If she wasn't worried already, last night's Mercury-Storm game must have Anne Donovan thinking about the possibility of Team USA facing the Opals next summer in the Olympics. Penny Taylor and Lauren Jackson put on an offensive showcase, putting up 32 and 33 points respectively as Taylor's team downed Jackson's Storm 89-79.

While Betty Lennox added 22 points, the Storm missed having Sue Bird on the floor as they turned the ball over 20 times. Taylor also got more help from her teammates than Jackson did. Cappie Pondexter said, “Everyone was contributing. When we’re like that, we’re definitely tough to beat.”

Seattle is expected to have Bird back in the starting line-up for their next game and Taylor is expected to go back to wearing a guard on her rib after taking a shoulder in the closing seconds of the game. Taylor said "it's nothing serious; it's just painful.”