1. L.A. handled Chicago at Staples; the Sparks led throughout. The Sky won't be very good till Fowles comes back, will they?
2. DC beat Houston in Houston with a late comeback: Alana scored 23. Kris at the HRR liveblogged the game.
Also from Kris: how do Comets fans feel about their new, and smaller, arena?
3. The Fever played great D for three quarters in Indy (if not four): the team ended up with a big win over the Liberty, though McCarville scored 23 (two below her career high).
Lin Dunn says next time, she might move Catch away from the paint, creating a pair of shooters (Catchings and Douglas) almost nobody could guard.
Dunn also says the Fever could be the next Celtics. Catch agrees: "KG hadn't won a championship yet. And me and him, I feel like we're the same players, we just want to win so bad. He said anything is possible so anything is possible, this might be our year, too." (You know, it might.)
4. Atlanta lost again to the visiting Silver Stars. As usual, the Dream couldn't control the paint: Ann Wauters cleaned up with 18 and 13. Is Wauters' return the most important on-court story nobody talks about?
On the other hand, the slender Stacey Lovelace, who has been misused as an interior player for most of her career, finished with a career-high 18 points (and 5 steals, on 8-19 shooting). She's also spent her whole W career on bad teams: could she play a role on a good one?
5. Phoenix fans finally saw the team they've been waiting for: the Mercury clobbered Connnecticut.
What happened? It looks like Diana went off: 32 points on 11-15 (3-6) shooting. (There are pros who can guard her, but they don't play for the Sun.) Also helpful: the return of Tan Smith, who hadn't played in about two weeks. "Just Tangela's presence alone makes a difference," coach Gaines said.
Fun fact for Sun fans: one-third of the way through the season, Lindsay has now made almost as many three-pointers as she made for the whole of last year-- and, from last year, her percentage from downtown has almost doubled (it's about where it was in 2004 and '05).
2. DC beat Houston in Houston with a late comeback: Alana scored 23. Kris at the HRR liveblogged the game.
Also from Kris: how do Comets fans feel about their new, and smaller, arena?
3. The Fever played great D for three quarters in Indy (if not four): the team ended up with a big win over the Liberty, though McCarville scored 23 (two below her career high).
Lin Dunn says next time, she might move Catch away from the paint, creating a pair of shooters (Catchings and Douglas) almost nobody could guard.
Dunn also says the Fever could be the next Celtics. Catch agrees: "KG hadn't won a championship yet. And me and him, I feel like we're the same players, we just want to win so bad. He said anything is possible so anything is possible, this might be our year, too." (You know, it might.)
4. Atlanta lost again to the visiting Silver Stars. As usual, the Dream couldn't control the paint: Ann Wauters cleaned up with 18 and 13. Is Wauters' return the most important on-court story nobody talks about?
On the other hand, the slender Stacey Lovelace, who has been misused as an interior player for most of her career, finished with a career-high 18 points (and 5 steals, on 8-19 shooting). She's also spent her whole W career on bad teams: could she play a role on a good one?
5. Phoenix fans finally saw the team they've been waiting for: the Mercury clobbered Connnecticut.
What happened? It looks like Diana went off: 32 points on 11-15 (3-6) shooting. (There are pros who can guard her, but they don't play for the Sun.) Also helpful: the return of Tan Smith, who hadn't played in about two weeks. "Just Tangela's presence alone makes a difference," coach Gaines said.
Fun fact for Sun fans: one-third of the way through the season, Lindsay has now made almost as many three-pointers as she made for the whole of last year-- and, from last year, her percentage from downtown has almost doubled (it's about where it was in 2004 and '05).
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