Top Performers
| Name | Floor % | eFG % | TS % | Points | +/- |
| Le'Coe Willingham | 100% | 100% | 100% | 6 | +8 |
| Jana Vesela | 84% | 83% | 90% | 7 | +4 |
| Camille Little | 77% | 67% | 93% | 13 | +18 |
| Svetlana Abrosimova | 75% | 70% | 77% | 9 | +22 |
| Sue Bird | 65% | 68% | 68% | 15 | +16 |
Isn't it great to see the bench dominate the top performance numbers in a game where they played quite a lot of minutes?
| Name | Floor % | eFG % | TS % | Points | +/- |
| Lindsey Wisdom-Hylton | 67% | 100% | 125% | 10 | -8 |
| Tina Thompson | 51% | 50% | 59% | 10 | -9 |
| NoelleQuinn | 48% | 50% | 52% | 3 | -15 |
Bird-Wright-Cash-Little-Jackson: +6
Bird-Abrosimova-Cash-Willingham-Jackson: +6
Bird-Abrosimova-Vesela-Little-Willingham: +5
The Storm used 14 unique lineups in this game including six new ones. Only one lineup of the evening performed at all poorly.
Wright-Cash-Vesela-Willingham-Jackson: -4
Top Sparks Lineups
Toliver-Lennox-Thompson-Wisdom^Hylton-Parker: +4
Top Sparks Lineups
Toliver-Lennox-Thompson-Wisdom^Hylton-Parker: +4
Riley-Ferdinand^Harris-Thompson-Wisdom^Hylton-Parker: +3
The Sparks used 12 unique lineups in this game with only four generating a positive value for the team. Two of them stood out as particularly ineffective.
Toliver-Lennox-Thompson-Mokango-Wisdom^Hylton: -10
Penicheiro-Quinn-Milton^Jones-Thompson-Parker: -6
Notes
I brought a first time visitor to the game and he really seemed to enjoy the experience, though at 8, I doubt he could tell me the score at the end of the game.
The team continues to be a joy to watch and simply inspires wonder within me. While it is clear that they are not executing to their abilities on defense, their offense is so much more fluid and aggressive this season than it has been under Coach Agler to date. It seems as if he has loosened the reigns offensively and allows the team to pursue early scoring options more than in the past, but it may just be that the team is better prepared to execute the offense than they have been in previous seasons. With all five starters returning and a relatively experienced bench, the Storm are just able to find the basket and score with regularity.
The best part of the game will still always be the Stanky Leg video. It is so refreshing to see the playful, "Dad," side of Coach Agler. It was a stroke of genius to have a child interview him, I don't think we would have got to see as much of his personality in any other context. If the Storm find their way to the final stage, the arena better be full of "Stanky Leg" chants. I want to see that live next time, Coach.
As a long time Storm fan, it just warms my heart to see the execution of the bench this season. In 2004 the bench came up big at the end of the season with the play of Tully Bevilaqua, Chelle Thompson, Janell Burse and Simone Edwards. Seeing the bench get time this early and execute consistently is raising hopes and expectations for a lot of fans.
The next two days will inform us even more on where this team is right now as well as where they are going as the season progresses. Back to back games against strong Eastern Conference teams is the next measuring stick.
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