09 June 2012
Oh, Storm
I am seriously starting to get sad/mad about the Storm this season. They're just so... lackluster. The only players who reliably seem to have any hustle are Shekinna Stricklen and Victoria Dunlap (i.e. the youngsters).
So, yeah, they lost in San Antonio today. Sue Bird shot an absolutely abysmal 1-13. Stricklen had the best game of her young career, with 14 points and 8 rebounds.
From Jayda Evan's liveblog: "Guess the vigor was traded away in Swin Cash and Ashley Robinson because there was none on the court against an opponent Seattle appeared to be able to beat -- on paper."
From her article for the Times: "After an 80-67 loss to San Antonio on Saturday, the Storm has surpassed its worst start in franchise history, dropping to 1-6. In 2000, the Storm, with names like Simone Edwards, Katrina Hibbert and Kamila Vodichkova, began the season 1-5 before defeating Los Angeles in overtime for its second win of a 6-26 season. The new millennium Storm, with names like Sue Bird, Ann Wauters and Tina Thompson, is 0-5 on the road and looking as helpless as it is winless."
Next up is Chicago, which has won each of its last three games in dramatic fashion. Friday they won in overtime, but were behind 73-66 with 32.2 seconds left. (They tied it with .1 seconds left on an Epiphanny Prince three-pointer.) Last week they won games against Atlanta and Washington by two points (each).
So, yeah, they lost in San Antonio today. Sue Bird shot an absolutely abysmal 1-13. Stricklen had the best game of her young career, with 14 points and 8 rebounds.
From Jayda Evan's liveblog: "Guess the vigor was traded away in Swin Cash and Ashley Robinson because there was none on the court against an opponent Seattle appeared to be able to beat -- on paper."
From her article for the Times: "After an 80-67 loss to San Antonio on Saturday, the Storm has surpassed its worst start in franchise history, dropping to 1-6. In 2000, the Storm, with names like Simone Edwards, Katrina Hibbert and Kamila Vodichkova, began the season 1-5 before defeating Los Angeles in overtime for its second win of a 6-26 season. The new millennium Storm, with names like Sue Bird, Ann Wauters and Tina Thompson, is 0-5 on the road and looking as helpless as it is winless."
Next up is Chicago, which has won each of its last three games in dramatic fashion. Friday they won in overtime, but were behind 73-66 with 32.2 seconds left. (They tied it with .1 seconds left on an Epiphanny Prince three-pointer.) Last week they won games against Atlanta and Washington by two points (each).
Labels: Seattle Storm
# posted by mamurd @ 10:35 PM 
