Houston Comets at Seattle Storm Game Recap
June 2, 2008 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Houston Comets News Release
Houston Comets (0-5) vs. Seattle Storm (5-1)
Regular Season Game #5 - Road Game #4
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. PDT
Comets 63, Storm 64
1 2 3 4 Final Leaders: Points Rebounds Assists
Comets 12 20 21 10 63 Shannon Johnson: 17 Tina Thompson: 8 Six players: 1
Storm 9 23 15 17 64 Swin Cash: 19 Lauren Jackson: 13 Sue Bird: 4
STARTERS
Houston Comets Seattle Storm
99 Hamchétou Maïga-Ba F 2 Swin Cash
7 Tina Thompson F 15 Lauren Jackson
2 Michelle Snow C 13 Yolanda Griffith
20 Tamecka Dixon G 22 Sheryl Swoopes
5 Erica White G 10 Sue Bird
Officials: Cameron Inouye, Scott Twardoski, Jeff Smith
Attendance: 6,116
GAME RECAP
SEATTLE, June 1 (AP) -- Sue Bird scored on a fast-break lay-in with 6.4 seconds left and the Seattle Storm rallied to beat the Houston Comets 64-63 Sunday night. Bird finished with 17 points, and Swin Cash had 11 of her 19 in the fourth quarter for the Storm (5-1). Cash scored Seattle's first eight points of the final quarter to help the Storm establish a franchise record for the best start to a season. Shannon Johnson scored 17 points and Tina Thompson added 14 for Houston (0-5), which is halfway to matching last year's franchise-worst 0-10 start.
Tamecka Dixon gave the Comets a 63-62 lead with 53.8 seconds left on a jumper from the foul line. The Storm, who had been down by six points at the start of the fourth quarter, turned the ball over on their next possession when Bird's pass into the lane to Cash was knocked away. Michelle Snow then missed a shot that would have given Houston a three-point lead. Lauren Jackson grabbed the rebound and whipped the ball downcourt to Bird, who was all by herself and went for the basket uncontested. Houston had a chance for the winning shot, but Snow's try in traffic underneath the hoop fell short, and Tanisha Wright secured the loose ball for Seattle.
Jackson, who had 28 points in Seattle's victory against San Antonio on Friday night, scored just six, but had 13 rebounds, including nine in the first quarter. Officials whistled the teams for a total of 53 fouls, resulting in 64 free throws. The Storm hit 26 of 38, and Houston made 20 of 26. Seattle's Sheryl Swoopes, playing her first game against her former team, was on the court for just 17 minutes. She finished with two points and two rebounds. However, she had two steals to top 600 for her career.
Notes:
The Seattle Storm tonight tied the Comets opponent record for the second highest number of free throw attempts.
Coach Thompson started a new rotation with Hamchétou Maïga-Ba replacing Mwadi Mabika (left knee sprain) and Erica White had the first start of her career at point guard in place of Shannon "Pee Wee" Johnson.
Johnson rallied forward to score to lead the team in scoring with 17 points off the bench.
Ashley Shields, the first junior college player ever drafted into the WNBA, saw her first minutes of the 2008 season tonight.
Comets' Next Games:
June 3 at 7:30 p.m. CDT vs. San Antonio Silver Stars at Reliant Arena.
June 6 at 7:30 p.m. EDT vs. New York Liberty at Madison Square Garden
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