Of the games Saturday, probably the most surprising was Detroit-Washington.

Detroit is a good team with some solid young players and a very good coach, so we shouldn't be surprised that they can win such a game, even on the road.

What was surprising was how terribly the Mystics played. It was embarrassing, one of the worst games in franchise history.

Yes, they didn't have Mique, and that was obviously a factor. But the Mystics have other top players like Stacey Dales-Schuman and Asjha Jones who haven't been doing a damn thing lately. Defense was terrible -- Detroit shot 55%. And the Mystics were sluggish on offense too -- only 8 assists for the team.

Coach Stanley needs to get Mique back in there, and she needs to give the bench players more time.