Connecticut chopped and grated the Sky in Chicago. The Sun's starters ran up a 23-9 lead, coach Thibault pulled them, the Sky outplayed the reserves, and the Sun's starters then came back and made the game a sure thing.

The whole thing was over before the fourth quarter began-- so over, in fact, that some fans allege deliberate tanking. Chicago could still make the playoffs if DC and NY lose all their games.

Both teams used all eleven players; Dydek led the winners with 18, her season high. "That was the most aggressive she's been this year," coach Thibault enthused, "and people found her."

Dydek also generated a great comic moment: when a Claire Coggins trey attempt wedged itself between backboard and shot clock, officials with push brooms proved not quite tall enough to retrieve it. In another matchup, the officials might be running for ladders and stools. Instead, Margo walked over to the stanchion, took the push broom, hopped up a bit, and dislodged the basketball. Aw, shucks.