Beleaguered by Crystal Robinson and exhausted from the long road trip, Taurasi had a rough afternoon yesterday. Despite the cheers from MSG gans, Diana shot just 4-for-16 and the Merc lost their fourth in a row.

"There was no added pressure or anything like that," she said of her first game at the Garden. "I thought it was great, besides the actual game. It was fun to come to New York and play, and I wish we could have gotten a win. It didn't happen."