This game · 134 FGA|Season model · 290 games · 39,575 shots
New York Liberty won on finishing, not shot quality.

led the way with 20 points on 7-for-10 (70%), headlined by 3-for-3 at the rim — 5.7 more than expected overall with 60% of attempts from the rim or corner.
- Indiana Fever created 2.8 more expected points from field-goal attempts.
- Indiana Fever outperformed expected value by 21.1 points on finishing.
- Q2 swung the look battle — Indiana Fever built a +3.7 expected-point edge in that period.
Shot quality
Shot diet
New York Liberty (39% good looks) and Indiana Fever (36% good looks) ran comparable diets with small zone-by-zone differences.

carried the offense at the rim — 6/7 in the restricted area.
This is where the shot diets diverged most — 30% of Indiana's attempts came from the rim vs 28% of New York's, with Indiana leaning on the higher-value zone (30% vs 28%).
This is where the shot diets diverged most — 30% of Indiana's attempts came from the rim vs 28% of New York's, with Indiana leaning on the higher-value zone (30% vs 28%).
Possession context
Inferred from ESPN play-by-play — transition, steals, and offensive rebounds before each FGA. Not official possession tracking.
Process scorecard
Full process edge
Indiana Fever won by 0.9 pts
Indiana Fever got the better looks, but New York Liberty carried the process scorecard.
New York Liberty won the free-throw line by 13 pts and the turnover battle by 5. Those stops never show up in expected pts per attempt.
Tracked FGA
ESPN box score
Process value (pts)
Process total = expected pts from shots + finishing + free throws − turnover cost + second-chance value (1.05 expected pts per OReb). SQ edge alone ignores the last three terms.
Player shots
Key insightStewart found the right spots (50% from the rim or corner) but couldn't finish — -0.8 below expected on those looks.
Expected value is an estimate from public shot data — location, shooter history, and shot clock. No defender distance, closeout speed, spacing, or proprietary tracking.
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