The Storm take on Houston tonight. Coach Donovan and her players defend LJ. “I’m going to stick up for her right now because people are getting on her for being tired and all of this stuff,” Sue Bird says. “When you change your spot – she’s good at the banging, she doesn’t get tired doing that – but we have her running around like a crazy person. So it’s a different kind of tired.”

Van gives his take on Seattle's televised debacle: "I don't think they were ready for the zone. But I think they'll be ready for a zone this week."