Sunday, May 21, 2006
WNBA May 20th indications recast
Phoenix at Sacramento: indications off. Can you believe that Sacramento, defying tradition, came ready to play (banner raising or no.) I know the Champs just left the Oval Office and, in our current state of national security concern, I don't want to alarm anybody, but Sacramento may just have . . . moved forward, gotten better. Even with the loss of not only Chelsea Newton but DeMya Walker on returning maternity inactivity, Sacramento looked . . . precise, still drilled to precision. Diana Taurasi did play with heart, but in this grown-up women's game, that appears to no longer suffice. Keep in mind, Phoenix scored 78 points in the loss (Box Score).
ChiTown at Charlotte: indications off. By one point and one second left to play (Box Score): who would expect '04 Texas Tech standout Jia Perkins to make all three three-point-foul shots, leaving Charlotte with just a second to respond to the one point lead that gave the Sky. Still, in the last minute and a half, Charlotte showed what they are capable of doing, and one can only hope that they were really just getting warmed up. (Didn't tune in in time to find out if Allison had a boy or girl (quick search: daughter, Sarah Aleece Strong) or what had kept Tangela Smith's playing time down during the preseason (other than coach's decision) as was alluded to several times near the end of the broadcast. But Tangela ended the game with 14 points in 30 minutes, so . . ..) Gotta mention: Charlotte's rookie Bond, Chicago's rookie Dupree and vet Nikki McCray (9 points to her 1.7 point average last year - yea I'm saying something.) Chelsea Newton was on the East coast adding 12 points to the Chicago campaign while her former teammates on the West coast were pouring the champagne.
New York at Connecticut: indications on. New York is rebuilding with younger, faster, stronger, younger. Box Score
Detroit at Indiana: indications off. Hmmmm, gotta' think about this one (Box Score).
ChiTown at Charlotte: indications off. By one point and one second left to play (Box Score): who would expect '04 Texas Tech standout Jia Perkins to make all three three-point-foul shots, leaving Charlotte with just a second to respond to the one point lead that gave the Sky. Still, in the last minute and a half, Charlotte showed what they are capable of doing, and one can only hope that they were really just getting warmed up. (Didn't tune in in time to find out if Allison had a boy or girl (quick search: daughter, Sarah Aleece Strong) or what had kept Tangela Smith's playing time down during the preseason (other than coach's decision) as was alluded to several times near the end of the broadcast. But Tangela ended the game with 14 points in 30 minutes, so . . ..) Gotta mention: Charlotte's rookie Bond, Chicago's rookie Dupree and vet Nikki McCray (9 points to her 1.7 point average last year - yea I'm saying something.) Chelsea Newton was on the East coast adding 12 points to the Chicago campaign while her former teammates on the West coast were pouring the champagne.
New York at Connecticut: indications on. New York is rebuilding with younger, faster, stronger, younger. Box Score
Detroit at Indiana: indications off. Hmmmm, gotta' think about this one (Box Score).
