Final score: Storm 73 – Silver Stars 80 (L) (10-8)

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SFiCL rode down with us from Houston. She got us to stop at a place called Buckee's on the way down. It is a truckstop in the middle of nowhere that has to be seen to be believed.

We stopped at the AT&T Center box office for tickets. I love being a fan of a relatively unpopular sport. You can get front row seats on the day of the game.

The AT&T Center is fabulous, though sort of strange in its design. I got lost immediately in the labyrinth of stairways, halls and elevators I had to take to get to my seat. Plus, I'm really tired of paying for arenas in other cities while my own team threatens to leave over the arena at home.

Our seats were directly behind Alan and Adia. We could hear their comments throughout the game. Good insight. Could you guys hear us? We yelled 'BRICK' when the SS were shooting FTs at our end of the floor.

Our friends Sherri and Lori who we met in Houston were there, too, only a little bit further up.

Announced crowd of 7510.

Brrringy's Keyword of the Game: Stupid Gaucho (Homer Simpson voice)

It was Badge Night at the game. That means they honored police officers and firefighters. The anthem was sung by a female police officer. Nice voice, nothing fancy.

Their mascot, The Fox, came out on stilts in an Uncle Sam costume. Apparently, they are still celebrating the 4th of July.

Gametime

For an actual game report, see Sbirdie10's post above.

The Silver Stars came out intending to dominate. Their game plan was to smother our MVP and keep the ball out of her hands. It worked.

Everytime Erin Buescher did anything good, I would say, "Stupid Gaucho." When Mini looked shocked, I said, "No, not Seattlegaucho. I mean her." and point to Buescher.

1st Qtr: 22-14, Silver Stars

LJ was very frustrated and picked up her 2nd foul away from the ball. When the team came out for a timeout, Betty gave them a pep talk. "We can do this. Find a way. Just find a way."

Their dance team is like Houston's, only less skin showing.

Ely dribbled right into a wall made out of Ruth Riley and Erin Buescher. "Did she think they were going to part for her? Does she think she's Moses at the Red Sea?" Mini laughed.

Crossley wears this weird sleeve on one arm that looks like she escaped from the movie, "Flashdance".

During a timeout, they show random couples on the big screen (always a male and a female) and say, "Kiss her/him." It seems sort of weird and humiliating to the people. I mean what if you were at a game with you brother or your mom? Their mascot held up a Doppler doll and a skunk and made like they were kissing. "That's just wrong," said Mini.

Izzi chased someone to the basket on a fast break and actually made contact when she got there. For her efforts, she gets called for a flagrant foul. WTF?

Halftime: 42-25, Silver Stars

They dimmed the lights and rolled the names of firefighters and police officers who ever died on the job in Bexar County and the City of San Antonio.

We started to creep back in in the 3rd as LJ moved to the outside and Katie came in and started shooting. JB got called for a foul and came off hobbled.

3rd Qtr, 58-49 Silver Stars

Tanisha was shooting the lights out by now. She has the most beautiful floater that looks like it is filled with helium. Earlier, a SS staffer handed Mini his Storm Media Guide as a souvenir. When T started going off, Alan and Adia were discussing her career high. The SS guy asked for the media guide. A couple of minutes later, Alan handed it back to us open to the page that showed T's career high points as 17. She beat that by scoring 23. She is a shooting guard.

Anyway, we lost.

Final Score: 80-73, Silver Stars

We are flying back tonight after SFiCL acts as our tour guide for the city of SA. She took us out for Mexican food after the game. The restaurant had a real Mariachi Band in the bar. Way cool.

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