04 June 2012
Storm Catch-Up
I got a little behind in my Storm news because of my exams (which I passed -- hooray!), and it's time to catch up! I'll try to go in chronological order.
The Tulsa @ Seattle game last Friday...
Jayda Evans's article for the Times: "Seattle (1-3) avoided matching its worst start in franchise history, when it was 0-4 in its inaugural season."
Over at WNBAlien, Richard Cohen has a theory about Camille Little's increased aggressiveness in the game: "Camille Little – perhaps more comfortable as the definitive power forward in a lineup with [Katie] Smith rather than [Tina] Thompson – [and Sue Bird] were the scorers for the Storm."
Between games...
After the Tulsa game, Jayda Evans had news about Svetlana Abrosimova: "Russian guard Svetlana Abrosimova is closer to rejoining the Storm. Her agent said Friday that she's expected to be signed by the end of June."
The Seattle @ L.A. game last night (that I just watched)...
First of all, when even the L.A. announcers are talking about what a dreadful schedule the Storm have, you know it's bad!
It was a tight game all the way through, and came right down to the wire. L.A. managed to pull out the win, but I was relieved to see that the Storm team that finally showed up in the second half against Tulsa has stuck around. They were making (mostly) good passes, working hard on defense, getting rebounds, Ewelina Kobryn played well, and -- perhaps most shockingly! -- Katie Smith has remembered how to hit three-pointers (she went 5-9 from beyond the arc).
Jayda Evans' has an official article, but the quote I found most interesting came from the liveblog: "In looking at Seattle's 1-4 record, I disagreed with Bird about it ultimately not looking bad. It's 1-4, how can that not be bad? 'But would you say we're better than we were yesterday?' Yes. 'Well...' Then Bird went to shower and shake off the 67-65 loss at LA behind a half luck-half skillful shot from [Nneka] Ogwumike with 2.1 seconds left in the game."
Richard Cohen also assumes this was a depressing game for the Storm: "This was a dispiriting loss for the Storm, in a game they were in control of for much of the second half."
And in another season, I'd probably agree. But the Storm were SO BAD the first three games, that I will take a hard-fought almost-won game as a good sign of things to come.
After the game...
Katie Smith's birthday is today (she turns 38 -- she's almost exactly six months older than me!), and she celebrated last night in L.A. with Alana Beard and Marissa Coleman (who play for L.A.). That confused me at first, but then I remembered that all three of them played for Washington back in 2010. Ah, the crazy shifting loyalties of women's basketball!
The Tulsa @ Seattle game last Friday...
Jayda Evans's article for the Times: "Seattle (1-3) avoided matching its worst start in franchise history, when it was 0-4 in its inaugural season."
Over at WNBAlien, Richard Cohen has a theory about Camille Little's increased aggressiveness in the game: "Camille Little – perhaps more comfortable as the definitive power forward in a lineup with [Katie] Smith rather than [Tina] Thompson – [and Sue Bird] were the scorers for the Storm."
Between games...
After the Tulsa game, Jayda Evans had news about Svetlana Abrosimova: "Russian guard Svetlana Abrosimova is closer to rejoining the Storm. Her agent said Friday that she's expected to be signed by the end of June."
The Seattle @ L.A. game last night (that I just watched)...
First of all, when even the L.A. announcers are talking about what a dreadful schedule the Storm have, you know it's bad!
It was a tight game all the way through, and came right down to the wire. L.A. managed to pull out the win, but I was relieved to see that the Storm team that finally showed up in the second half against Tulsa has stuck around. They were making (mostly) good passes, working hard on defense, getting rebounds, Ewelina Kobryn played well, and -- perhaps most shockingly! -- Katie Smith has remembered how to hit three-pointers (she went 5-9 from beyond the arc).
Jayda Evans' has an official article, but the quote I found most interesting came from the liveblog: "In looking at Seattle's 1-4 record, I disagreed with Bird about it ultimately not looking bad. It's 1-4, how can that not be bad? 'But would you say we're better than we were yesterday?' Yes. 'Well...' Then Bird went to shower and shake off the 67-65 loss at LA behind a half luck-half skillful shot from [Nneka] Ogwumike with 2.1 seconds left in the game."
Richard Cohen also assumes this was a depressing game for the Storm: "This was a dispiriting loss for the Storm, in a game they were in control of for much of the second half."
And in another season, I'd probably agree. But the Storm were SO BAD the first three games, that I will take a hard-fought almost-won game as a good sign of things to come.
After the game...
Katie Smith's birthday is today (she turns 38 -- she's almost exactly six months older than me!), and she celebrated last night in L.A. with Alana Beard and Marissa Coleman (who play for L.A.). That confused me at first, but then I remembered that all three of them played for Washington back in 2010. Ah, the crazy shifting loyalties of women's basketball!
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