Why are Detroit below .500? Coach Laimbeer has said it's the officiating, but they're also the worst in the league at the line. The Shock made 16 of 26 (61%) free throw attempts at home yesterday and lost to Indiana by one point.

But wait: Cheryl Ford-- perhaps the league's worst free-throw shooter-- actually made 8 of 9 freebie attempts. Tan White missed two game-sealing free throws for Indiana, but the Fever managed to rebound and hold the ball.

Maybe the problem isn't free throws, but turnovers: Detroit committed 24. Laimbeer was laconic: "we're not getting it done."

Catchings (21 points) appears to have ended her slump. Fever coach Winters: "We went to overtime with them in our first win, and we've gone to the wire with them twice in the past three days. We have to feel good about beating another good team three times in a row."