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May 19, 2007

2007 Storm Home Opener

Tonight was the first Storm home game of 2007, and I'm proud to report that we rocked the house, beating the Houston Comets 82 - 69 with an astounding, third-quarter, come-from behind victory.

I'm hoarse as hell, and grinning from ear to ear. It was a hell of a good game.

We opened strong, with a some good, old-fashioned horse-trading between us and Houston. As the game progressed into the second quarter, it became clear that Anne Donovan had failed to make the official blood sacrifice to the Gods Of Basketball, or something, because everything - everything - we threw bounced, missed, got intercepted, you name it. And so the Comets pulled ahead (they led 46 - 37 at halftime), and kept pulling ahead, eventually building a 60 - 38 lead with 5 minutes left in the third quarter.

(Yes, 60 - 38. It was incredibly demoralizing.)

And then ... something changed. We clicked, pulled it together, whatever you want to call it, and suddenly were piling up shot after shot after shot - twos, threes, free throws ... and pulled off a 44 - 9 run over the last bit of the game. It was amazing, exhilarating, incredible - a complete snatch of victory from the jaws of defeat.

And the even more amazing, if-you-saw-it-in-a-movie-you-wouldn't-believe-it moment came at the very end. With just 3.2 seconds left in the game, Lauren gets the ball, runs for the Comets basket, and launches a half-court shot.

Which, of course, goes in.

(Wow.)

The game was a sellout, and Elaine and I were stylin' from our new, third-row seats over in section 121. The fans were out in force tonight, holding signs and doing the facepaint thing. I'm really impressed with how the Storm faithful have rallied around the team - this may be our last season, ever, in Seattle, but we're not about to send the team gently into that good night. (Key Arena remains one of the best places in the world to watch WNBA, in my humble opinion.)

The Storm blogosphere has opened up in recent weeks, too - in addition to Jayda Evans' blog over at the Seattle Times, I'm also reading the (always-excellent) Chasing The Title, as well as StormTracker (the official team blog) and The Horton Report. It's great to have so much coverage, and so many perspectives.

2007's just getting warmed up, and if this is the Storm's final season here in Seattle, then it looks like it's gonna be one for the books.

Game on!

Posted by Gavin Shearer at May 19, 2007 10:26 PM. Posted to Seattle Storm.

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