WNBA Open Thread: Friday Foursome Highlighted by Lynx and Fever, 7 p.m. EST; NBA TV Doubleheader

Hmmm…

Innovative… lol

the better headline is:

“The rising Mercury (9-4) look to give a knockout punch to the pitiful Mystics (2-9) early with former Mercury head coach Cheryl Miller cheering them on!

All of our previews are brought to you by Hoveround. Keeping All Senior Citizens moving around in their own home instead of a nursing home. The old geezer in the shirt called and so should you. [old man’s voice] ‘CALL NOW! RIGHT NOW!’

Also, brought to you by Life Alert. Life Alert: ‘Help! The Mystics have fallen, and they can’t get up!’ "

Minnesota with some turnover problems early…

8 straight pts as part of 10-0 run..

Ind up 20-17

That qtr was all Catchings…

Straight beasting.

I’m not sure how you beat the Fever consistently with her scoring efficiently.

For LA:
G Noelle Quinn, G Kristi Toliver, F Ebony Hoffman, F Delisha Milton-Jones, F Tina Thompson

For Tulsa:
G Andrea Riley, G Amber Holt, F Kayla Pedersen, F Tiffany Jackson, C Liz Cambage

Officials:
Matt Myers, Kurt Walker, Daryl Humphrey

AND we had a pow wowwy dancing and drumming extravaganza. I can only hope they combined a rain dance and a victory dance!

When they introduced her as interim head coach tonight

Love seeing the O State girl score the first basket. Yes. I’m a homer.

Looks good as a starter…. mannnn. There goes the 6th woman nod ;)

She looks very off-balance taking shots around the basket. Her footwork is fine, but her shots look to be all arms…

When the opponent has Kristi Toliver on the floor…

Instead of her spot on the broadcast tonight, Shanna Crossley is sitting behind the bench….

Is beasting against her former team!

Ohmygoodnessgracious!! The Shock came to PLAY tonight!

ain’t happy looking right now. His team is down 10.

Tulsa 35, LA 25 – 4:58, 2nd quarter

Checks in the game! Welcome to Tulsa officially, ma’am!

Bounces everywhere on the backboard – everywhere – and falls. Andrea looked stunned. So did the crowd! Tulsa up!

This marks the largest halftime lead the Shock have had this season. Only one other time have they led at the midpoint – against Seattle.

SLOPPY!

Tulsa is playing their hearts out. The fans are rowdy. I’m glad to see it!

coming alive for LA – Quinn sinks one and next Sparks possession Toliver drains one. Puts it back to a 10-point game and LA has the ball.

Called an offensive foul on Lacy; DMJ took a fall, but I’m not so sure that’s the right call….

Oh buddy. Ten more minutes to hold on to get win number two. It just might happen.

The Shock are letting the Sparks creep back in after building as much as an 18-point lead with 6:11 on the clock in the 3rd. But I think (read: hope) that Tulsa can hang on.

Shot clock violations. Like HATE hate.

If Tulsa doesn’t pull this off. It’s tied at 73 all with 1:17 and LA has the ball. The Shock led by 18 with 6:50 in the 3rd.

LA pulls it out. 79-74. ::sad panda::

mentions that plank was her coach in college.

I would love to see coach plank plank on something for kicks…………….

typical mystics basketball!

i hate it

featuring coach gaines getting his suits

phx

more dumb turnovers by DC…

dwarfs Charlie Turner-Thorne at the announcers table.

says Taurasi is the best player in the world.

And giving easy baskets… at the same time the mercury broadcast team is calling us a team that prides on defense! Off the camera they must be laughing out so hard….

Could be worse……….

Really, does anyone who wants a steel building make the decision from a tv commercial?

by making a marketing appearance at a school.

Wow, that dance contest was fun!

As we’re a. [Pause]. BOTTOM team.

Dr. J had a great line. He approached the game to say that he wouldn’t boast when he won nor cry when he lost. Can’t say that about today’s players.

That people tend to follow teams and players rather than leagues. Is this true for the wnba as well? I don’t really relate to the other teams much besides the mystics, though yes I do follow other teams’ players to some degree. Not just for the wnba, but any league.

Oh boy…. the life alert commercial finally showed up.. when’s the hoveround man going to tell us to call now? Right now?

16 tos by dc turned into 22 phx pts…

Now waiting for hoveround…

with her sunglasses on. I think they originally said she would be back sooner than this.

Would like to be there until I think about the fact that it is 98 degrees there right now with the sun already gone down!

there on the sidelines. Still pretty spy. She works out.

Charlie Turner-Thorne is very impressed with Washington’s speed. “The future looks bright for the Washington Mystics”.

“power move” as Charlie called it, is an offensive foul in my book.

puts her coaches hat on. “Bottom line is we don’t control the officials. Control what you can control”.

Tax10000.com and inventhelp with the splash wash getting patented to wham-o…….

A $1 million fine for mentionning grant hill and steve nash…..

The misery continues…

Or shooting lessons for Nicole bleeping Powell?

They just give a glancing shot with no highlights for the tulsa-la game…….. then again, I think it will make jessica’s blood boil.