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[NOTE: Saturday's Time Machine pick was changed from Tamika Catchings to Tamika Whitmore due to Catchings' injury.]

July 10 - Could've been better, right? The Time Machine had another average week, prompting some (or maybe just the voices in my head) to begin doubting the power of the abacus.

Taurasi's 50 saved the Time Machine. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images)

The week provided mixed results, but it wasn't all that bad. Out of six days on which games were played, The Machine produced the top score on three of those days, including the second best game of the season by any player dropped by Diana Taurasi.

Unfortunately, the other three were complete disappointments. Cheryl Ford, what happened? You've provided some masterful nights for me in the past. A 12? Really? Let's move on.

By the way, The Time Machine told you to pick Lisa Leslie on the day she had the season's best PRA performance. Just a reminder.

Also, I have to pimp something that Matthew Brennan ("The Fantasy Guru") said a while back. Stick with the well-rounded performers because if you rely on players with a high percentage of their PRA wrapped up in scoring you will get burned on bad shooting nights. So true. Three of the players I've been burned by are Cappie Pondexter, Seimone Augustus and Diana Taurasi. All three are primarily shooters.

Granted, Taurasi gave me my 50 PRA on Sunday, but it goes to show you that you are fighting with fire with these players. You'll get some great games, but you'll also get some not-so-great games. Then again, if you stick with the system it will all even out in the end.

Anyway, I think it's time to review the recommendations. I like to do that instead of bragging every week as if you don't remember what's happened in previous weeks. It's all on the table. The good and the bad.

Following is a list of all of the picks The Time Machine has made, comparing the player's Regular Season PRA up until that week, the Time Machine's Projected PRA for that game, and the player's Actual PRA for that game.

Day	Player	Team	vs.	Reg Season PRA	Projected PRA	Actual PRA
Tuesday, June 6	Yolanda Griffith	SAC	PHO	20.4	26	31
Wednesday, June 7	Lauren Jackson	SEA	CHI	31.8	32	26
Friday, June 9	Lisa Leslie	LOS	CHI	35.8	37	34
Saturday, June 10	Vickie Johnson	SAS	NYL	24.2	27	26
Sunday, June 11	Sheryl Swoopes	HOU	MIN	26.2	29	0
Tuesday, June 13	Lisa Leslie	LOS	PHO	36.0	41	41
Wednesday, June 14	Seimone Augustus	MIN	SEA	28.8	29	36
Thursday, June 15	Lauren Jackson	SEA	CHI	28.9	31	41
Friday, June 16	Nykesha Sales	CON	PHO	24.9	30	26
Saturday, June 17	Alana Beard	WAS	NYL	27.4	29	39
Sunday, June 18	Diana Taurasi	PHO	MIN	30.7	33	27
Tuesday, June 20	Nykesha Sales	CON	CHA	24.0	26	16
Wednesday, June 21	Lauren Jackson	SEA	PHO	28.5	33	46
Thursday, June 22	Cheryl Ford	DET	CHA	29.3	32	41
Friday, June 23	Tamika Catchings	IND	PHO	29.4	36	26
Saturday, June 24	Seimone Augustus	MIN	NYL	28.6	30	36
Sunday, June 25	Lisa Leslie	LOS	SAS	36.3	34	57
Tuesday, June 27	Cheryl Ford	DET	SAS	30.1	31	42
Wednesday, June 28	Diana Taurasi	PHO	MIN	31.0	32	22
Thursday, June 29	Seimone Augustus	MIN	SAC	28.3	28	18
Friday, June 30	Lisa Leslie	LOS	PHO	35.5	40	26
Saturday, July 1	Lauren Jackson	SEA	MIN	29.6	31	37
Sunday, July 2	Alana Beard	WAS	PHO	27.2	32	0
Monday, July 3	Lisa Leslie	LOS	SAS	33.2	32	31
Wednesday, July 5	Seimone Augustus	MIN	WAS	27.9	27	31
Thursday, July 6	Cheryl Ford	DET	PHO	29.3	33	12
Friday, July 7	Tamika Catchings	IND	LOS	27.8	28	22
Saturday, July 8	Cappie Pondexter	PHO	CON	27.9	27	17
Sunday, July 9	Diana Taurasi	PHO	NYL	29.9	32	50
TOTAL				848.9	908	857
TOTAL without June 11 and July 2				795.5	847	857

At face value, it's not all that impressive. The Time Machine received 857 points for the games it picked, which was eight points higher than those players' season averages. Also, the Actual PRA scored on those days ended up being a total of 51 points less than projected.

Scrap it, start over, throw it in the trash.

Not so fast. I added a separate row for you because there were two days that skewed results. As you know, The Time Machine and I give you pick recommendations on Monday of every week for each day of that week. Injuries happen, and I am not able to go in and change picks. On two of these days (June 11 and July 2), The Time Machine picked players (Sheryl Swoopes and Alana Beard) who did not play on those days due to injury.

And so, I am providing two final scores -- one based on all recommendations because I'm honest, and one based on all recommendations in which the player actually ran the court.

Why? Because The Time Machine is all about match-ups. Telling you to pick Beard on the day she ended up sitting due to an injury doesn't mean that the tool doesn't work. She scored a zero that day, but not because it was a bad match-up. If she had played and was held to a zero, that would be a different story.

So if we concentrate on the games that were actually played, The Time Machine projected within 10 points of the actual PRA for those games. Even more, the Actual PRA was 61.5 points higher than the players' average up until that week.

That, my friends, is evidence that the tool is working. I tell you it is all about match-ups. I tell you that each pick won't be money, but to stick with it. There have been some duds, but over the long haul the entire body of work has put up better numbers than the regular season average. Why? Because of the match-ups.

Don't doubt the power. Now, sit back and enjoy this week's recommendations...

				Regular Season				Projected
Day	Player	Team	vs.	Pts	Reb	Ast	PRA	Pts	Reb	Ast	PRA
Monday	NO GAMES ON THIS DAY
Tuesday	NO GAMES ON THIS DAY
Wednesday	NO GAMES ON THIS DAY
Thursday	NO GAMES ON THIS DAY
Friday	Lisa Leslie	LOS	PHO	20.1	9.4	3.4	32.9	23	11	4	38
Saturday	Tamika Whitmore	IND	CHA	16.1	4.9	1.8	22.8	17	6	2	25
Sunday	Diana Taurasi	PHO	NYL	23.2	3.9	3.7	30.8	24	4	4	32