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July 3, 2004 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NUMBER OF WINS BY WNBA CHAMPIONS IN BLOWOUTS
One of the marks of a championship team in regular season play is winning the blowout games, a blowout being defined as a game decided by 10 or more points. This year, the Phoenix Mercury leads the league in blowout wins with six.
Year Team W Rank
2003 Detroit 11 T First
2002 Los Angeles 13 T First
2001 Los Angeles 14 First
2000 Houston 22 First
1999 Houston 15 First
1998 Houston 19 First
1997 Houston 13 First
2004 Blowout Wins
Team OT Ws
Phoenix 6
Los Angeles 5
Seattle 5
Detroit 3
Indiana 3
Sacramento 3
Houston 2
New York 2
San Antonio 2
Charlotte 1
Connecticut 1
Minnesota 1
Washington 1
BONUS BASKETBALL
The WNBA is currently on pace to have the highest percentage of overtime games in its history. In 2004, nine of 97 games (9.3 percent) have gone beyond regulation
Gms OTGms Pct
1997 112 9 0.080
1998 150 6 0.040
1999 192 10 0.052
2000 256 14 0.055
2001 256 23 0.090
2002 256 17 0.066
2003 238 14 0.059
2004 97 9 0.093
MORE BONUS BASKETBALL
The Los Angeles Sparks have already played four overtime games this season. The league record for most overtime games in a season is seven by the Miami Sol in 2001
OT Team Year
7 Miami 2001
5 New York 1999
5 Detroit 2001
5 Portland 2001
EVEN MORE BONUS BASKETBALL
The Los Angeles Sparks are 3-1 in overtime games this year, one game off the mark for most overtime wins in a single season.
OT Ws Team Year
4 Portland 2001
4 Detroit 2003
3 Several Teams
OVERTIME ABSENCE
The Houston Comets tied a dubious record on June 30, when the Minnesota Lynx held them scoreless in overtime. The only other time in WNBA history that a team had gone scoreless in the extra period was on July 25, 2001 when the Miami Sol failed to score against the Cleveland Rockers.
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