To my surprise I walk back into my room for the first time since the morning (gotta love school) and my TV is on ESPN2. And it sounds like there is basketball on. Sure enough its the WNBA Playoffs (ugh) Eastern Conference edition. 66-66 and Connecticut couldn’t score to take the win over Indiana. Turns out Indiana had come back from down 17 to force overtime…and this woman by the name of Anna DeForge is going off. They showed a highlight package and she hit the first three of OT. All the energy is sucked out of the building, which considering the fact that even though the WNBA might not sell out they always have noise is impressive. The best part about a WNBA playoff game is that if they get a steal its not a guarantee they are going to score like in the NBA. Its funny the crowd is holding their breaths on layups.
This game is actually entertaining, back and forth. Easy fluff if you’re doing something else…like writing on a blog. Plus the all-time Hall of Fame background sport, soccer is up next. BECKHAM time baby…Coup I need to hear something from you on Beckham. I mean the man brought 60,000+ to NYC. He’s a proven draw…he even scored a goal!!
Holy shit, giant Margo Dydek just shot a three with 40 seconds left and their team up by one. With 15 seconds left on the shot clock. Unbelievable.
Gotta love the chatter in the huddle by Connecticut’s coach. “Lindsay you do whatever you want, KT you just do the opposite.” And he’s getting paid to say stuff like that. By the way, I still find it dumb that the worse team gets Game 1 at home. They win, they get momentum and they win again. No home-court advantage.
BECKHAM!
Holy shit Anna DeForge just hit another three to tie the game. That sucks for Connecticut. They finally thought they won, they had a foul to give and they let the one person whose killin shoot a three. I thought girls were supposed to be smarter. No way they bounce back in a second OT.
This game is exciting holy crap. Random timeout thought; ever wonder if the male head coach has seen them all naked? Double overtime.
Someone tell David Stern to give the WNBA an actual marketing budget. This ‘Have you seen her?’ crap is ridiculous. And the commercials should only feature the most attractive players. I’m sorry, Becky Hammon and Sue Bird should be in every commercial. Ever. I’m telling you, let me run this league and I would either bring it to prominence or run it in the ground in one season. No middle ground.
BECKHAM IS STARTING! AHHHHHHH!
Why do they even have jumpballs when Dydek is playing. Shouldn’t they flip a coin? No one can jump as high as she can swat. Its just unfair.
PS – I only pay attention to the last two minutes. I’m assuming the rest is a combination of turnovers, missed shots and fouls. Sure enough with 3:05 left no one has scored. Lindsay Whalen finally hits a three to end that nonsense and put Connecticut up 78-75. I guess there is no such thing as momentum in the WNBA cause there is no way Connecticut should have won this game. It defies logic. Whalen’s going back to the line and now Connecticut is up 5 with 2:20 left. Whalen looks like that girl in those high school comedies…you know the one that is cute but not really cute but they end up making her over and she’s pretty. That’s her…with a black eye.
Timeout…80-77 Connecticut. Timeout time means BECKHAM TIME. How pissed is ESPN2 that the WNBA ruined their special 30 minute pre-game show with Bob Ley.
I zoned out again, apparently Anna DeForge (who is quickly climbing up the echelon of WNBA players I would…ya know) got fouled and made both free throws. Then Lindsay Whalen tries to throw to Dydek, it goes out of bounds. The refs don’t know…and the best part was the audio. The female ref had no clue, the black guy had no clue and the white guy had no clue. So the black woman of course goes “I don’t know…2 against 1 so..” and the white guy goes “Let’s just make it a jumpball.” That’s fair. A jumpball with 7’2 Margo freakin Dydek. Of course Connecticut gets the ball and a reset shot clock. They miss, get the rebound and are about th shoot free throws with 14.6 seconds left.
This is insane. I’m not sure if its the good kind either but what a freakin trainwreck. Nykesha Sales makes one of two. 81-79 Connecticut. And now they are showing Anna DeForge’s array of clutch shots. Which of course means they are going to run the play and she is either going to turn it over or miss the shot. It’s a natural curse. Listening to the TO it sounds like they are going to go for two. I vehemently disagree…mainly because I don’t want to watch 5 more minutes.
Tamika Catchings forces it up between two people…and of course gets the foul. This is crazy. I refuse to blog a third overtime. Refuse. How pissed do you think the ESPN execs are right about now? If they switched to the kickoff in nine minutes would anyone be that mad?
Terrrrible defense by Indiana. Katie Douglas was WIDE OPEN. Not like her defenders was back. Like literally she caught it…no one was guarding her, she dribbles…still no one guarding her..shoots a wide open shot from the top of the key and clanks it. Unbelievable. This was supposed to be a freakin mini-diary. It’s not even intriguing anymore. The WNBA doesn’t even know how to do thrillers right.
If Beckham had a cooler voice he would be a badass.
Triple Overtime in the WNBA should be two minutes long. Of course both teams score on their first possessions to try and suck me back in. Just like a woman to do some BS like that.
Connecticut officially doesn’t deserve to win this game. They put 7″2 Margo Dydek on Tamika Whitmore…who of course scores five points in a row. Dummies. That’s it, its over, no more Eastern Conference WNBA games for me ever.
UPDATE: UNREAL. Connecticut just scored six in a row to take a one point lead with 56 seconds left. You’ve got to be kidding me. This is the most illogical game I’ve ever watched in my life. Wowzers. Both these teams deserve to lose.
That Anna DeForge turnover I was talking about earlier…it happened. Except the dummy refs gave Indiana the ball back. They turned it over anyways, Sales hits a jumper to put Connecticut up three with 19 seconds left. If DeForget hits a three I believe my brain will explode. Watch Beckham score a goal right now.
Didn’t happen. Game over…I think?