Today the New York Liberty took on the Connecticut Suns. The final score NYL 63 Conn 69. Tina Charles led the Suns with 18 points and 11 rebounds securing the 2nd seed in the playoffs and setting a new double-double record of 23, which she also set that record last season as a rookie. Tina Charles is one of the most aggressive centers in this league today. In her 2nd season she will be one the best centers all time and hopefully this year she might win the regular season MVP. On another note Cappie Pondexter unfortunately went 5-21 from the field goal and wound up on having 12 points. I love Cappie and her ability to make her own shot with her little MJ step back, but she needs to facilitate more if she is having an off shooting night.
Atlanta Dream 93, Indiana Fever 88
Angel McCoughtry had a great game with 32 points leading Atlanta to secure the number 3 seed in the playoffs. Katie Douglas lead the Fever with 30 points (without Tamika Catchings) in the lost. These two teams have MVP candidates with Tamika Catchings and Angel McCoughtry. Angel is an incredible player with tremendous talent, but the key to her success is how she is always relentless and never gives up. On the other side, Tamika Catchings is an all around great player in every category even Larry Bird believes that she should be the MVP. In my opinion I want Tamika to win the MVP because she has put up the same kind of numbers every year and never gets noticed. Angel is young and will hopefully win the championship this year, unlike last year when the Seattle Storm beat Atlanta for the championship.
Minnesota Lynx 96, Phoenix Mercury 90
It was not the Mercury's night tonight, Diana Taurasi lead her team with 19 points, but it was not enough to stop the Lynx. The Lynx has really come together because Monica Wright, Maya Moore, and Seimone Augustus all lead the Lynx with 15 points. I feel that all players on the Lynx team realize what their role is and are all ready to win a championship. Maya Moore come to Minnesota with the mentality to win a championship and that work ethic really helped shaped this team into a title contender. Phoennix Mercury need to find more depth to their team besides their offense because offense wins games, but defense wins championships.
San Antonio Silver Stars 102, Tulsa Shock 92
Danielle Robinson made herself noticed tonight in the Rookie campaign with a career high 36 points leading theSilver Stars to victory. Unfortunately this lost made the Tulsa Shock the most losing team in WNBA history with a record of 3-30, which for anyone would be hard to swallow. Hopefully Tulsa will return next year with a vengeance to win.
Chicago Sky 70, Seattle Storm 81
WNBA veteran Katie Smith and Camille Little lead the Storm with 17 points over the Sky. Sylvia Fowles lead her team with an impressive 30 points and 13 rebounds, but was not enough to beat the defending champs. Sylvia Fowles has had an impressive season averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds, but toward the other half of the season she started getting a little tired playing an average of 34.5 minutes. It seems that the Sky need more scoring talent to help take all of the stress off Fowles so that they can finally make it to the playoffs
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