The first tiebreaker is even (head to head is 1-1)
How could the edge go to Minnesota? L.A. has not lost to a team as low as Atlanta and all the other teams were upper tier teams.
It appears they reviewed the shot clock not the heel. They should have had Williams miss her last foul shot, then Seattle would have had not chance to get a shot off or even call a time out. Time starts when ball hits the rim.
I agree. The heel was in the air OVER the sideline, but I didn't see it ON the sideline. In any case, it wasn't clear enough to unequivocally overturn the original call.
Bad losses--to teams below .500--are irrelevant. It's the record against teams at .500 and above that matters. Though L.A. has lost to only good teams, their record against teams at .500 and above is currently worse than that of Minnesota. Minnesota has only 4 losses to those teams. L.A. has 5 losses to them.
Thank you. That is a strange way to determine a tie breaker.
At first, it seemed to make sense to me, but in this specific case, 4 quality losses and 1 bad loss are deemed better than 5 quality losses. I agree that seems odd.
If you watch using stop action you can see that the heel does for an instant come down and that the space between the heel and the line disapears then reappears. Using common sense will tell you that if you are elevating for a jump shot off both feet your heel has to come down in order to plant your heel to push off of. Other wise you are just jumping using your calf muscles. While it is possible it is highly improbable to do other wise. I am sure she was not aware that her heel was over the line so why would she feel it important never to plant her heel.
I focused on losses, because there were fewer and they were easier to count.
