Lowly Mystics put a damper on Storm
This loss felt painfulethen so mane others.
different like a gut-punch, in a once-promising season.
and perhaps more painfulethen that now seems as.
so mane others in if its teetering on.
a once-promising season that the verge of collapse..
now seems as if After a 74-72 upset.
its teetering on the defeat against an injury-depleted.
verge of collapse. After Washington Mystics team that.
a 74-72 upset defeat came into Climate Pledge.
against an injury-depleted Washington Arena next to last.
Mystics team that came in the WNBA, Storm.
into Climate Pledge Arena players said they more.
next to last in than a game Monday.
the WNBA, Storm players night. Point guard Skylar.
said they more than Diggins-Smith, a 10-year veteran,.
a game Monday night. sat on the podium.
“In this youll get beat every. league, if you arent (expletive) night,” she said.. ready to play, youll “They were ready to. get beat every (expletive) play and we werent. night,” she said. “They on both sides of. were ready to play the basketball. They deserved. and we werent on to win the game. both sides of the if were going to. basketball. They deserved to play like that. We. win the game if need to be hitting. were going to play our stride right now.. like that. We need Were not there and. to be hitting our its unacceptable how were. stride right now. Were playing on both sides. not there and its of the basketball.” Diggins-Smith. unacceptable how were playing also took responsibility for. on both sides of committing a foul against. the basketball.”
Diggins-Smith also Brittney Sykes that sent. took responsibility for committing the Mystics guard to. a foul against Brittney the free-throw line with. Sykes that sent the 1.1 seconds left and. Mystics guard to the the game tied 72-72.. free-throw line with 1.1 Sykes canned both foul. seconds left and the shots and following a. game tied 72-72.
Sykes timeout, Seattle never got. canned both foul shots off a shot at. and following a timeout, the other end as. Seattle never got off forward Nneka Ogwumike mishandled. a shot at the a pass and time. other end as forward expired. “I (expletive) up. Nneka Ogwumike mishandled a at the end,” said. pass and time expired.
Diggins-Smith who finished with. dir="ltr">“I (expletive) up at 10 points and eight. the end,” said Diggins-Smith assists. “Thats a terrible. who finished with 10 foul. As a vet,. points and eight assists. you cant make that. “Thats a terrible foul. play, but it shouldnt. As a vet, you (expletive) come down to. cant make that play, that. We all got. but it shouldnt (expletive) to step our game. come down to that. up. “In this league.. We all got to It only gets harder. step our game up.
after the break. And. dir="ltr">“In this league. It thats fine, but if. only gets harder after we dont come ready. the break. And thats to play from the. fine, but if we start, were going to. dont come ready to (expletive) lose.” The Storm,. play from the start, which started the season. were going to (expletive) 1-3, won eight of. lose.”
The Storm, which 10 games heading into. started the season 1-3, the Olympic break and. won eight of 10 theyre 1-3 since the. games heading into the season resumed. Seattle (18-11). Olympic break and theyre fell into a fourth-place. 1-3 since the season tie with the Las. resumed.
Seattle (18-11) fell Vegas Aces in the. into a fourth-place tie standings. The top four. with the Las Vegas teams host in the. Aces in the standings. first round of the. The top four teams playoffs “How weve come. host in the first back from the break. round of the playoffs
is part of it. dir="ltr">“How weve come back too,” said Sami Whitcomb. from the break is when asked about the. part of it too,” teams frustrations. “Weve had. said Sami Whitcomb when a few games where. asked about the teams we havent played our. frustrations. “Weve had a best. “We know better. few games where we now. We should know. havent played our best.
better. We arent the. dir="ltr">“We know better now. same team that we. We should know better. were then. It just. We arent the same feels inexcusable. … We. team that we were have really high expectations. then. It just feels of ourselves and we. inexcusable. … We have dont want to let. really high expectations of each other down. When. ourselves and we dont we play this way,. want to let each we let each other. other down. When we down.” Five days earlier. play this way, we in the nations capital,. let each other down.”
the Storm held off. dir="ltr">Five days earlier in the Mystics in the. the nations capital, the final seconds for a. Storm held off the hard-fought six-point victory. In. Mystics in the final Monday nights rematch, Washington. seconds for a hard-fought led 37-28 midway in. six-point victory.
