Our ladies are showing signs of progress in the weekend split again San Antonio and Sacramento. They shot over 50 percent both games, and are at least holding their own in other team related categories, such as assists and rebounds. Yesterday's game at Sacramento was won by the Monarchs at the free throw line, hitting 20 of 24 at the stripe, in contrast to Minnesota's 7-11. Seimone Augustus continues to be the primary star, while Lindsay Harding had a good shooting night last night, going 7 for 12. Her assists to turnover ratio was poor last night however, with 4 assists and 4 turnovers. Amber Jacobs finally was used off the bench with significant minutes, dishing out 5 assists with only one turnover. While she only scored 4 points, this seems to be a good role for her as a veteran backup to Harding.
Both the Silver Stars and Monarchs are good teams; the Monarchs will be contending for a championship, while the Stars are a rung below them. Our club is still a primarily jump shooting team, but the shots are falling with more frequency, and teams are beginning to shoot a lower percentage against them. I can't say this is because the Lynx are actually playing better defense, but they are beginning to develop some chemistry.
I'm guessing the mid-season cut down might provide an opportunity to add/subtract a player, but the season is nearly half over, and they are who they are. At this point, barring a trade that would add significance to their front court, I would develop the pieces they do have and plan for next year, whether that's here or in another city. Give credit where credit is due; there's still a lot not to like in Coach Z's approach to the game and the front office decision making, but they hung in there with each other and are now beating or truly competing against some pretty good teams. Given the awful start, that's saying a lot.
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Heya! I heard the game was exciting from Monarchs fans at the game.
http://www.wnba.com/games/20070701/MINSAC/recap.html
From reading the recap, I'm fairly surprised that the Lynx managed to get it down to 6 down by the end of the 4th. With Seimone Augustus out with a hit to the throat in the second(O_o), seems like the Lynx never got back to their first quarter type play even when Augustus returned.
Q seems to still not have found her shooting touch so I'm guessing she's being used as a PG backup still.
Brunson with another monster game seems to have dominated the boards. I'm not surprised the Monarchs won, but I was disappointed. I do think, barring injury to the starters, that the Monarchs at Lynx game roughly five days from now is very winnable.
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