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August 4, 2002

Minnesota Lynx Stopped Seattle Storm Winning Streak.
Written By Sheila Bachri

It was a disappointing lost for the Storm after their big win against LA Sparks the other night. They came out with a lot of shooting flaws and their defense gave up so many open looks for Minnesota leading scorers, Katie Smith and Georgia Schweitzer.

Personally, I think I saw a totally different Seattle team tonight. They did not play or act like a team who needed the win to stay in the playoff race against Portland. Sue Bird had another rough shooting night, but out of the blue she shot from half court at the haft-time buzzer to end her drought. She looked a little fatigue, where some of her passing attempts were not even close. She had 3 fouls, 3 turnovers and it was her first lost against one of her former UConn Teammates, Tamika Williams who did a great job for the Lynx tonight.

Minnesota had too many easy lay up opportunities and they did a great job on both defensive and offensive rebounds. They had the lead early and ran away with it. The Storm simply could not recover and blew their chance to tie Portland Fire at #4 playoff spot. However, they have to be glad that Minnesota was not the only spoiler team tonight as Orlando Miracle defeated Portland Fire 63 - 61. This loss has kept Seattle within one game against Portland.

Now the Storm has a chance to rest while waiting for Portland result in their next game against the Utah Starzz before they play each other on August 9th in front of a sold-out at Key Arena.