In Monday the second quarter when. nights rematch, Washington led Seattle finished the first. 37-28 midway in the half with a 15-5. second quarter when Seattle run. Seconds before the. finished the first half break, backup center Mercedes. with a 15-5 run.
Russell collected a steal. dir="ltr">Seconds before the break, at one end and. backup center Mercedes Russell capped the first-half scoring. collected a steal at with a layup off. one end and capped a feed from Ogwumike. the first-half scoring with to put Seattle up. a layup off a 43-42 for its first. feed from Ogwumike to lead since the opening. put Seattle up 43-42 possession. Sign up for. for its first lead Fan Fix Your dose. since the opening possession.
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The Storm were sank eight of 16. fortunate to be ahead three-pointers while Seattle was. considering the Mystics sank 4 of 13 from. eight of 16 three-pointers downtown. In the third. while Seattle was 4 quarter, Washington lost center. of 13 from downtown.
Shakira Austin (left ankle). dir="ltr">In the third quarter, and guard Ariel Atkins. Washington lost center Shakira (right ankle) to injuries. Austin (left ankle) and and still managed to. guard Ariel Atkins (right outscore Seattle 14-12 in. ankle) to injuries and the period and take. still managed to outscore 56-55 lead into the. Seattle 14-12 in the fourth. Tied 72-72, Jewell. period and take 56-55 Loyd, who finished with. lead into the fourth.
16 points, missed a. dir="ltr">Tied 72-72, Jewell Loyd, 19-foot step-back jumper with. who finished with 16 12.5 seconds left that. points, missed a 19-foot gave Washington one last. step-back jumper with 12.5 chance. Sykes finished with. seconds left that gave a game-high 20 points. Washington one last chance.
while Julie Vanloo had. dir="ltr">Sykes finished with a 11 for the Mystics. game-high 20 points while (8-22). “We all have. Julie Vanloo had 11 to look ourselves in. for the Mystics (8-22).
the mirror and hold. dir="ltr">“We all have to ourselves accountable,” Whitcomb said.. look ourselves in the eWe have to show. mirror and hold ourselves up and be more. accountable,” Whitcomb said. eWe prepared. Be more locked. have to show up in. I dont think. and be more prepared. we did, but maybe. Be more locked in. we thought, well (Washington). I dont think we is a team thats. did, but maybe we struggling a little bit. thought, well (Washington) is and is lower on. a team thats struggling the ladder than us.. a little bit and I dont know. But. is lower on the like (Diggins-Smith) said, ewe. ladder than us. I have to come prepared. dont know. But like every single game for. (Diggins-Smith) said, ewe have a battle because every. to come prepared every team is going to. single game for a play hard, fight and. battle because every team no on is going. is going to play to lay down. e. hard, fight and no “We have to regroup. on is going to and figure out how. lay down. e
“We to get back to. have to regroup and playing our best basketball. figure out how to because were not playing. get back to playing our best basketball on. our best basketball because either side of the. were not playing our ball.e The Storm has. best basketball on either 11 games remaining starting. side of the ball.e
with Wednesdays contest against. dir="ltr">The Storm has 11 the Atlanta Dream. “Im. games remaining starting with overreacting,” Quinn said. “My. Wednesdays contest against the urgency is high. Its. Atlanta Dream.
“Im overreacting,” about how were playing. Quinn said. “My urgency and were at the. is high. Its about end of the year.. how were playing and Were at the end. were at the end of the season. In. of the year. Were which we need to. at the end of be playing how we. the season. In which were playing before the. we need to be break. … Thats why. playing how we were my urgency is very. playing before the break. high because every game. … Thats why my matters. Every moment matters. urgency is very high and were not playing. because every game matters. like that.” painfulethen so. Every moment matters and mane others in a. were not playing like once-promising season that now. that.”
