02 July 2012
Storm and/or Sue Stuff
Two Sue Bird videos popped up on Tumblr. (I first saw both on S#*! my mouth says.)
The first is just a slow-mo video of Sue Bird being Sue Bird. Really cool cinematography, I thought:
The second is the interview that was played at halftime of the Seattle @ Connecticut game. I saw it online, but I'm glad I can share it with everybody. It's an interview of Sue Bird by Jen Rizzotti. Jen Rizzotti was the original awesome UConn point guard (she now coaches college and does the color commentary for the Suns games), so it's cool to see of the two of them together:
A couple of days ago the Seattle Times had a nice article about Ann Wauters and her adorable babies.
WNBAlien on the horrible Storm loss Saturday: "Just one game in the WNBA on Saturday, and this report would’ve been up much sooner if I could’ve faced writing about the game before now. It wasn’t pretty. If you haven’t watched it yet – unless you’re a fan of the team that won, and really only if you’re a truly devoted fan – don’t bother catching it via the archive. This was one to skip."
WNBAlien on the awesome Storm win Sunday:
"This was an impressive win for Seattle, and it came out of nowhere after how poorly they’d played – against a weaker opponent – the day before. [Camille] Little (10-13 for 27 points and 9 boards), [Tina] Thompson (7-12 for 20 and 7) and [Ewelina] Kobryn (5-8 for 13 and 4) were absolutely outstanding against [Asjha] Jones and [Tina] Charles. They fought tooth and nail defensively, and they attacked and converted when they had the chance to score. It’s an interior attack we really haven’t seen from Seattle this year, even in their run of solid performances back home at Key Arena. It makes you wonder whether [Ann] Wauters might find her minutes being cut back when she returns."
"The Storm starters are still being played to absolute death, however. And remember, this is the oldest team in the league, by some distance. [Sue] Bird played nearly 42 minutes, [Tanisha] Wright close to 40, [Camille] Little and [Tina] Thompson nearly 38 each and [Katie] Smith over 36. [Ann] Wauters and eventually Lauren Jackson will help out the posts, but the perimeter players must be hoping Svetlana Abrosimova gets up to speed quickly. They need some rest."
"Connecticut aren’t supposed to lose games like this. A weary opponent, who’s typically poor on the road, came in and stole a game in their house. And they did it by dominating inside, against the Sun’s strength. 10-38 for 28 points combined from [Asjha] Jones and [Tina] Charles just won’t cut it, even with the 15 offensive boards the pair came up with. As is often the case when they have weak games, too many jumpers led to several miscues, but a lot of Charles’s attempts were from inside 10 feet. For this particular evening, she just got taught a lesson by the old hands of the Storm."
The first is just a slow-mo video of Sue Bird being Sue Bird. Really cool cinematography, I thought:
The second is the interview that was played at halftime of the Seattle @ Connecticut game. I saw it online, but I'm glad I can share it with everybody. It's an interview of Sue Bird by Jen Rizzotti. Jen Rizzotti was the original awesome UConn point guard (she now coaches college and does the color commentary for the Suns games), so it's cool to see of the two of them together:
A couple of days ago the Seattle Times had a nice article about Ann Wauters and her adorable babies.
WNBAlien on the horrible Storm loss Saturday: "Just one game in the WNBA on Saturday, and this report would’ve been up much sooner if I could’ve faced writing about the game before now. It wasn’t pretty. If you haven’t watched it yet – unless you’re a fan of the team that won, and really only if you’re a truly devoted fan – don’t bother catching it via the archive. This was one to skip."
WNBAlien on the awesome Storm win Sunday:
"This was an impressive win for Seattle, and it came out of nowhere after how poorly they’d played – against a weaker opponent – the day before. [Camille] Little (10-13 for 27 points and 9 boards), [Tina] Thompson (7-12 for 20 and 7) and [Ewelina] Kobryn (5-8 for 13 and 4) were absolutely outstanding against [Asjha] Jones and [Tina] Charles. They fought tooth and nail defensively, and they attacked and converted when they had the chance to score. It’s an interior attack we really haven’t seen from Seattle this year, even in their run of solid performances back home at Key Arena. It makes you wonder whether [Ann] Wauters might find her minutes being cut back when she returns."
"The Storm starters are still being played to absolute death, however. And remember, this is the oldest team in the league, by some distance. [Sue] Bird played nearly 42 minutes, [Tanisha] Wright close to 40, [Camille] Little and [Tina] Thompson nearly 38 each and [Katie] Smith over 36. [Ann] Wauters and eventually Lauren Jackson will help out the posts, but the perimeter players must be hoping Svetlana Abrosimova gets up to speed quickly. They need some rest."
"Connecticut aren’t supposed to lose games like this. A weary opponent, who’s typically poor on the road, came in and stole a game in their house. And they did it by dominating inside, against the Sun’s strength. 10-38 for 28 points combined from [Asjha] Jones and [Tina] Charles just won’t cut it, even with the 15 offensive boards the pair came up with. As is often the case when they have weak games, too many jumpers led to several miscues, but a lot of Charles’s attempts were from inside 10 feet. For this particular evening, she just got taught a lesson by the old hands of the Storm."
Labels: Seattle Storm
# posted by mamurd @ 10:02 PM 
