold things together, with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting and two assists. She’s been an absolute rock all year long, with career-high numbers in points and assists, and the Lynx have the record to show for it.
9. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (13-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.6 2.9 5.6 1.5 0.3 .453 .408 .883 +16.20
Last ranking: 7
The Silver Stars are falling fast, but Hammon’s doing all she can to prevent it – however, that just might not be enough. Despite a near triple-double (22 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds) against Phoenix on Saturday, the Silver Stars couldn’t stop a Taurasi-less Mercury, and lost their seven game in their last nine. Earlier in the week, Hammon struggled to one of her worst games of the season, scoring only six points with one assist in a loss to the Fever. But if recent history is any indication, she’s due to get hot: the last time she scored in single-figures in the regular season, she opened up a stretch that saw her score 26, 33 and 22 points.
10. Sue Bird, Seattle Storm (14-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.1 2.7 4.8 1.5 0.2 .450 .414 .885 +14.77
Last ranking: 11
Without Sue Bird, who knows where the Seattle Storm would be. Swin Cash has been huge, too, in helping Seattle weather the squalls that surrounded the team when Lauren Jackson went down, but Bird has essentially re-invented the Seattle offense in Jackson’s absence. She’s had big ups and equally big downs, but the court general has willed her team to the point where they could once against work off Jackson in the middle. Last week, her 23-point, eight-assist night against the Mercury was nearly enough to win, while her 14-point, four-assist effort against the Liberty helped the Storm win in Jackson’s return.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Penny Taylor (Phoenix) 16.8 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 5.0 APG, 1.6 SPG, +20.60 EFF
12. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 14.5 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.6 BPG, +18.48 EFF
13. Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota) 11.2 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, +16.42 EFF
14. Swin Cash (Seattle) 14.2 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, +14.42 EFF
15. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.4 SPG, +18.73 EFF
Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 33 | 10:29 Среда, 31 Августа 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 13
Posted Aug 30 2011 4:53PM
By Kevin Scheitrum, WNBA.com
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (18-11)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.8 10.8 1.7 0.7 1.6 .469 0.000 .699 +20.62
# Last ranking: 1
Charles is coasting right now. For most anybody else, that’s a bad thing. But when Charles turns on cruise control, she’s a tank. Over her last three games – which included Connecticut wins over Atlanta and Phoenix – Charles played 33 minutes every time, grabbed either nine or 10 rebounds and scored between 17 and 21 points. If it’s a case iof the law of averages taking over, then it’s clear just how dominant a force Charles has become.
2. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (14-15)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
19.9 10.3 0.6 1.3 2.2 .594 0.000 .757 +24.69
# Last ranking: 2
Fowles, unfortunately, is still held back by the standings. If the Sky were in the playoff picture – instead 1.5 games behind Atlanta for the fourth spot, as they are at the moment – it’d be tough to make an argument against Fowles at No. 1. The WNBA leader in minutes has done as much as anyone in the league this year to put her team in a position to win, but the Sky just haven’t done that enough. That is, until last week. With three straight double-doubles, Fowles led Chicago to crucial, playoff-life-or-death wins against New York and Atlanta, after the Sky opened the week with an 83-80 loss to the Dream (in which Fowles scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds). In the other two games, she averaged 15.5 points and 13 boards, in keeping the Sky’s hopes alive. Oh yeah, she also blocked 11 shots in three games.
3. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (19-9)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.6 7.0 3.6 2.1 0.9 .444 .351 .874 +20.40
# Last ranking: 5
Here’s where the tough calls start. The next four players have done virtually everything for their teams this year. Diana Taurasi’s leading the WNBA in scoring and has been the jet engine propelling the Mercury forward. Seimone Augustus seems like she wins Player of the Week every week. And while Angel McCoughtry’s play over the past two months has vaulted the Dream into playoff position in the East, Catchings has done it all year long. She’s leading the Fever in scoring, rebounding and is second in assists, while her efficiency rating – a measure of a player’s all-around play – is the best of the bunch, at 20.40. Voted as one of the Top 15 players in the history of the WNBA, Catchings has never won an MVP award – and although something would have to give to dislodge Charles from the No. 1 spot, Catchings is most certainly in the running right now.
4. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (15-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.4 5.3 2.5 2.4 0.6 .404 .236 .761 +15.85
# Last ranking: 4
While Catchings took the No. 3 spot because of her body of work across the season, McCoughtry’s up near the top because of how closely linked the Dream’s success has been to her own. And last week, with McCoughtry dropping 22 and 20 points, respectively, in Atlanta’s wins over Chicago and Indiana, she showed yet again how much she’s meant to this team. The one area of concern with McCoughtry remains her shooting percentage – which, at .404 on the year, has climbed higher than it was earlier in the season, but still keeps her overall efficiency a little lower than others’.
5. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (16-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.2 3.3 4.1 0.8 0.5 .439 .372 .912 +18.04
# Last ranking: 3
Taurasi recently had to sit out two games with back spasms. Then she spent last week making up for lost time. With 26 points in a 95-92 loss to the Sun on Aug. 26 and then 21 more in a win over the Mystics on Aug. 28, she extended her streak of scoring 20 or more points to eight games – and 10 of her last 11. Now on the verge of her fifth scoring title (and fourth in a row) Taurasi’s automatic as ever, and an offense predicated on scoring just a few more points than the other team has rarely relied on her more.
6. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (23-6)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.6 3.8 2.2 0.9 0.5 .508 .340 .861 +15.34
# Last ranking: 6
There’s a reason why the Lynx aren’t just the only team to clinch a playoff berth, but the first team to secure a No. 1 seed -- and so much of that has to do with Augustus. In yet another set of games worthy of a Player of the Week award, she led Minnesota to three straight wins. Scoring 17.0 ppg across the trio of games, she also shot the lights out, going off at a .564 clip over the week. There’s never a wasted possession with Augustus, and on a team stacked with talent, she’s still the go-to option.
7. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (16-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
18.1 4.1 4.6 1.3 0.3 .425 .354 .827 +15.97
# Last ranking: 7
To see what Pondexter’s capable of, look no further than the fourth quarter of the Liberty’s win over the Phoenix last Wednesday. More specifically, look at the last 6:32, when she scored 17 of her eventual 25 points to almost singlehandedly send the Libs to a comeback win. She scored only 14 in New York’s loss to the Sky on Sunday, but chipped in eight assists. And while the Liberty have put themselves in the thick of the playoff race because of the whole team, Pondexter’s been at the center of it all this year.
8. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (23-6)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.0 3.4 5.9 1.2 0.1 .508 .436 .734 +16.21
# Last ranking: 8
A typical week for Whalen. Three games, three wins, an assists-per-game average over 5.0 (it was 5.33 this time around), and a 12.67 scoring average. Her game doesn’t have a whole lot of flash – it’s just been very, very good.
9. Sue Bird, Seattle Storm (17-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.6 2.9 4.8 1.6 0.1 .434 .394 .900 +14.48
# Last ranking: 10
This is the Sue Bird we know. Well, mostly. Able to concentrate on all parts of her game – instead of just the scoring part – with Lauren Jackson back in the lineup, the Storm’s veteran point guard did everything she needed to do to get three wins for Seattle last week. Aside from some shooting woes (2-for-12 against the Sparks, 5-for-16 against the Silver Stars), she chipped in 4.33 assists and 5.33 rebounds per game (and only 1.67 turnovers per game) over that period. And it was Bird who came up with a late steal – her fifth of the game -- then made two free throws to seal the deal in Seattle’s win over L.A.
10. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (13-12)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.3 3.0 5.8 1.4 0.2 .421 .379 .890 +14.89
# Last ranking: 9
Times are tough in San Antonio, and the troubles afflicting the rest of her team finally seem to have caught up with Hammon. After a season teeming with high-scoring, high-assist, high-octane games, she scored only 13 points – total – in three losses last week. That included a zero-point outing against the Lynx on Aug. 26. For the week, Hammon went a combined 3-for-30. She did average seven assists per game in that stretch, but as the Silver Stars keep losing, Hammon looks like she’s slowing down. Chalk this ranking up to the Body of Work rule.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Penny Taylor (Phoenix) 16.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, +20.39 EFF
12. Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota) 11.0 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, +16.45 EFF
13. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.9 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.5 SPG, +19.20 EFF
14. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 14.9 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.6 BPG, +18.82 EFF
15. Swin Cash (Minnesota) 13.6 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, +13.90 EFF
Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
NEVER SAY NEVER!
