A Look at the Lynx: Seattle, June 9

#5 posting 6.10.2007
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SEATTLE storm 90, MINNESOTA lynx 76

More of the same. The back to back double dip hurt the Lynx. The Lynx now stand at 1-10 and the road looks pretty steep to get to the playoffs.

KEY BREAK POINT: Minnesota only trailed 34-32 when Minnesota went on a six possession drought while Seattle scored on five of six possessions and had a 14-0 run to go up 46-32. The Lynx didn't have an answer for that. Minnesota only had one turnover in the sequence. They were limited to one shot on each miss.

LYNX ROLL (briefly): In the first quarter the Lynx were rolling with six straight scoring possessions on a 13-2 run. All good things come to an end and this was no exception. Seattle would close the quarter with five straight scores, while MN was 2/5.

ACTION JACKSON: No one Lynx player stopped Lauren Jackson who had a very strong performance with 30 points, 9 rebounds (8 defensively) and a pp100 of 187.5, and floor % of .813. Combined with Janel Burse their starting 4/5 had 43 points. The Lynxsters starting 4/5 had 22.

DEFENSE.??? again the Runs just kept on coming for Seattle with three runs of five or more. In the third quarter they had their largest with a seven possession scoring binge. The Lynx have only held a two teams to sub 100 pp100 this season, and only one to under 90 pp10 and oddly enough the Lynx won that contest.

Next up for the Lynx will be hosting home town hero Lindsey Whalen.

MINNESOTA
STARTERS
Nicole Ohlde 12, 10, 120.0, .600
Seimone Augustus 13, 15, 86.7, .400
Svetlana Abrosimova 15, 12, 125.0, .583
Kristin Mann 10, 9, 111.1, .444
Lindsey Harding 2, 7, 28.6, .143
BENCH
Noelle Quinn 8, 11, 72.7, .364
Katherin Ress 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Tiffany Stansbury 12, 7, 171.4, .857
Amber Jacobs 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Navonda Moore 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Eshaya Murphy 0, 0, 0.0, .000

SEATTLE
STARTERS
Iziane Castro-Marques 10, 9, 111.1, .556
Sue Bird 10, 10, 100.0, .400
Lauren Jackson 30, 16, 187.5, .813
Betty Lennox 11, 13, 84.6, .462
Janell Burse 13, 8, 162.5, .875
BENCH
Wendy Palmer 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Ashley Robinson 2, 4, 50.0, .250
Tanisha Wright 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Katie Geralds 5, 4, 125.0, .500
Tye'sha Fluker 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Shyra Ely 1, 3, 33.3, .333

TRENCH PLAYER
Lauren Jackson without a doubt

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 76, 80, 95.0, .450
Seattle 90, 78, 115.4, .551
made 3s: SEA 6, MN 4
made fts: SEA 12, MN 8
assists: SEA 20, MN 18
bench: MN 24, SEA 16

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNESOTA
Seimone Augustus 7
Kristin Mann 4
Lindsey Harding 4
Nicole Ohlde 3
Noelle Quinn 2
Katherin Ress 1
Tiffany Stansbury 1
Amber Jacobs 1
Navonda Moore 1
Eshaya Murphy 1
totals: 28

SEATTLE
Lauren Jackson 9
Janell Burse 5
Sue Bird 5
Iziane Castro-Marques 3
Betty Lennox 3
Tanisha Wright 3
Ashley Robinson 2
Katie Gearlds 1
Tye'sha Fluker 1
Shyra Ely 1
Totals: 33

Next up: later tonight with the results from the Rogers MYAS event.