Submitted by | Leighway

It is pretty sad to leave an area after your team wins feeling upset. I love the fact that they won but cannot believe the refs. It was the worst officiating I have ever seen in my whole life. Worse than the Houston game last year and worse than the LA game on Friday. I don't see how you can be standing right next to something going on and not see it. If they let both teams just play I would be okay but they were just letting Sac play. I remember looking up and noticing that they had 10 min left in the second half and the Storm had 7 fouls; Sac 0. 10 min of play and not one foul? Come on. Then it was as if the refs knew they had messed up so they had to start calling fouls... 6 in about 4 min on Sac. I just don't get it. I do feel for refs and I know it's a tough job but this game was so poorly called even the 6 year olds.... in the cheap seats could see the fouls they missed.

Okay, I had to get that out of my system. Other than the terrible, hideous, ridiculous officiating I would have to say that this was a great team effort.
I'm not going to shout off stats but only state what I saw:

They played as a team... Sue was not shooting that well tonight but it's a little hard when you have Ruthie or Edna on you all the time. They are great defenders. You could tell right at the beginning that Sue was probably in a little pain or not up to her usual standards because she was barely making it down court for defense after the ball was taken early on. Still... a great pg knows where to put the ball to score and she did a great job of getting it to who was scoring. I could see AD asking her several times during time outs if she wanted to come in and Sue just shook her head. I also feel she had a good defensive game as well; she was not at her normal speed but she still had some great stops. I loved where she knocked the ball between (I think it was Edna's) legs and Adia picked it up and ran down court. There were little things she did to really make a difference even if she was not scoring. I have to say my heart just about stopped when she went up for a rebound and got it. But all I was thinking is that she was going hurt herself.

LJ... we knew if we gave her time she would just jump out and have a great game here soon. She was rebounding like crazy. She was all over the place and shot 2 threes! I think she looked better tonight than I've seen her in a very long time! Great hustle! I loved watching her in this game; she will become the player she wants to be.

Kamila... I think Kamila has a sign on her back that says: "FOUL". The woman steps on the court and the whistle blows. She did a great job out there defending Yo and just doing her normal stuff like using her body as a punching bag for the opposing team. I always love watching her play and she only seems to get tougher the older she gets.

I could go on but it would take forever... they all played as a team... TO's and all. It was a complete 40 min of play and they did not let the foul situation way heavily on them. I would have loved to have seen less TO's but sometimes that happens.

I was happy at halftime to see second chance points were Storm 18 and Sac 2. You gotta love that.

The worst part of the night (other than the refs); I had a kid behind me... keep in mind this is a kid, he was looking at the game card and said: "That's Lisa Leslie... she is the best player in the WNBA." ACK! I just about threw up my fries.

Submitted by | Coach.Gym.Rat

Anthem: I thought my ear drums were gonna bust. Yowza!

Monarchs: What is missing? Hmmmmm - oh yeah, big Wolters. How could I have missed her?

Storm: In the past 2 years does McCulley even have a uniform? Please, please, please hurry off of the IR list.

Doppler: I am so glad you don't have a shaved but like those lil monkeys. Dude, get a belt.

Shot Clock: I didn't mind the breakdown cuz they were playing some funky music and Simone kept grooving to the beat. First her shoulders were moving, then her hips, and then the feet were a tippity tapping. She didn't even realize what she was doing until the baseline section started cheering for her. She got all embarrassed.

Refs: First of all - I do know how hard it is to referee - that said... they still sucked. Calls right in front of them - not even 5 feet - and they still botch it. Kamila is standing straight up and down - PERFECT defense - and they call her for a foul. What did she do? Stick her tummy out or something? Second half the team fouls were like 6 - 0 so they make up for it by calling 4 fouls on the monarchs in a row... all on the same storm possession. I guess they like to do things in bunches.

Kamila: Totally underrated player. She shut down Yo. Even accidentally knocked her down and instead of being all "yeah - I kicked yo' booty" she looked all apologetic towards Yo, tried to make eye contact, and ended up settling for a pat on the arm.

LJ: Major, major, MAJOR props to her. Aside from all of her filthy blocked shots, passes, D, and the like... she kept her head in the game. The last two years she let opponents beat her by removing herself mentally from the game and focusing on those "veteran" moves. Now she takes it, gives back a lil, and when the other teams look at her with disgust, anger, or try to engage her into a T waiting to happen - she walks away. Good on ya Lauren! With LJ playing with that mindset I have a VERY good feeling about this year.

DeMya Wanker: Yes, I said "Wanker". Evil, evil, evil player. She might as well play for the Sporks. She flops, she whines, she trash talks, she fouls something fierce, and she gets her way. She had it out for LJ and at one point looked like she was trying to rip her arms off. GrrrARgh!

Tully and Sandy: I am so happy they are on the team. Tully got knocked down something fierce, needed to come out, but stayed in the game (physically and mentally) until she could. Even as far to get upset over a call. Sandy - awesome shots. She racked up nice points too. We finally got those 3-4 peeps in double digits that we needed.

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