Sunday's games:

Houston avoided its first losing record for the month of May. The Comets defeated the Sacramento Monarchs, 63-57, behind Tina Thompson's monster game.

Of course, one night after calling Ruthie Bolton out on the blog, she explodes for 13 first half points...but was silent in the second half. Today, it was the Monarchs' frontcourt that disappeared, as Tangela Smith and Yolanda Griffith shot 6-21 and DeMya Walker had 7 turnovers. The Monarchs are the biggest disappointment of the entire league...but the team always seems to start the season mired in mediocrity before getting some momentum in the second part of the season. Cannot write the team off just yet...

In the second game, the New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx on the road, 68-64. Becky Hammon came close to a triple double (9 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists), while Elena Baranova took Nicole Ohlde to school. For the Lynx, Katie Smith turned it on in the second half, finishing with 20 points, but it was a little too late. But 6000 on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend is not a bad attendance figure for the Lynx...

DeTrina White continues to be a beast on the boards for New York, with 10 caroms tonight. She will threaten Cheryl Ford's rookie rebounding record (White was drafted in 2003 and waived by Indiana before ever playing a regular season game, so she still qualifies as a 'rookie'). Oh, White has 38 rebounds in 4 games. Last year, Tamika Whitmore had 122 rebounds in 33 games for the Liberty. And this year, with $80,000+ from the Sparks, Whitmore is contributing 4 rebounds and 5 points (on 32 percent shooting) per game. Nice move, Blaze.