The new era of Storm basketball got off to a slow start, but a 22-1 run helped them go on to a 67-61 victory over the visiting Sky.

"That little spurt in the third and fourth quarter is what we envisioned when we put this team together," Brian Agler said. All of the Storm's All-Stars were a factor in the win. “We have five players in here who can make plays,” said Sue Bird, who finished with 13 points. “Every one of us has been the go-to player at some point in our careers and has had to make plays.

Kevin Pelton and Jayda Evans both live blogged during the game and gave their usual welcome observations from press row.

Chasity Melvin scored 15 points for the Sky, but Sylvia Fowles was limited to just over 15 mintues because of foul trouble.