A nice crowd made their way out to the Rock to see the Lib take on Minnesota.Too bad only Plenette Pierson showed up.
Moore (I guess the pre-game notes didn’t mention her ability to drain the three) and Augustus were silky smooth and Cappie was 0-9. (If she IS gimpy, Whiz playing her 35 minutes makes no sense.)
“I’m sorry for our performance,” New York Liberty coach John Whisenant said. “We didn’t come out prepared with the energy required to beat this team. We kind of stirred them up beating them over there and we just didn’t play well.”
Makes you wonder, coach, doesn’t it? You’re fighting for playoff position and your opponent has clinched home court and your team doesn’t show. Perhaps it’s because Whalen has faith in Lynx coach.
“You play hard when you are out there, that’s all you can do,” Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen said, asked how the starters will deal with less minutes they are expected to get the rest of the regular season. “You follow the game plan. You do what coach wants you to do.
“Coach will figure it out. She has guided us to the best record in the league. She is a great coach. She will put us in the right situations. We will trust in that. While we are out there, while we are in practice, we know we have to get ready for playoffs. We know we all have worked really hard this season to make it a special season.”
The Dream’s nightmare start is far behind them, and with a win over the Shock, they are in a virtual tie with the Lib for the third playoff spot in the East.
“We felt like if we could get this win we could take a deep breath,” Dream coach Marynell Meadors said.
The less said about the Mystics 48pt performance against the Sun the better. As for Connecticut, you may argue Syl’s the better center, but it’s Charles who’s one double-double short of tying her record of last year… and on her way to the playoffs (Indy took down Chicago).
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