Some good things about watching Sacramento right now: they share the ball, they commit to smart defense, they communicate, they make good use of almost all their bench, and they've found a way to go 10-4 without a clear go-to scorer.

Some bad things about watching Sacramento right now: their games are, as Barry says, often ugly ugly ugly. 22 turnovers to eleven assists. Seven points in the second quarter. Two starters (Ticha and Yo) without a field goal. Offensive sets that make you think that Monarchs would really rather be playing defense. (Sometimes I really think they would.)

Last night Sacto fans cheered and grimaced through a demolition job on the Liberty, who scored just 46: only McCarville and Willis looked ready to play. Yo hurt her neck but kept playing; the docs will look at it again today.

If the regular season ended this week, it would be hard not to pick Sacramento and Detroit for a finals do-over. Is that the matchup the league wants us to see?