Lauren Jackson responded from a somewhat off-night in Minneapolis on Friday by matching her career high of 35 and getting her team back to .500 in a 75-61 win in L.A.

L.A. was hurt by a couple of things. They apparently did not learn much from their big comeback against the Monarchs about the importance of playing hard for 40 minutes and they did not double team Jackson. "What were they kind of thinking putting just one person on Lauren [Jackson], especially on the block?" said Janell Burse. "It was weird, but if they're going to do stuff like that, we're going to exploit it."

Rookie Sidney Spencer said "our team just needs to become a 40-minute team. We seem to come out and play in spurts, and play a good 20 minutes here and there. We have to develop the mindset of playing 40 minutes." Spencer and newly acquired Sherill Baker may be part of a line-up change to the starting roster.

"A lineup change is on the way," said Michael Cooper. "We can't keep doing this, and expect a heroic effort every night. I thought after the last game, we had some momentum, but then we just come out flat and fall behind again. Why can't it be us who goes up by 10 points?"