Submitted
by | eclair
Frodo my ass. My 15 year-old son has a much
better white boy fro than Luke Ridnour. And can somebody
spare a sandwich for that boy? Looks like he hasn't eaten
in an age.
A mess of young girls, around 12 or 13 years old sat behind me, and spent the
whole first half squealing in unison, "Ray Allen! Ray Allen! Ray Allen!" The
more frenzied they became, the more he ignored 'em. Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird
are busting it on the court, and all these girls can pay attention to is Ray
Allen not doing anything.
Lauren had everybody giggling during player intros. She surprised the heck out
of her teammtes by chest bumping each of them. I thought Amanda was going
to rupture something, she was laughing so hard.
And wasn't that National Anthem refreshing!
Doppler desecrated the flag any number of ways tonight. He had them hanging off
his booty, for goodness' sakes. I'm starting to believe he's an exhibitionist.
I see his furry red behind every single game. Does he think he's some sort of
dirigiblesque Chippendale dancer?
If I ever win the purple couch, I'm saying, "Wander around if you want to,
red boy, I'm sitting down over here." But I did like the fact that he handed
the popcorn to the ornery ref.
I love the choo choo train. I love it because it freaks the living daylights
out of the Nazi ushers.
Jessie Kenlaw? The best dresser I ever saw! She looked just plain smashing. And
she can coach hoops, too!
You'll notice I'm heavy on peripherals, and light on the game details. I found
the game unbelievable frustrating. It annoyed me. But here goes:
Good on ya, Section 113! Refs said the ball last touched one of the Storm. Our
friends went nuts, and the refs changed their minds, possession Storm.
The girls in white shot 32% in the first half. I think Coco Miller left the half
with more points than the Storm. (BTW, there's been a divine error. Coco Miller
got the arms I reserved. Or deserved. Anyway, I ought to look like that.)
At one point, Sue, who was traversing the baseline, chucked the ball into LJ's
arms. Which would have been nice, but LJ was in terrible position, and was standing
amid three blue jerseys. As long as I live, I'll never forget the look on LJ's
face: It was a cross between "What did you do that for?" and, "Wtf
am I supposed to do now?" No worries, chickie! Just post up and put it in.
And she did.
All in all, the pace was frenetic, and sloppy as you can imagine. My seat mate
thought it was a great game, because there was weird and interesting stuff going
on. The whole affair just gave me a migraine, and it looked like AD was reaching
for the Midrin, too.
Seems like, in the past, Chamique's been able to take it to Lauren at will--there's
been some resistance, but Holdsclaw always got the best of her. No more. Chamique
ran up against a big, talented, mobile Aussie wall.
Kamila only got called for 2 fouls! There were a few times when I was sure she
was gonna get nailed, like any time there was any sort of incidental contact
under the rim. They let our Thrilla play. The Mystics looked pretty damned surprised,
too. I think the teams in the league have taken note that Kamila gets called
for fouls, deserved or undeserved, and are taking it to her. I also get the feeling
that the refs have been counseled about the way they call the game. Seems they've
been mighty inobtrusive lately. After awhile, the Mystics gave up.
But that didn't stop them from getting in their licks. Poor Kamila just gets
beaten and bruised. I love our stalwart post. And I respect her even more.
Miss Priss Stacy Dales Schuman plays like a friggin toothless pugilistic hockey
player. Elbow here, big push there. Really, I felt like I was supposed to throw
an octopus on the court or something. Guess it's the pure Canadian air or something.
Sue Bird at the end of the game: "It's like we're sisters, best friends,
family."
Winning ugly is still winning. Good thing. Maybe this was the wake up the girls
need for Saturday. I hope so anyway. It would be a shame for Sass, jezzie, New
Socks, Stormin in Cali and everybody else to die in vain Saturday.
