Seattle did what no other home team was able to do in the opening games of the playoffs - win. LJ won the battle with Leslie and her team rallied in the 4th quarter after losing the lead in the 3rd quarter for a 84-72 victory. As expected, the Key Arena crowd was loud. Not so expected was the presence of new Storm/Sonics owner Clay Bennett.

While Jellybean made a last minute switch in his starting line-up (putting Holdsclaw and Page in for Tamara Moore and Mabika), it was the Storm interior trio of Jackson, Janell Burse, and Tiffani Johnson that came out on top.

LJ led all scorers with 22 points and five Storm players finished in double figures. But as impressive as Jackson was, her team took control of the game with a 7-0 run when she was resting on the bench. “We really stepped up as a team in every aspect of the game,” Jackson said.