Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Up late last night watching women's shotput (which was from Olympia, pretty cool) and men's volleyball (first U.S. win since '96), and listening to Pat O'Brien (who does a good Bruce Brown).

The early this morning for the Korea game.

Lisa Leslie continues to stomp all the hell over everyone else in Athens. 22 minutes, 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting (and at least one of those misses was a desperation shot clock-beater), 7 boards, 3 blocks.

The outside game still doesn't look great -- Taurasi and Bird combined for 2-for-14, Smith not shooting yet -- but the inside power is too much for anyone. Rebounding: 45 to 19.

Total rebounding advantage through 3 games: 146 to 69. That's downright silly.