http://tracker.stormbasketball.com/?p=1563 The Official Blog of stormbasketball.com Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:56:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://tracker.stormbasketball.com/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-3200 Brian Doennebrink Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:34:11 +0000 http://tracker.stormbasketball.com/?p=1563#comment-3200 I, too, thought it felt eerily similar to the season finale. Jana gave the team a boost in the first half, offsetting LA's great job of keeping LJ away from scoring. In the second half, LJ did more turning and shooting vs. dribbling before shooting, the latter which gave the LA defense less time to react, and she was able to score in her usual - albeit adjusted - manner. But, the score differential remained in that nerve-wracking 8-12 point range, with both teams earlier demonstrating their ability to rattle off several unanswered points: LA did after the Storm got up 25-10 and gave fans a wondering of a possible blow-out, which would have been welcomed! That obviously didn't happen! I agree, it wasn't until Camille's shot that I could feel the possibility of blowing the game - and perhaps the series - start to ease from my mind. Ironically, in today's game 2, a similar score differential presented itself, but in that one, Sue took charge and led the way towards putting the Sparks' flame out for good. I, too, thought it felt eerily similar to the season finale. Jana gave the team a boost in the first half, offsetting LA’s great job of keeping LJ away from scoring. In the second half, LJ did more turning and shooting vs. dribbling before shooting, the latter which gave the LA defense less time to react, and she was able to score in her usual – albeit adjusted – manner. But, the score differential remained in that nerve-wracking 8-12 point range, with both teams earlier demonstrating their ability to rattle off several unanswered points: LA did after the Storm got up 25-10 and gave fans a wondering of a possible blow-out, which would have been welcomed! That obviously didn’t happen! I agree, it wasn’t until Camille’s shot that I could feel the possibility of blowing the game – and perhaps the series – start to ease from my mind. Ironically, in today’s game 2, a similar score differential presented itself, but in that one, Sue took charge and led the way towards putting the Sparks’ flame out for good.

]]> http://tracker.stormbasketball.com/?p=1563&cpage=1#comment-3156 Lisa Stevens Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:45:24 +0000 http://tracker.stormbasketball.com/?p=1563#comment-3156 One of the things I noticed in the mid-fourth was Lauren talking to Sue as they walked down the court. It seemed to me that she basically said, "Don't worry, just get me the ball in the paint and I will find a way to get it into the hoop." The Storm started to feed LJ the ball and she did some of her patented move and shoot plays that got us a couple of key scores down the stretch. There was a certain fire in her eyes like she was thinking, "We are NOT going to go through what happened Saturday. Let's end this NOW!" It was quite fun to watch. One of the things I noticed in the mid-fourth was Lauren talking to Sue as they walked down the court. It seemed to me that she basically said, “Don’t worry, just get me the ball in the paint and I will find a way to get it into the hoop.” The Storm started to feed LJ the ball and she did some of her patented move and shoot plays that got us a couple of key scores down the stretch. There was a certain fire in her eyes like she was thinking, “We are NOT going to go through what happened Saturday. Let’s end this NOW!” It was quite fun to watch.

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