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 34 | 10:48 Четверг, 01 Сентября 2011
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 35 | 22:16 Четверг, 08 Сентября 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 14
Posted Sep 8 2011 1:09PM
By Brian Martin, WNBA.com
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (20-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.6 11.0 2.0 0.7 1.8 .466 0.000 .687 +21.09
Last ranking: 1
Two things hurt Charles' bid for the MVP over the past week. First, the Sun lost a bit of momentum and just as it appeared they might pass the Fever for the top spot in the East, they lost three of their last five games and will settle for the No. 2 seed in the playoffs. Second, a statistical error wiped away Charles' triple-double last week. Had it stood it would have been only the fifth one recorded in league history and a signature performance to spotlight. But she still picked up her league-leading fourth Player of the Week honor on Tuesday.
2. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (21-11)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.7 7.1 3.6 2.0 0.9 .441 .360 .879 +20.00
Last ranking: 3
Catchings does not blow you away with any single statistic the way Charles does with rebounding or Taurasi and McCoughtry do with scoring. With Catchings you have to look at the complete body of work. The only category that Catchings appears in the top three is steals. But if you look at every category, you'll see her name everywhere. She currently ranks in the top 13 in scoring (10), rebounding (9), assists (13), steals (5), blocks (10), efficiency (4), minutes (11), FT percentage (9) and double-doubles (4). No other player in the league contributes to her team the way Catchings does. She is the definition of an all-around player. And she's done this for a team that won the East and will finish with the second best record in the league.
3. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (14-17)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
19.8 10.2 0.6 1.2 2.1 .598 0.000 .747 +24.48
Last ranking: 2
A common method in evaluating a player's value is to think about what the team would be like without them. Kevin Pelton of StormBasketball.com developed the WARP rating, which rated Fowles second only to Catchings at the start of September. Despite her ridiculous statistics and her value to her team, the Sky have officially been eliminated from the playoffs and will need to win its final three games just to get to .500. Without Fowles, the Sky would be worse than they are. But considering they are fifth in a six-team conference, how much worse would it be? The end result is the same. Their season will end on Sunday.
4. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (19-14)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.3 5.3 2.6 2.2 0.9 .419 .246 .773 +17.28
Last ranking: 4
Since the beginning of July, only Minnesota has posted a better record than Atlanta as the Dream overcame a slow start to make it back to the postseason as they look to get back to the WNBA Finals. McCoughtry has been the driving force of this resurgence with her play on both ends of the floor. She currently is tied for the league lead in scoring and is third in steals. While not the most efficient scorer, she has a knack for taking over when her team needs her most. Much like the Dream, McCoughtry has improved as the year has gone along, overcoming an injury early in the season, and is peaking at the right time.
5. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (25-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
13.9 3.3 5.8 1.1 0.2 .511 .425 .736 +15.88
Last ranking: 8
With the amount of talent on the Lynx, it's easy to take Whalen for granted. But keep in mind, the eighth-year pro is having a career year -- scoring (13.9 ppg is just shy of her 2008 average of 14.0 when she finished second in the MVP vote), assists (5.8 apg is a career best and leads the league) and shooting percentage (0.511 FG and 0.425 3PT are way up over her previous bests of 0.468 and 0.351, respectively). But what perhaps best sums up her value is her team's performance. Whalen is the floor general and the one distributing the ball to the talented players she's surrounded by. The fact that she's done that almost flawlessly with the addition of Maya Moore and Taj McWilliams-Franklin to the starting lineup and the return to form of Seimone Augustus and Candice Wiggins this year should not be overlooked.
6. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (18-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.2 3.2 3.8 0.8 0.5 .448 .373 .918 +18.07
Last ranking: 5
There are two similarities to look at between Whalen and Taurasi: 1) they have teammates that may take votes away from them (Penny Taylor for Taurasi and Seimone Augustus for Whalen) and 2) they can both be taken for granted. Diana Taurasi has won four scoring titles in her seven-year career, including the last three, and is currently tied for the league lead with McCoughtry. Because we're so used to seeing her average over 20 points a game, the next question becomes what else has she done. First, she's scored at a much more efficient clip than McCoughtry. Second, she's currently ranked 12th in the league in assists and also chips in over three rebounds a game from the guard spot.
7. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (18-14)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.7 3.9 4.7 1.3 0.3 .410 .350 .827 +15.28
Last ranking: 7
How important is Cappie to the Liberty? Consider the fact that she leads the team in both scoring and assists (ranked No. 5 in the league in both categories), which is testament to her ability as a playmaker for either herself or her teammates. She also chips in nearly four rebounds and over a steal a game for the playoff-bound Liberty, who are currently fighting for the three seed with the Dream.
8. Sue Bird, Seattle Storm (19-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.8 3.0 4.8 1.4 0.2 .447 .423 .871 +14.84
Last ranking: 9
In a similar fashion to Catchings, Sue Bird will do whatever it takes for her team to win. When Lauren Jackson was out for much of the season, Bird responded by looking for her shot more and picking up some of the scoring slack (she is averaging a career-high 14.8 ppg, good for 13th in the league). Now that the Storm are back at full strength, she can revert back to playmaker mode, as they look to hold off the Mercury for the No.2 seed in the West. The fact that the Storm remained in the playoff race with their best player out for over 20 games is perhaps Bird's greatest claim to MVP honors. She kept the Storm together and in contention with Jackson out. Where would the Storm be without her?
9. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (16-16)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.0 2.9 5.7 1.5 0.2 .440 .387 .892 +15.56
Last ranking: 10
In line with her team's performance, Hammon started the season on fire, hit a few cold spells during July and August, but with their season on the line, she came through. In Tuesday's game against the Sparks, with a chance to clinch a playoff berth, Hammon was brilliant. She scored a season-high 37 points (with 26 in the second half and 17 in the fourth quarter) to lead the Silver Stars to victory and into the postseason. Much like Pondexter, Hammon is relied upon to both score and facilitate for her team and fulfills both tasks at a high level (she is ninth ranked in the league in scoring and second in assists).
10. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (25-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.1 3.5 2.3 0.9 0.4 .499 .393 .865 +14.78
Last ranking: 6
Comparing teammates in an MVP race is difficult as you try to judge which player is most important for the team's success. In the case of the Lynx, which has a team loaded with talent, I deemed Whalen as the most valuable player of their squad and thus she has a higher ranking in the standings. That is not to take away from what Augustus has accomplished and her role on the team. Augustus remains one of the deadliest scorers in the WNBA. And while her scoring average is down from her career average, keep in mind that this is the first time she's had this level of talent around her. She is a threat to score every time she touches the ball, which forces defenses to react and opens up plays for her teammates.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Penny Taylor (Phoenix) 16.7 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 4.7 APG, 1.7 SPG, +20.07 EFF
12. Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota) 10.4 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.8 SPG, +15.66 EFF
13. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 14.8 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.6 SPG, +19.10 EFF
14. Candace Parker (Los Angeles) 18.5 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, +22.82 EFF (17 games played)
15. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.3 SPG, +18.23 EFF
Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
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| М@К@R04К@(23) | Сообщение # 36 | 10:30 Пятница, 09 Сентября 2011
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| Gromova | Сообщение # 37 | 12:11 Пятница, 09 Сентября 2011
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| AlienF | Сообщение # 39 | 08:30 Среда, 14 Сентября 2011
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Race to the MVP: Week 15
Posted Sep 13 2011 7:03PM
By Kevin Scheitrum, WNBA.com
1. Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun (21-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.6 11.0 1.9 0.8 1.8 .468 0.000 .687 +21.09
Last ranking: 1
In only her second season in the league, the 2010 Rookie of the Year was the WNBA’s deciding factor in 2011. After setting a new league mark for double-doubles last year, with 22, she one-upped herself with 23 this year, as she propelled the Sun to the No. 2 spot in the East. Her stats look a lot like they did last year, which in itself is a feat, because this time around, opponents had everyone from their starting fives to elementary school crossing guards doing their best to slow down Charles. But let’s forget the stats for a second (well, after a quick glance at her final line: 17.6 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.9 assists per game). Tina Charles took a team comprised almost entirely of rookies, sophomores or third-year WNBA players (seven of 11 Sun players have been in the league three or fewer years; six are either rooks or second-year players) and became its unquestioned leader. In addition to her advantage in total efficiency (21.09 vs. 19.64), Charles also played nearly 100 minutes (1,136 vs. 1,040) more than Catchings on the year, which gives her more than a two-game edge.
2. Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever (21-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.5 7.1 3.5 2.0 0.9 .438 .348 .883 +19.64
Last ranking: 2
If we had to go on and on about Charles, it’s because of just how spectacular Catchings’ season was. The seven-time All-Star (and, shockingly, zero-time MVP) lit up the league’s top 15 lists, driving her team to its sixth 21-plus-win season in the last seven years. Sue Bird called the Fever the “Steady Eddies” of the East for a reason – and that reason, year in and year out, is Tamika Catchings. At 15.5 points, 7.l rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.03 steals per game, she drove the Fever every step of the way this year. She may very well win the MVP award this season, and is certainly deserving, but in 2011, Charles had the upper hand by the tip of her fingers.
3. Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream (20-14)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.6 5.2 2.5 2.2 1.0 .424 .264 .777 +17.76
Last ranking: 4
By now, you probably know the story. The Dream started the year at 3-9. McCoughtry started the year by hitting more iron than Phil Mickelson. Through Atlanta’s first 13 games, its superstar was shooting only 36.4 percent, with just three 20-point efforts. Then she found the touch. Over the next two months, she was nothing but highlights – if you could see her at all. She scored 33 in the Dream’s win over the Mystics before the All-Star break, then rattled off 14 games of at least 20 points, five of at least 30 (including three of her last five) and scored fewer than 17 just once. She’s now shooting 42.4 percent from the field, just a shade below her career average, and has shot 51.5 percent over her last six. So if her second-half numbers translated to a red-hot Dream team, her last two weeks may translate, yet again, into a deep playoff run for Atlanta.
4. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx (27-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
13.6 3.5 5.9 1.1 0.2 .511 .405 .730 +16.03
Last ranking: 5
Seimone Augustus’ return from injuries to lead the Lynx in scoring and Maya Moore's barnstorming rookie season have dominated the headlines in Minnesota this year. Meanwhile, the best season of Lindsay Whalen’s career has proceeded just as steadily, albeit a little more quietly. No more. Not only did she finish the regular season as a WNBA Peak Performer after dishing out the most assists in the league, she also did so while scoring 13.6 points per game – the second-highest total of her career. And that scoring total (which spent nearly all season above her best mark, in 2008, of 14.0 ppg) would surely have been higher, had she not conserved her minutes down the stretch, with a playoff berth and No. 1 seed already locked up. But, again, let’s move past the stats. Controlling teams stacked with scorers is no easy task – and this year, Whalen was up for the challenge. She set the pace, and the Lynx followed, all the way to the best record in team history.
5. Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury (19-15)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
21.6 3.2 3.6 0.8 0.6 .449 .395 .903 +18.09
Last ranking: 6
And so it goes that the top scorer in the WNBA finishes fifth in our MVP voting. That’s the kind of season it’s been across the league. With other players having absolute monster seasons to bring their teams to into position, DT’s ranking suffers in the same way that Augustus' does – because her team’s so loaded. However, take a minute to ponder what just happened: Taurasi just won her fourth WNBA scoring title in a row, and fifth overall. And she did it without a whole ton of fanfare. She just scored. A lot. It’s easy to say she’s a product of the system, that Phoenix is built to score, but in many ways, the Mercury are a product of Taurasi. She can still fly – and finish – as well as she ever could, and her team once again leads the league in scoring because of it. And although she may not garner MVP honors this year, the fact that we’ve come to expect her to set the leaguewide pace is a testament not only to her ability, but to the fact that fans are witnessing a moment in history every time Taurasi steps on the floor.
6. Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky (14-20)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
20.0 10.2 0.6 1.2 2.0 .591 0.000 .766 +24.50
Last ranking: 3
It’s tough to figure out where to place Fowles. Had the Sky made the playoffs for the first time in team history, she’d be on the shortest of short lists for the MVP award, because, well, few people really did anything that rivaled what she did this year. In WNBA history. Finishing the year at 20.0 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, she became just the second player in the 15-year history of the league to go 20-10, and did so while playing more minutes than anyone else in the league. Oh yeah, to get to the 20-10 plateau, she scored 30 points and added 13 rebounds against a Seattle Storm team that’s allowed fewer than 70 points a game. It’s a historic season with a bitter finish, but one that immediately makes Fowles an MVP frontrunner in 2012.
