Submitted by | jilly1217

What can i say? A-MAY-ZING. Played a good, tight game in the 1st half, ended the half up by 4 - always good to end the half up, especially against l.a. Then comes the second half...
 
Don't know when it happened but all of a sudden, mrs. admin and i looked at each other and said "Um, when did the storm pull up by 12?" It happened so fast and so beautifully!  the sporks weren't shooting well, we were hitting all of our shots PLUS drawing fouls left and right. Many steals, many rebounds, few turnovers. We ended up tying our record for the most points scored.  and what a team to do that against.  
 
Everyone played and not just at the end with the 30 point lead. Sheri, Janell, the whole team proved their worth. We are contenders, ladies and gents.  
 
By the end of the half, the players and coaches were just giddy - it was a beautiful sight.  
 
Tully and Betty must have springs in their shoes cuz these girls can fly.  tully knocked a rebound ball out of diva's hands!
 
Props go out to Stormfan_in_cometsland for winning the prize for "best beat l.a. sign" - she made it onto arenavision and everything. Props also go to sic-ko for taking part in the 1/2-time show and hitting that mini-tramp like the wiry kick-ass chica that she is.

I think I'll say this every time - Betty Lennox is MONEY baby!

Submitted by | eclair

Brilliant! Final 93 - 67, and it wasn't that close.
 
Matchup of the night: While the Storm were running a 1-3-1 zone during the first half, Tully ended up defending LL. It was worth the price of admission.
 
Perhaps Betty has harnessed the Force. She made a couple of wild, off-balance, physically impossible shots. She was B-Money indeed tonight. In fact, she was--Brilliant!
 
Cool thing? They gave out 3K t-shirts tonight, and they were gone by 6:15! Not cool thing? What's the deal with the concessions? Didn't they guess that a sold out house might mean more patrons? And why are crappy margaritas $8.50?
 
Lisa? Between us girls, your shorts are tucked into your panties.
 
SFiCL did indeed win a bag o' Storm goodies for her creative and multi-parted Beat LA poster. But a big shout out to our Omalisa You're Fired patrols, both upper and lower. And Storm20.04, what's up with that disco nametag in your neighborhhod? Leighway got some d-vision facetime, which was especially nice after her rough afternoon.
 
But my hero is SiC-ko. She was workin' it all game long, and when her time came she took it hard to the hole. Brilliant! I do believe you were fouled, girl.  
 
I would like to see the same halftime entertainment every game, but using different ushers. They can rotate aisles--first week the ushers in aisle 104 work the minitramps, and then take turns going clockwise around the Key. I'd pay to see some of those folks airborne.
 
So, the Storm went on a 40 - 10 run. We outrebounded them 31 - 23. But what the heck was up with the sparks shooting? They were at 37% (I think) at the half, and it only got worse by game's end.
 
Guess what we got? Ball movement, baby. We were able to (pardon the expression) weave the ball in and out of the paint at will. While there were a couple of times passes went out of bounds because someone was out of position (once was because Sue Bird was lying on the ground under the basket rather than at the outside of the baseline where she was supposed to be), if we can have that kind of dramatic and confusing passing at will while these kids are still getting to know each other, just imagine what it's going to be like after a month or so. It will be Brilliant!
 
Adia, I apologize for ever doubting you. And I take a long time getting out of the locker room, too.
 
And next week isn't going to be Sheri Sam or Betty Lennox Week. So there. But I do like me some Sheri Sam.  
 
I was so proud to see all my good peeps out there getting some Stormy love. There was some powerful stormfan energy at the Key tonight! Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!

Submitted by | numero10

What a game!! Betty Lennox!!!
 
First half: It looked tight. Just the kind of game I was expecting. It looked like we were suffering from that discomforting relaxing on defense when playing with a good lead. We almost let LA take over the game. But we hit some big baskets late in the first half and went into the locker room with a lead. At that point it was anyone's game.
 
Second half: Betty Lennox!! What more is there to say except for this game she was "The Answer." When she got that first step on her defender, LA might as well have started thinking of their next possession. She's fast, gutsy, and willing to sacrifice her body to take it to the hole. She made a couple moves that were reminding me of AI himself. She's got the hair thing going, and is starting the tattoo thing going. Maybe she needs a white full arm sleeve, white headband, and a few more tats.
 
Lauren took it to Leslie tonight. She did a great job of pretty much rendering Leslie ineffective for the duration of the game. That and she was tag-teaming her with Burse. Finally some depth under the basket.
 
The rest of the team? You can count the mistakes they made on one hand. Bird, Sam, Vodichkova were working the ball around very well. Bird was showing how to contribute without shooting. She was getting her teammates involved. Everytime it looked like they were about to slack off on D, they came back with their pressure defense. They kept the heat on LA, and put the Sparks away by the 10 minute mark in the second half.  
 
This was not the type of game we were expecting going in. Cooper didn't do his post game pout. He knew he got beat, and he had to show respect where respect was due.  
 
Great game!

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