Scoring Records and a Win! Wow, wasn't that just the greatest game we never saw . . . not to mention the greatest game we never listened to! We miss one darn late-night away game in what to date has been the most disappointing season, and wake up to find that the Mystics had saved up virtually all of their offense to play Phoenix on the road, scoring 106 points (106 points!!) -- a franchise record -- to beat the Mercury, which wasn't exactly slacking off in the shooting department either and also broke the century mark with 101. The combined score of 207 points was the highest ever in regulation for a WNBA game, and the Merc's 101 points reportedly were the most scored by a losing team. (Really, can you imagine scoring 101 points in regulation and losing? Ouch!) And while we admittedly did not see the game, we have to guess that not a lot of defense was being played last night by either team. (As ACC fans, we're used to that!!)Congratulations to Mystics rookie Bernice Mosby, who had her first career double-double, with 13 points and 13 boards. Alana Beard led all scorers with 29, and DeLisha Milton-Jones was close behind at 22.
The sore loser award for last night's game goes to the Arizona Republic, which is reporting that, "against the Mystics, the Mercury continued to play to beneath the level of the of the bottom of the standings." Come on now, scoring 101 points (and doing so without injured star Cappie Pondexter) is hardly playing beneath anything.
The Mystics are now 2 and 9, with their only victories coming against Phoenix. Unfortunately, they don't play the Merc again this season. Phoenix Coach Paul Westhead, however, is pretty happy about that: "I'm glad we're not going to see them again. Sometimes there's a certain team that just feels comfortable playing you. Apparently whatever we did in Washington brought out a good feeling for them.''
The BasketCases are certainly hoping that that the "good feeling" continues and that the Mystics can find a comfort level against some other teams as well, and start beating them too! Beginning with the (no-longer winless) Comets this Friday. We also hope they bring back some of that offense to the Phone Booth! For now, congratulations to the Mystics on a HUGE and record setting WIN!!
posted by BasketCases @ 4:59 AM
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Can we play the Mercury every game the rest of the year? Or, at the very least, "pretend" like we're playing the Mercury? As always, with these rare wins, I have to ask the question, "What took you guys so long?" Props to Alana for her 29 on one leg and D-Nasty with her 22. Nice to see Yelena get some playing time and figure in the stat sheet. Bernice with the big 13-13! My girl, Laurie, even got some playing time! Woot-woot!
I got up this morning, all groggy and irritable, not wanting to go to work today. I turn on the TV, which just happened to be on NBA.com (watched the Liberty-Sun game last night!) to see the score and I woke up IMMEDIATELY! That was my morning caffiene boost! SA-WEET!
I'm actually glad Houston won last night. Could you imagine us going in there Friday and their tagging us with their first victory? Yikes! Let's make it two in a row! Go Mystics!
Kinda funny, but if you watch the hilite video on the dotcom, you'd think the Mercury blew us outta the arena.
Tony, I saw that, too! I was like, "Where were all the Mystics highlights?" At least the announcer pronounced Alana's name correctly. All last season, he mispronounced it. Of course, he later butchered Margo Dydek's name. How does he even have a job?
While Phoenix did score 101 points in the loss, their last 5 points came after the Mystics already had the game won. There were only only a few seconds left in the game and the Mystics were up by ten points. I expect Tree told the Mystics to avoid fouls that would stop the clock and result in free throws. Phoenix hit a three-pointer then stole the inbounds for a quick basket. The Mystics then inbounded the ball again and the game was over.
WONDERFUL! THE REAL MYSTICS!
It always feels good to beat Phoenix. And I am especially thrilled with Mosby's game! Just wish I could have been there to see Taurasi's face when she lost AGAIN and AT HOME to the Mystics!! KT
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