Phoenix did what they have done well all season - run, shoot and score. But they also played good defense, especially on Lauren Jackson, and were even in the rebounding. This all contributed to the Mercury's 101-84 win. They are the only top seed to win on the road in the four playoff games. Maybe their locker room decorating helped too.

The Big Three from Phoenix combined for 65 points and the Mercury forced 18 costly turnovers from the Storm. They changed up their defense enough to limit Jackson to only 10 shot attempts. Too often, the Storm settled for outside shots rather than getting the ball inside to Jackson. Iziane Castro Marques, Betty Lennox and Jackson were the top scorers for the Storm, but the two perimeter players took nearly half of their teams shots in the game. "Obviously, I didn't do anything right tonight," Lennox said. "I'm serious. I guess I took too many shots and gave up 10 points [to Kelly Miller]. I didn't do anything good at all."

Anne Donovan commented: "We shouldn't have that much trouble getting Lauren the ball if we keep focus and Lauren's working on her cuts," she said. "It shouldn't be that big of a deal."

How the Storm adjust tomorrow is one of the questions to be answered. The other one on everyone's mind is whether that was the last Storm game in Seattle. “When we got that standing ovation at the end of the game, I thought I was going to cry,” said Jackson. “It was one of those moments.”