The game had no playoffs implications, but the Storm were looking to tie up the season series with the Lynx. And an 11-4 run to open the fourth quarter and better defensive effort helped Seattle get the win.

Lauren Jackson still does not feel at the top of her game after missing time last week ("We played like doo-doo, but we won.") and her team agreed it was not a pretty win. But their coach was still pleased. "When things aren't going great, shots aren't falling, the offense isn't flowing and you still come up with a win -- those are good wins," said Anne Donovan.

Despite LJ's sluggish performance, she still finished with 18 points to lead her team in scoring. Seimone continued to push Jackson for the scoring title with 28 points, but did not get hardly any scoring help outside of Ohlde and Abrosimova. Jackson had three other players join her in double figure scoring, perhaps none more important than Wendy Palmer.