04/26/24
August 31, 2005
No big surprises : in the first day of the WNBA 2005 playoffs, as second-seeded Seattle defeated third-seeded Houston 75-67 to take the first game of their western conference semifinal, while the East's #2 Indiana turned it on late to defeat #3 New York 63-51. The two other semifinal matchups, between LA and Sacramento in the west and Connecticut and Detroit in the east, get underway tonight. TV schedule here.
posted by lil_brown_bat to basketball at 06:51 AM - 5 comments
Say it isn't so the higher seeds won.
posted by jojomfd1 at 08:54 AM on August 31, 2005
Say it isn't so the higher seeds won. Yup, as I said -- no big surprises. Oddly enough, tonight's matchups between the #1 and #4 teams might be closer contests. The "underdogs" are LA, a team that's won many championships in the past and whose members believe that they just deserve to be in it every year, and Detroit, last year's defending champs. I predict a couple of battles.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 10:13 AM on August 31, 2005
I'll take Detroit over Connecticut. This man for pres.
posted by mayerkyl at 01:36 PM on August 31, 2005
I'll take Detroit over Connecticut. This man for pres. Bill Laimbeer is indeed all that and a bag of chips, but the Shock aren't gonna do it this year. I only caught the last five minutes of this game, but three things really stood out: 1)Connecticut's ability to make shots despite incredibly tenacious coverage, 2)Detroit's inability to buy a shot, and 3)The obvious exhaustion of the Detroit players. I'm sticking by my prediction that this will be the only first-round matchup to go to three games, but that Connecticut will take it. BTW, I'm an idjit -- obviously the Shock aren't the defending champs, they were the '03 champs. Apologies to the ladies from Seattle.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:40 PM on August 31, 2005
My picks for the first round: Connecticut in three, Indiana in two, Sacramento in two, Seattle in two.