In the game that was on TV, the Mystics ended their five game losing streak and continued their dominance over the Sky with a 64-57 win on the road.

Both teams struggled - the Sky with their shots and the Mystics with turnovers. But Alana Beard took over late in the game, scoring 12 of her team's final 14 points. Jia Perkins tried to keep up with Beard as the two traded baskets on four straight possessions. But Perkins and the Sky eventually ran out of answers. "Every time they needed a score, they scored," said Perkins, who finished with 17 points. "That doesn't say much for our defense."

"That's a team we should beat," Steve Key said of the Mystics. "We know we should beat them and they know it, otherwise they wouldn't have played a zone on us. Our inability to attack a zone was a problem. We couldn't get a shot up. That should not happen."