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Sinusoidal Sunday

07 Sunday Sep 2008

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cheerdance competition, minnesota lynx, seattle storm, shery swoopes, sue bird, uaap 2008, up pep squad, WNBA

Well, I didn’t wake up in time for that Mt. Fuji-Viewing Grape-Picking Wine-Tasting Tour.

Boohoohoohoo.

I spent about 4 hours sulking on my bed (oh so comfortable airbed), which prolly was the main reason why I didn’t wake up at 4 freakin’ AM (the bed, not the sulking).

And then, at 1130~ish (JST), the Storm hosted the visiting Minnesota Lynx. And for most of the game, they were being massacred by Seimone Augustus, Lindsey Harding, Candace Wiggins, and Anna DeForge. But then during the 3Q, Sue Bird (0 for 4 during the first half) keyed in about 10 points in a heart-stopping run that chipped down the Lynx lead until eventually we got the game. Sue Bird dropped 22 monster points again. When will the dotcom people ever see her as a huge candidate for that prestigious award?

BTW, there was a scary moment in the game where Sheryl Swoopes went up to block Candace Wiggins’ shot and came down on the floor — and didn’t get up for quite a while. A stretcher was brought out and my God, the 9000~ish that attended the record-setting game (for most wins in a season in franchise history) fell eerily quiet. I just read from the Storm Blog that Swoopes was unconscious for a few seconds but came to and recognized everyone around her. Good thing it was just a concussion. I thought something happened to her back, or head, or neck, or whatever. Kevin Pelton reports that Swoopes is fine.

21 wins 10 losses – best conference record in franchise history. 15 wins 1 loss – best home record in franchise history (and prolly the league, I just haven’t checked yet). We’re atop the Western Conference and if we continue playing like this, the chance to win that trophy is looking really really good. And gads, LJ isn’t there. I can’t imagine what’ll happen to the Storm when she gets back from surgery. Freakin’ awesome, this team is.

Okay so the good things don’t end there. I now think that the universe must be conspiring to make me happy and feel better about missing the trip (that I was waiting for for weeks, mind you). I ain’t gonna diss Paulo Coelho today. Some other time maybe.

After the Storm game I had to figure out how to watch the 2008 UAAP Cheerdance Competition. I’ve always watched that contest since I was in freshman year (whoa, it feels like eons already). Last year I missed out on one of the best performances by UP in ages because I was stuck recuperating my lungs inside a hospital in Chofu.

So anyway, thanks to Lau who told me to get TFC so I could watch the competition (because I’m stuck here and not with the gang in the trip), I was able to witness the performances. And wow, I mean, wow. I admit that UP’s routine wasn’t perfectly clean but man, there’s only so much oomph that one can handle and the UP Pep Squad brought it, really brought it. The concept was just whoa, and I like the theme, and the music (pinikpikan) and aaargh, it feels pretty good to be a UP grad right now.

Why?

Because we freakin’ won, that’s why!

I’m saving the commentary for later when the fog inside my head clears. I’m just happy that the UP Pep Squad won. Here’s their routine btw:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkIfsBvvvac

So anyway, I glanced outside my window and it is raining hard (complete with thunder and lightning very very frightening) and I just thought that, okay fine, I feel a whole lot better already, universe. Thank you very much for this day. 🙂

ETA: A much much better view of the routine [ here ].

Playoffs, Here We Come

05 Friday Sep 2008

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basketball, chicago sky, seattle storm, sue bird, WNBA

Clinched a spot after winning this game:

Seattle 70, Chicago 62
Preview – Box Score – Recap

(20-10)
1 2 3 4 Total
Seattle 10 19 19 22 70 Final
Chicago 20 14 18 10 62

(11-18)

Birdy Statline:

Name Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
S. Bird G 35:25 8-12 3-5 0-0 +5 0 3 4 3 2 0 0 2 19

So freakin’ awesome and the game was even on webcast. Hope they archive it soon so I can watch. I only caught the last few minutes of the game (was travelling to the office during game time).

