Submitted by | StormFanNo1

We win. Undefeated at home. Yippeee!!!  
 
Kamila, Kamila, Kamila... I am so glad she finally got her breakout game. It was way overdue. Game after game she is our defensive wall in the paint, taking the blows to her body, getting the ticky tacky fouls, enduring everything under the rim without a single complaint... Finally this very underappreciated  member of our team gets into the spotlight. You go girl! Nobody deserves it more than you do.
 
The crowd was really behind Kamila. As her score reached double digits, everytime she scored she got wild cheers and standing ovation. So what if she missed 3 of 4 free throws at the end of the game. It didn't matter.
 
On a day when both Janell and Sue were having an off shooting day, I am glad Kamila found her shooting touch. We needed someone to step up alongside LJ.
 
Sue's mom was in the arena today and got loud applause when introduced. Too bad Sue didn't have one of her best games today, although she made a lightning fast drive to the lane with a quick layup. She was done scoring while Sun players were looking around trying to figure out where the ball was.
 
Whalen did not suit and was not with the team. I was wondering what was up with her, then I saw the posts here that she was really sick. I wish her speedy recovery.
 
Besides Kamila, Sheri is the hardest working member of our team. She kept Sales under control most of the game, and worked like a monster on the boards.
 
In the second half, the referees remembered that they are supposed to give Kamila silly fouls and quickly called two fouls on her. (She had 0 fouls in the first half) During the first minute of the second half, our team got called for 4 fouls.  
 
LJ got whacked several times under the rim with no fouls called. Refs in this game needed glasses.
 
Betty had trouble keeping up with Katie through screens, which left Katie Douglas with some wide open shots. Eventually the coach subbbed Adia in her place and Adia played most of the second half.  
 
Adia is the smartest defensive player I have ever seen. The way she cut the inbound pass and took possession of the ball at the end of the game was absolutely priceless.  
 
In short we won this game when we didn't play all that well. It wasn't our best offensive game, but we controlled the score and made the defensive stops when needed at the end.

Submitted by | eclair

I was wondering why I just didn't feel like writing this report. Now I know, thanks to my fellow stormfans. It was a Craptastic Fugly Fest. No energy. No fun. Even the team shop item of the game was beige and fugly to boot.
 
Sign of the night: "I want to B Money when I grow up."
 
Taj McWilliams Franklin set an illegal screen just about every damn time down the court in the second half. I know, because she did it right in front of me. A) Holding, march the offense back 10 yards. B) YOU CANNOT MOVE YOUR DAMN FEET!!! For all those fathers who brought their daughters, and who had to listen to me scream at the refs about this (and you know who you are, you all turned around and looked at me), sorry I said "damn." Kinda.
 
Taj needed a little meditation or Xanax or something tonight. She was testy! She whined, whined, whined at the officials all night long, and really lost her temper a time or two. It was great! Anne Donovan had a warm hug for her in after the 5 line, anyway.
 
Katie Douglas decided to test the "pathetically crippled" Adia waters. I swear, she should wear that brace her whole career--it's going to make people underestimate her every time. The first two attempts, Douglas won the battle, which gave her confidence. Too Bad and Tee Hee! Douglas couldn't take Adia on-on-one again. Poor Katie. She looked really confused! It was lovely.
 
Oh, Debbie Black. Remember two years ago, she took it to that year's rookie model Savior of the WNBA? And then last year, she pretty much had her way with an injured S Bird. I'm sure Debbie's been wondering why Sue Bird's on the Olympic team and she hasn't even gotten a call yet. (Probably convinced herself it's a height issue.) Tonight's game explains it all. Sue dominated the Queen of the "Little Blonde Mean Ones," as my friend Laura calls them. Debbie Black didn't stand a chance--she looked like she was standing still. The beautiful thing is that Sue figured this it out and exploited it like a savvy veteran. Yay!
 
How many kids can you get on the floor during the Choo Choo? Not a molecule of hardwood was left uncovered. And long after it was done, two little kids were lost and confused. One, a  lil' girl thing all in pink, crossed under the basket after play had resumed, and looked about to cry when she walked in front of the Sun bench looking for her Mama. A nice SPD officer scooped her up (a la Snort) and found her mother for her. No worms were involved. (Please see "Are you my Mother?" I Can Read It All By Myself, publisher.)
 
Speaking of finding Bird Mamas, I heard that Sue's mom Nancy would be in attendance to watch her illustrious daughter. Leighway pointed out that she is easily recognized--she always carries spectacular handbags. Jezzie eventually found her to point her out to me. Sorry if I was staring, Ms Bird. You are entirely fun to watch, and behave during the games just as I would if one of my sons were playing in the WNBA. Wait--that's not exactly right, but you know what I mean. Your enthusiasm is refreshing and contagious. And so's your eye roll!   For the record, your girl set up the most entertaining plays tonight. What passing! Holy Moley.
 
Am I blind to my team's foibles? Besides Adia's first foul, which was so apparent it was comical, and one major elbow (not called) on LJ's behalf, I could not get over how cleanly the Storm played and how violent the Sun were. Derevjanik (sp?) belongs in the WWE. How the (insert perjorative here) did she get away with all that crap? The aforementioned Taj grabbed and pulled and abused. I can't remember how many time LJ was in a bear hug. Ms UConn Jones? Major brute. Major. OK, a brute with some finesse. To her credit, her physicality never extended to her former teammate. She's a brute anyway. But my goodness, does she have a magic stroke.  
 
Mike Thibault just about had a cow when his girls decided to display their passing prowess when down by several points with 2 minutes left on the clock. It was comical--he was jumping up and down trying to get a player's--any player's--attention.
 
Our coach, however, was exceedingly unhappy all night long. Go get 'em, AD, darlin'.
 
Nice to see number 43 during her Week! But other than a few minutes early, there weren't too many deep bench appearances.

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