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June 22, 2004

Winning Streak has ended.
Written By Sheila Bachri

It has been a while since the last TV Coverage of Seattle Storm Game. The moment finally arrive, where I can sit down and watch a LIVE game from the comfort of my living room. The bad news was the rumor about Lauren Jackson not feeling well. It seemed to be true, but we should admire her effort on contributing 16 points, 6 blocks and 7 rebounds. Last year MVP title was certainly not a coincident.

One thing that I can pin point is that Sue did not have a good shooting night at all. She made 2 baskets only and 0-4 from 3-point-line. She looked confuse at times and lost track of time before the half time buzzer sounded off. Maybe the road trip worn her out a little, looking forward to come home but found herself in an unsual hot climate in Seattle.
Sheri Sam did a great job guarding Cheryl Swoopes in the first half, not letting her get into the zone.

On the other hand, Sheila Lambert managed to break through Sue's defense and scored consecutive points for Houston. Lambert, who was originated from Seattle had quite a number of family and friends in the audience, cheering her on. It finally got to a point where Sue seemed to be hopeless out there. The speedy one, Tully Bevilaqua had to come out and rescue her. She guarded Lambert and managed to stop her scoring spree.

Betty Lennox played well, but had the most fouls among her teammates. At one point of the game, she got hit with a loose ball and had to sit for quite sometime while nurturing her nose for it to stop bleeding. Seattle definitely missed her agility and offensive power during her absence. Kamila Vodichkova did what Seattle needed her to do: rebounds. Maybe not enough to win the game, but she certainly contributed a lot to the team with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

This lost break Seattle's 6 winning streak, and became the first home game defeat this season.