ETA:

Standings: 1st Place (WC)

A Case for Birdy

01 Monday Sep 2008

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basketball, seattle storm, sue bird, WNBA

Apparently the W is now allowing fans to vote for MVP. Those daily votes would account for 25% of the total tally. Since when had the MVP award been turned into a popularity contest? We have the frikkin’ ASG for that, people.

I shudder to think that the award this year would go to a SpOrk (CP3 or LLL — I don’t care, I don’t like ’em both). Our previous candidate (pre-Olympics) had been reigning MVP Lauren Jackson, who actually had awesome numbers before we all took a break and focused on Beijing. But LJ decided to have surgery on her ankle and that made her unable to complete the regular season.

Right now, the bulk of the Storm’s scoring is being shouldered by (IMHO) the best point guard in the league. Birdy’s been scoring huge in the last few games (especially the Post-Olympic ones a.k.a. the LJ-less games). Sue sure is stepping up and bringing it big time (22++ points in the last three games, I think) and her leadership is still improving each and every game. I just hope she sustains the hot shooting for the remaining contests.

I know, I know, the CT Sun’s Lindsay Whalen is pretty impressive (too bad she’s injured) and is a frontrunner in the MVP race given that LJ is nowhere on the floor, and SASS’s Becky Hammon is also deserving of the award, and oh a host of other players that I’m too lazy to mention now, but Sue Bird actually deserves to be considered too. And not just because she’s popular or whatever. Because she’s carrying her team just like how an MVP should be.

Yeah, You Got the Gold

25 Monday Aug 2008

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basketball, beijing, beijing 2008, diana taurasi, sue bird

BEIJING – AUGUST 23: Sue Bird #6 of the U.S. Women’s Senior National Team poses for a portrait after winning the gold medal against Australia at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. USA defeated Australia 92-65.

Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

BEIJING – AUGUST 23: Diana Taurasi #12 and Sue Bird #6 of the U.S. Women’s Senior National Team pose for a portrait after winning the gold medal against Australia at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 23, 2008 in Beijing, China. USA defeated Australia 92-65.

Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

Olympic WBB Update

18 Monday Aug 2008

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australian defence force opals, beijing 2008, lauren jackson, olympics, opals, sue bird, usa

No, I haven’t watched any game coz I can’t find no frikkin’ coverage in my part of the planet. Booo! Tried CCTV yesterday but they only showed the China vs Germany Men’s Game. What was I thinking — of course they’re gonna show it, CCTV is a Chinese channel after all. Drat.

Anyone has an idea how I can watch a game? I’m pulling for a US-Australia Gold Medal Game (*crosses fingers*). Kinda excited coz the Opals rock and I totally wanna see the LJ-LL smackdown haha. And oh, of course, Sue at the helm and Taurasi too, and fine, (sige na nga) Candace Parker. I still haven’t decided which team to root for.

Anyhoo, the current standings are the following:

Group A Wins Losses Pts
Australia 5 0 10
Russia 4 1 9
South Korea 2 3 7
Belarus 2 3 7
Brazil 1 4 6
Latvia 1 4 6

The undefeated World Champion Opals (go Opals!) are leading Group A after they beat a strong contender in Russia (with Becky Hammon and Maria Stepanova and Svetlana Abrosimova) 75-55.

Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Belarus (I think … or is it Brazil — not sure) will enter the quarterfinals.

Group B Wins Losses Pts
United States of America 5 0 10
China 4 1 9
Spain 3 2 8
Czech Republic 2 3 7
New Zealand 1 4 6
Mali 0 5 5

The US Women top Group B and will enter the quarterfinals undefeated as well. In their last preliminary, they defeated New Zealand 96-60, causing the Tall Ferns to be eliminated from the next stage of the competition. Sue Bird and Company will face South Korea in the QuarterFinals.

