OK -- whose job was it to guard Becky Hammon tonight? Whoever it was didn't do a very good job. Hammon had 33 as New York beat Minnesota in front of another worthless Minnesota crowd. Yes, I'm ashamed of my roots.

The Mystics disappointed a huge home-opener crowd of 18,000. Got killed on the boards and lost to Cleveland. Dales-Schuman was invisible again, and Asjha Jones didn't hit anything. The first half was a fiasco; Washington scored only 14 points. Cleveland was happy that it didn't have to deal with Holdsclaw.

Swoopes did a little better tonight, but Houston still lost to Charlotte. Free throws were the difference. The Sting, now 4-1, are on a roll. The frustration is building in Houston.