After three games in four days against the West's best, the Lynx looked extremely sleepy.

The first half was close; the second wasn't. After getting fired up by a technical, Lisa Leslie scored 17 points and blocked 7 shots (leading Mike Terry, normally a fine writer, to resort to the unfortunate "block party" pun/cliche).

"Lisa is one of the main factors for us, and when she gets going and gets excited like that, it is tough to keep her down," Bibby said. "I hope she gets angry more often. And we're OK with that."

Katie Smith, after averaging over 20 points in her first 8 games, has been held to 3 and 6 in the last two. She admits that the long road trips take a lot out of her; a few days' rest should do some good.