Road to the Quarter-Finals

【Australian Defence Force Opals、E

Aug 08 : Australia 83 — 64 Belarus
Aug 11 : Australia 80 — 65 Brazil
Aug 13 : Australia 90 — 62 South Korea
Aug 14 : Australia 96 — 73 Latvia
Aug 16 : Australia 75 — 55 Russia

【US WNT、E

Aug 09 : USA 97 — 57 Czech Republic
Aug 11 : USA 108 — 63 China
Aug 13 : USA 97 — 41 Mali
Aug 14 : USA 93 — 55 Spain
Aug 17 : USA 96 — 60 New Zealand

Photo Source: Getty Images / Yahoo! Sports

FIBA Diamond Ball Conclusion

06 Wednesday Aug 2008

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basketball, diamond ball, lauren jackson, opals, pre-olympics, sue bird, us national team

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)

Diamond Ball Finals

05 Tuesday Aug 2008

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becky hammon, diamond ball, lauren jackson, olympics friendly, opals, sue bird, us wnt

Sue BirdThe finals of the Diamond Ball Tournament (a friendly tune-up before heading into the Olympics) will feature the highly anticipated match-up between super-powers US and Australia after both squads went 2-0 in their respective groups. The tourney also featured 2006 WC silver medalist Russia (ya know, that squad that knocked Sue and company out of the WC gold medal match back then?) and emerging China.

The Australian Opals, led by captain Lauren Jackson (Seattle Storm) won over China (84-70) and Mali (112-43) to get to the finals. LJ posted some very nice numbers (which is not that much of a surpise, BTW). Suzy Batkovic and Penny Taylor, among others, added the necessary supporting firepower.

The US Women, on the other hand, had to face Latvia and emerged victorious through balanced scoring (84-74). And then they had to face Russia (ya know, that squad that knocked Sue and company out of the WC gold medal match back then? Yes, that Russia). It was the first match-up for point guard Becky Hammon (San Antonio Silver Stars) against her home country. The US won 93-58 in that suprisingly lopsided game.

23 && 33 for 10 && 15

04 Friday Jul 2008

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basketball, lauren jackson, new york liberty, seattle storm, storm, sue bird

I’ve been on a funk (well, sort of) lately. I dunno why — can we just blame STRESS just like the old times? Work, work, work. Ugh. I haven’t been updating myself with the STORM, too. That’s almost blasphemous in my world. Tsk tsk tsk.

So, anyway, I still get to listen to games but without the proper attention that I used to bestow on my favorite team on earth. And it’s not helping that we’re sort of sucking on the road (thank goodness for the 9-1 Home record or else we’re toast). And it also sucks that the SpOrks are on top of the Western Conf (wait, lemme check … oh hell no, they still are on top boooo!). Oh well, at least we’re still above .500 and are sitting at 3rd.

The last game I listened to was against the New York Liberty this morning. LJ lit up for 33 points (wooohoooo LJ!) on 12-for-20 shooting, grabbed 5 boards, blocked 2 shots, and swiped one ball. Birdy also played awesomely. She scored a season-high 23 points and assisted 6 shots. Swin played another solid game, scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Swoopes had 9 points, 6 assists, and 7 rebounds. Yo Griffith had 4 points, 7 boards, and 4 steals.

The Up-Sides:
– LJ’s offensive flow has returned.
– Team has more rebounds now.
– Sue — oh Sue, keep that killer offense going. Downright awesome.
– That killer pick-and-roll is just, well, a killer. Pick your poison – LJ or Sue? Tsk.

The Down-Side:
– OMG, the bench?! The bench is missing! (I didn’t concentrate enough on listening so I dunno if they brought some hustle on the court that’s not reflected on the score sheet though).