Submitted
by | connvex
We
came out too flat, too mellow. The Claw was ON. With a
bit'o help from Coco "bangs" Miller,
DC pulled away. Sue dropped some nice assists to Loz under
the hoop and loz can handle herself under tight defense like
no one else, But no one else could drop 'em. You know — all
board, no net.
And
then AD sticks in our entire bench! And then she doesn't
take them out! For like 5 or 6 minutes... while
we're down by round 11 points! Connvex is
thinkin "what the?"
But
you gotta give the Big AD her props. The new 'n' improved
bench held down the 4rt. Really they weren't any worse
than
the starters except there
wasn't any bird-to-Loz connection. So somewhere near 3 minutes left in the
1/2, Vody
replaces Simone, 30 2nds later and all the rest of the starters are in they
upped the tempo enough to pull with in 5 before 1/2time. They left with a
standin-O even though they were down. It was Sweet.
Quick
note: Right before the horn, Voddy got SUPPLEXED but
the three blind mice turned a deaf and dumb ear away from
a
very rowdy crowd. It was unreal.
Some elbows got hooked and Kamila was chucked up and then down by Murriel
Page. They coulda at least called Page for Up-and-Down!
The
second half was just a real solid battle by the Storm to
get back ahead.
It seemed like constant dynamic action by the whole group
highlighted
with lottsa assists (sue and adia) and excellent ball movement around
the perimeter. The ball moved around the outside so much
sometimes, though, I could
here everyone
around me just thinkin "someone shoot" or "bird, put up
a three".
Only dowside that stands out in my head was Burras' buttery grip. Almost
all of Sue's TO's were to Alisa.
Every
time we felt safe (by like 4 points), Cocoa and Meek would
remind us the game twasn't over.
Tuff
loss for the Mystics, Solid Rally by our Storm. Both teams
were excellent
and it was tense and I have no fingernails left.
Submitted
by | JRod Well,
that was certainly heart stopping. We
have to learn to come out firing, every game. We were
just flat, no energy and a serious lack of focus. I
was beginning to wonder if they had put quicksand on the
floor. Ditto what Sass said. AD was livid! And,
she was right. I'll do my best to let you know what
the timeouts were like. During the first awful minutes
of the game, AD would pace back and forth talking to Kenlaw
and Boucek. "Where's the energy, they look terrible!" And,
she was right. When AD started making substitutions,
it went from (just an example, but was really said a couple
of times) "Tully, go get Sue," to "Amanda!,
Adia!" During timeouts, the conversation would
sound like--What do you guys think you're doing. You
can't play off Miller that way, GUARD HER! And, to
tell you the truth, at times it got more heated from there.
AD was right. We sagged off of Miller way too much. CoCo can and
will shoot the 3 at the drop of the hat. This was very reminiscent of the
way we played Teasley on opening night. Ya just can't do it. If you
do, that player WILL get hot and stand out there bombing you with 3s all night
long.
I have never seen AD so p*ssed off before, but hey folks, she can and does get
there. And, Thank God she can. Did anyone other than me have a Lin Dunn
flashback with the mass substitution?
The
second half was a total turn around. The team came
out more focused and with more energy. All in all, the
Storm played the first half like
they were playing the second game of a back to back, instead of the Mystics.
SDS is really having a down year. As eclair pointed out in her creamy fillings,
lots of elbows. This has to be a frustration thing. What can you
say about Holdsclaw? She's a great player, yep. But, I don't ever
remember her being injured at UT. Yet, now I can't remember a year where
she hasn't been. If her hammy is still bothering her, you couldn't tell
last night. Coco Miller had a great game as well. Now for Muriel
Page and the refs: GIVE ME A FREAKIN' BREAK! I've seen less dirty
take downs on WWE! And, no whistle. A number of us were going nuts
behind the bench.
Last but not least. The anthem. I'm as quietly patriotic as the next
person. I don't wear it on my sleeve, but hey, it's there. The rendition
of the national anthem, last night, gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes
*sniff* That was absolutely beautiful.
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