In almost a complete reversal from their first games of the season, the Comets coasted to a 83-59 win over the Storm in Seattle. Houston rebounded nicely from their disappointing loss to San Antonio by shooting almost 58% from the floor. Seattle, meanwhile, did not look anything like the team that dominated Los Angeles in their home opener.

Seattle not only was trying to build on their performance against L.A., but also erase memories from their two home playoff losses to Houston last season. A balanced attack by Sheryl Swoopes, Tina Thompson and Dominque Canty made sure that did not happen.

Sue Bird, who led the Storm with 12 points, is glad it is only the second game of the season. "The good news is, it's early," Bird said. "This isn't the playoffs. They're not going to cancel the season. We still have 30 more games to play. Hopefully we can just learn from this."

Kevin Pelton followed the game from press row and was stunned with the poor performance of the Storm, after looking so good on Sunday and in practices.