Discombobulated, tired, or just plain bad, the Lynx didn't play any defense till after halftime, and Chicago rode a 52-point first half straight to their fourth-ever win.

As in these teams' last meeting, the Lynx left jump shooters wide open, and Stacey Dales punished them hard, canning six of nine from downtown.

Once again, Big V and Seimone combined for almost half Minnesota's points; once again, the duo weren't nearly enough. (Seimone may have stepped into the unfortunate role Katie Smith left behind: the guard who must score 25 for the Lynx to compete.)

For Chicago, the game was sweet, the more so because they spent half the day in an airport. Dales: Dupree: "We needed this bad. Team morale was starting to drop a little bit." (Thanks to David Meltzer for spotting our error.)