On a personal note, this was the third consecutive game that Connor has fallen asleep by the 5 minute mark of the first quarter. The kid won't go to bed until after 9 at home, but bring him to a Storm game and he just zonks out despite the noise. I simply don't get it.
Storm
Most Effective Shooters
Player | True Shooting Percentage | Effective FG% | Floor Percentage | Points |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 67% | 64% | 69% | 17 |
| Tanisha Wright | 64% | 67% | 69% | 10 |
| Shyra Ely | 62% | 33% | 76% | 4 |
| Yolanda Griffith | 57% | 43% | 39% | 11 |
| Lauren Jackson | 51% | 44% | 54% | 20 |
Top Ratings
| Player | Offensive Rating | Individual Rating |
| Kimberly Beck | 210.71 | 200.00 |
| Shyra Ely | 159.70 | 124.42 |
| Sheryl Swoopes | 153.21 | 129.08 |
| Tanisha Wright | 150.67 | 138.10 |
| Lauren Jackson | 115.98 | 88.56 |
Bench efficiency for this Storm team is truly impressive. They are not playing a lot of minutes, but they are consistently effective in the minutes they play, particularly Wright and Ely though Gearlds, Beck and Robinson have contributed at times as well.
Raw Plus/Minus
Tanisha Wright: +10
Lauren Jackson: +9
Yolanda Griffith: +5
Shyra Ely: +4
Sue Bird: +2
Kimberly Beck: +2
Katie Gearlds: +2
Sheryl Swoopes: +1
Ashley Robinson: -1
Swin Cash:-4
Swin had 17 points, but the Storm were stronger with Ely at the SF slot last night and we saw new lineups used which reflect her success against Phoenix.
Most Effective Lineups
Bird-Wright-Ely-Jackson-Griffith: +4
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: +4
Bird-Swoopes-Ely-Jackson-Griffith: +3
Mercury
Most Effective Shooters
Player | True Shooting Percentage | Effective FG% | Floor Percentage | Points |
| Diana Taurasi | 85% | 83% | 65% | 37 |
| LeToya Pringle | 50% | 50% | 60% | 4 |
| Le'coe Willingham | 50% | 50% | 43% | 4 |
| Cappie Pondexter | 41% | 41% | 41% | 18 |
| Barb Farris | 37% | 20% | 41% | 5 |
| Kelly Miller | 30% | 22% | 29% | 6 |
Taurasi was not only a high scorer, she shot the ball will blistering efficiency on her birthday. No more opponent birthday games allowed. Katie Smith did the same thing on her birthday...the Storm are giving too many presents.
Top Ratings
| Player | Offensive Rating | Individual Rating |
| Diana Taurasi | 163.29 | 158.40 |
| LaToya Pringle | 123.59 | 89.39 |
| Cappie Pondexter | 93.59 | 81.13 |
| Le'coe Willingham | 90.51 | 71.52 |
| Jennifer Derevjanik | 57.12 | 40.00 |
After the top two, the drop off in offense is glaring.
Raw Plus/Minus
Kelly Miller: +5
Le'coe Willingham: +3
Allie Quigley: +1
Diana Taurasi: -2
Barb Farris: -4
Cappie Pondexter: -5
Kelly Mazzante: -6
Jennifer Derevjanik: -11
LaToya Pringle: -11
Most Effective Lineups
Miller-Pondexter-Taurasi-Willingham-Pringle: +4
Miller-Pondexter-Taurasi-Willingham-Farris: +2
Miller-Pondexter-Mazzante-Willingham-Farris: +2
Miller-Mazzante-Taurasi-Pringle-Farris: +2
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