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Come on, ladies, champions can do miracles.
black/silver owns PHX@PHX, doncha know?
Stars ought to appeal, esp if they win the first game in PHX (would have won the series) and lose the 3rd game.
wow, I just saw the so called foul, the silver stars players was backing away while swiping at the ball and pointdexter lost her footing, no contact was made;
Phoenix you can have that victory* should have gone to overtime to see who the better team was
Come on, ladies, champions can do miracles.
black/silver owns PHX@PHX, doncha know?
Stars ought to appeal, esp if they win the first game in PHX (would have won the series) and lose the 3rd game.
I was watching the game on TV so I was kind of controlled by what was being shown... plus I was so jumping off the walls at Becky's shot that I didn't even know there was a call until I calmed down... I used my DVR and watched over and over in slow motion... there was no fowl. Plus, this is a championship game... what official would make a tough/close call like that with two seconds to go that would decide the outcome? I say this MUST be reviewed by the league and quickly... we are already doubting the officials and this appears to be an obvious last ditch effort to cause a Phoenix win.
I was at the game and that last three by Becky was amazing.
But then I saw the refs talking and I knew the Stars were in trouble. I was hoping that they were going to say Becky was fouled when shooting.
That would have made as much sense as the foul the did call.
The Stars did not play well for a lot of the game, in my opinion. Their ball movement from the second quarter on was poor. They allowed WAY too many lay ups and several times were out of position defense wise.
However, I was very proud of the Stars. Their heart and hustle almost won the game for them.
The refs shouldn't have called a foul. The game should have been decided in overtime.
Although you have to credit whichever Phoenix player it was that knocked down her foul shots.
It was great to see you guy!
Blaze- that must have been a long text you sent. You never came back.
yeah thanks for calming me down, angel... I do get carried away with sports calls! Looking at the stats, Phoenix definitely won on statistics. But I still say the outcome of a game should never be decided on a tough call like that.
btw I do know how to spell foulI raise too many shikkins I guess.
YES I'm proud of those SASS... not matter what the refs do.
I know, I know... but if the call HAD been on the foul on Becky while shooting the three, who would be crying?
I know, I know... but if the call HAD been on the foul on Becky while shooting the three, who would be crying?
If Phoenix fans aren't allowed to cry over calls then San Antonio fans aren't
I put this in the Spurs forum, but maybe it belongs here.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...n.3a242a1.html
Buck Harvey: Short in size and in luck - Hammon as another Nash
Buck Harvey
Express-News Staff Writer
"We'd like to repay the favor," the Phoenix coach had joked before the game.
And then that very thing happened.
A bloody nose wasn't required, nor was an equally messy decision by David Stern. But San Antonio and Phoenix still picked up where May left off.
They played another playoff basketball game, in another second round, and this time overtime seemed unavoidable after drama rare for the WNBA in South Texas. Then a ref stepped in as if there just hadn't been enough controversy lately.
With that, the Phoenix Mercury repaid the favor, just as the coach, Paul Westhead, had hoped. The Mercury had turned everything around, leaving the Silver Stars feeling as the Suns had before, and it came with specific role reversals.
Playing the part of Steve Nash, for example, was San Antonio's Becky Hammon.
It's as if the Spurs and Suns won't go away, and that was true this week in Las Vegas. Then, during Olympic qualifying, Puerto Rico committed a hard foul against a U.S. player, leading to a technical foul, and Amare Stoudemire immediately jumped out of his seat.
An assistant coach and a trainer rushed down the bench to warn players not to go on the court, because FIBA has similar rules to the NBA. As the story goes, Stoudemire assured everyone he had learned his lesson. "I ain't going nowhere," he said.
So that series lives on, and Westhead isn't the only member of the Mercury who carried this theme to San Antonio. "No NBA officials and no Robert Horry," Diana Taurasi joked before the game. "So we should be all right."
Taurasi and the Mercury were. They ran past the Stars, and Taurasi was especially efficient. She scored 20 points on only 11 shots, and the team that swept Seattle in the first round looked in control.
Enter Hammon, a candidate to win her league's MVP award, acting like the NBA's two-time MVP. She's Nash in size and in creativity, and sometimes in form. At times she extends her left arm for a wrong-foot layup — just as Nash does.
Being Nash can be fun, and it was Thursday for Hammon. Toward the end of the third period, on her way to 32 points, she drove through a gaggle of Phoenix players, switching hands before somehow snaking in a layup.
"If there's a player with better presence, I haven't seen it," said the Stars coach, Dan Hughes. "That's Tim Duncan at 5-foot-6. I always feel, with her, you have a chance for something to happen."