7. Sue Bird, Seattle Storm (21-13)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
14.7 2.9 4.9 1.4 0.2 .449 .428 .875 +14.82
Last ranking: 8
Who knows where the Storm would have been without Bird. Without perennial MVP Lauren Jackson for most of the season, the defending champs could have had an excuse for missing the playoffs altogether. Instead, they had Sue Bird. And now, thanks to her ability to change back, in the 10th year of her career, to the brown-haired roman candle she was in her very first season, the Storm go into the playoffs tied for the second-best record in the WNBA. After years of letting the offense flow around her, dishing the ball into Jackson and working it around the perimeter, Bird made Seattle’s scoring flow through her all year long. At times, things didn’t go perfectly. There was the two-point, three-assist day in the July loss to Atlanta. Or the four-point, one-assist one against the Lynx after the All-Star break. But there were also games as brilliant as any as Bird’s played in her career, such as her 23-point, eight-assist night in an 81-79 loss to Phoenix on Aug. 16, or her 29-point, seven-assist, six-rebound game against Tulsa. But above all, she kept her team together at a time when all of the spokes could have fallen off, with their center missing. And in doing so, she reminded everyone why she’s a no-doubter for a Top 15 all-time player.
8. Becky Hammon, San Antonio Silver Stars (18-16)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
15.9 2.9 5.8 1.5 0.2 .440 .389 .892 +15.61
Last ranking: 9
Two weeks ago, with her team plummeting in the standings, Hammon scored just 13 points in three games. It looked like she'd hit a wall wall. Well, she broke through it. Over her past five games, she’s scored 19.6 points per game – including a season-high 37 points (on 14-of-19 shooting) in a playoff-clinching win over the Sparks on Sept. 6 – and added 6.2 assists per game – including 11 in a double-double in a win over the Mystics to wrap up the regular season. And it’s no coincidence that, over that stretch, the Silver Stars won four games. Danielle Adams’ return to the lineup certainly helped, but Hammon carried this team on her shoulders into the No. 4 seed in the West – over the past two weeks and over the past three months .
9. Seimone Augustus, Minnesota Lynx (27-7)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
16.2 3.5 2.2 0.9 0.4 .504 .417 .865 +14.97
Last ranking: 10
Whalen’s got the Lynx’ offense started all season long, and Augustus, over and over again, finished it. Coming back from a knee injury in 2009 and emergency surgery in 2010, she got herself back into world-class shape, just in time to lead Minnesota to one of just six 27-win seasons in WNBA history. She scored 16.2 a game and chipped in 3.5 boards to become the focal point of an attack that could score from all angles.
10. Cappie Pondexter, New York Liberty (19-15)
PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% EFF
17.4 4.1 4.7 1.3 0.3 .402 .345 .813 +14.97
Last ranking: 7
Cappie is the Liberty’s offense – which makes her recent slump all the more perilous for New York. Leading the team in scoring and assists, she’s been the energy center all year long, but she’s struggled of late. Shooting just 27 percent from the field over her last six games, Pondexter’s fallen off her pace at a tough time. However, she’s still found ways to contribute, such as consecutive seven-assist games against the Lynx and a nine-rebound effort against the Sun. And the Liberty should take comfort in the fact that Pondexter’s slumps rarely last long – and when she bursts out, she’s good for 20 a night.
On the Outside Looking In (season averages)
11. Penny Taylor (Phoenix) 16.7 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 4.7 APG, 1.7 SPG, +20.07 EFF
12. Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota) 10.2 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.8 SPG, +15.18 EFF
13. Candice Dupree (Phoenix) 14.6 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.6 SPG, +18.59 EFF
14. Candace Parker (Los Angeles) 18.5 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, +22.82 EFF (17 games played)
15. Crystal Langhorne (Washington) 18.2 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.3 SPG, +18.03 EFF
(Вот только не пойму, кому это Чарлз так нравится-то,тянут конкретно, аж трипл дабл приписывали. Спасибо бдительным фанам, исправили "ошибку"...
Лобби Юкона так сильно? Ауриемма рулит?...  )
Be thankful for what you HAVE before it becomes what you HAD!
NEVER SAY NEVER!
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