The Game:

Score: W 81 — 74

[22–14][29–24][15–11][18–22]

Player of the Game: F Lauren Jackson (12-20) 33 Pts, 7 Rebs, 0 Assists

Box Score

Recap

Others:

– The SpOrks lost wahahahaha. To Minny. Good on Seimone Augustus, Candice Wiggins, and company. Yay.

– We’re facing Minny next though. Uh oh. Haha. Oh well, go Storm!

– What the hell? No photos of the game on the Yahoo Sports gallery?! Weird.

Opening Night

18 Sunday May 2008

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(0-1)
1 2 3 4 Total
Chicago 18 17 12 14 61 Final
Seattle 16 13 25 13 67

(1-0)

OMG, I LOVE SWOOPES! The defense is just way awesome. LJ was ice cold in the first half — missing everything! The Storm couldn’t buy a single bucket and it looked like Chicago might win the game. And then Swoopes stole all those passes and the game just went into a different direction. Hell yeaaaaah!

One thing — wahaha, palpak pa rin ang bench! Imagine, with 2 minutes left, we were up 15 and then the starters went out, tapos the Sky cut the lead down to 6? My Gaaaaaad!

LJ’s stats look a little, I dunno, mortal. Come on, feel the rhythm, super-aussie! We gotta get you back to Superwoman status, ASAP!

Anyhoo, top performers for this game:

Bird – 13 pts, 7 asts
Cash – 13 pts, 8 rebs, 3 asts
Swoopes – 6 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 3 steals
Griffith – 8 pts, 7 rebs
Jackson – 14 pts, 6 rebs

Other games on opening night:

(1) LA 99 – 94 PHX
[LA] Candace Parker with 34, 12, and 8 asts.
[PHX] Cappie Pondexter with 32, 3, and 7 asts.

(2) DET 85 – 66 HOU.
[DET] Katie Smith with 21 and 3 dishes.
[HOU] Tina Thompson with 17, 8, 2 asts.

(3) CON 100 – 68 ATL
[CON] Whitmore with 22, 10, and 3 assists.
[ATL] B-Money with 19 and 7.

(4) IND 64 – 53 WAS
[IND] Katie Douglas with 24, 7, 3.
[WAS] Sanford with 14, 11, 1.

(5) SAC 73 – 64 SA
[SAC] Williams 13, 7.
[SA] Young 22, 4

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Weeee! Next game is on a Wednesday. Argh, I hope I can still listen AND work.

Official Seattle Storm 2008 Roster

17 Saturday May 2008

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basketball, lauren jackson, seattle storm, sheryl swoopes, sue bird, swin cash, yolanda griffith

Seattle Storm Starting Five
Storm Starters
、ESue Bird, Yolanda Griffith, Lauren Jackson, Swin Cash, Sheryl Swoopes 、E/p>

NUM PLAYER POS HT WT DOB FROM YRS
8 Kimberly Beck G 5-8 125 12/27/1985 George Washington R
10 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 10/16/1980 Connecticut ’02 6
2 Swin Cash F 6-1 162 09/22/1979 Connecticut ’02 6
0 Shyra Ely F 6-2 182 08/09/1983 Tennessee ’05 3
4 Katie Gearlds G-F 6-1 184 10/26/1984 Purdue 1
13 Yolanda Griffith C-F 6-3 188 03/01/1970 Florida Atlantic ’93 9
15 Lauren Jackson F-C 6-5 187 05/11/1981 Australia 7
26 Florina Pascalau C 6-4 187 01/19/1982 Romania R
43 Ashley Robinson C 6-4 180 08/12/1982 Tennessee 4
9 Kelly Santos F 6-3 188 11/10/1979 Brazil 2
22 Sheryl Swoopes F 6-0 145 03/25/1971 Texas Tech ’93 10
30 Tanisha Wright G 5-11 165 11/29/1983 Penn State 3

BECK IS IN! WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

(Storm waved Doneeka Hodges-Lewis and kept Beck and newly-arrived center Florina Pascalau).

Alright, just have to get that out of my system.

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