The US women beat reigning FIBA World Champions Australia 71-67 Tuesday night to get the top spot in the FIBA Diamond Ball for Women. The hard-fought contest seemed like a good preview for the game that would really matter — the August 23 gold medal clash. That’s the date that most people expect these two teams to meet anyway, although Russia or China or maybe Brazil might have something to say to that.
Penny Taylor (Phoenix Mercury) led the way for the Australian Defence Force Opals with 19 points and Lauren Jackson (Seattle Storm) had 16 and 8 boards.
Lisa Leslie (LA SpOrks) had 14 and 10 for the US women and point guard Sue Bird (Seattle Storm) contributed 11 on five-of-six shooting (WTG Birdy!). Candace Parker (LA SpOrks) also had a great showing with 12 buckets.
Tournament MVP: Lauren Jackson (AUS)
All-Tournament Team:
Lauren Jackson (AUS)
Sue Bird (US)
Diana Taurasi (US)
Candace Parker (US)
Sui Feifei (CHN)
To cheer yourself up over the Sporkies having decent statlines, I read somewhere that Leslie looked old out there. =) I loved it that LJ and Sue were right beside each other for the pic. Perfect cropping opportunity right there. Anyway, don’t know if it’s archived anywhere. Sue seems to be having an awesome calendar year. =)
^ oh yeah, definitely a huge step up from last year’s dismal showing eh? 😀
nakakainis, i don’t think talaga ipapalabas nila yung women’s bball games ng olympics sa free channels. i want basketball tv!!! i want to watch lj and sue. becky hammon played for russia pala? coolness. hay, nakakainis talaga. sana naman kahit yung championship match na lang ipalabas nila. pag mabalitaan mo kung kelan ipapalabas sa free channels, let me know ha???
p.s. anjan pala si elai?
p.s.2. bakit ka nag-disneyland? holiday pa rin?
p.s.3. i miss you. haha. sorry, ayoko nanaman mag-aral. 🙁
harharhar, eh ako nga kahit alin wala talagang mapanood eh. hmpf. kaasar.
disneyland, yep holiday pa rin. 🙂