Phoenix was the better team in Game 1, but the Stars had a chance — also thanks to Taurasi. First she fouled the Silver Stars shooter, Shanna Crossley, on a 3-point attempt with 15 seconds left.
Then she stumbled out of bounds, committing her only turnover of the game. "I became handicapped from the neck down," Taurasi said.
That left 11 seconds for Hammon to make something happen, which she did. "I just saw a little gap and let it fly," she said, knowing all she ever saw this night against the Phoenix defense was a little gap.
Her NBA 3-pointer tied the game at 100, and, for a moment, the Stars had captured what the Spurs have known for a decade. But just for a moment. What followed was a call against Crossley that would lead SportsCenter had this been the Spurs and Suns.
"I just wanted more basketball," Hughes said afterward of the call. The ref, instead of deciding the game this way, should have applied similar logic.
Afterward Hammon sounded like, well, Nash. She had just lost her only home game in this too-short series, and she had just missed the kind of opportunity the Stars needed to upset favored Phoenix. Yet she measured her words without anger.
"The referees are part of the game," she said, "and they make mistakes. The whole world saw what happened (on the replay). It's a shame, but we have to move on, and I'm sure the refs aren't feeling too hot right now either."
She's never won a league le, just as Nash hasn't. And now she heads to Phoenix, where she has to win two games to advance.
The role of Nash?
It can be heartbreaking.
We have earned that right in 99If Phoenix fans aren't allowed to cry over calls then San Antonio fans aren't
No Crying... No Hard Feelings. Just want to say I've been a SASS fan four years now and I've never been prouder of anyone. Good Job Ladies!!!! Next year The Stars Will Rise.
I'm incredibly proud of these ladies. They have nowhere to go but up.
Stars had an incredible season and have gained a new fan.
Go Stars!
Tough series i really thought that that was a bad call in game 1 and overtime should have been played. Living here in NY i knew how great a player Becky Hammon was from seeing her with the Liberty and thought they were NUTS to trade her. She was great in NY and in her last year she was hurt and never really got to play. She came back with a bang this year and i thought was league MVP. Hopefully they improve a bit in the offseason, with Hammon leading that team they can win the le next year.
Sniff.
No more Becky
Sniff.
No more Becky
I watched Game 2 live. It was a lot of fun to watch. Those women play hard... lots of hard banging and jostling under the basket don't come across on TV.
It was a back and forth game, the score was tied something like 11 or 14 times (I can't recall the exact stat). The final score does not show how close the game really was. Both teams played really hard and really well. Those women are amazing athletes.
I attended about 8 games this season, and I can honestly say that I am a Silver Stars FAN!
Props to the ladies, they busted some ass this year and will do better next season!
And I will be there to cheer them on even more!
Thanks to Kori and LJ for pinning this thread for the season and to everyone who supported the Silver Stars this year.
Here's to next summer's thread. May it be even longer.
Hammon, Young Pick Up All-WNBA Honors
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Silver Stars Becky Hammon and Sophia Young garnered All-WNBA honors following a standout season for the two all-stars, the league announced today.
Hammon earned First Team honors, finishing second to lead vote-getter Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson. Jackson, who earned 243 points, also finished first in MVP voting. Hammon was second. Hammon joins the First Team for the first time in her career after leading the Silver Stars in scoring with 18.8 points per game. She also lead the league in assists with a 5.0 per game average.
Second year Silver Stars forward Sophia Young wasn’t far behind Hammon, earning Second-Team All-WNBA honors after an all-star caliber season that saw her score 16.8 points and grab. 5.9 rebounds per game. Young also received eight MVP voting points.
Voting for the All-WNBA First and Second Teams was conducted by a panel of national sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were selected by position and received five points for each First Team vote and three points for each Second Team designation.
With her selection, Jackson ties Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets for the second-most All-WNBA First Team selections. Only Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie (nine) has been voted to the First Team more often.
Rounding out the First Team are Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (204 points), Detroit Shock forward Deanna Nolan (179 points) and Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor (167 points). Taurasi joins the First Team for the third time, while Nolan is a second-time selection. Like Hammon, Taylor is a first-time selection to the All-WNBA First Team.
The 2007 All-WNBA Second Team is led by Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings (146 points). She is joined by the Connecticut Sun guard Katie Douglas (120 points), Houston Comets forward Tina Thompson (116 points), Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (113 points) and Young.
In honor of being named to the All-WNBA First and Second Teams, each player will receive a Tiffany-designed trophy. In addition, $10,000 will be awarded to each member of the First Team, while each member of the Second Team will receive $5,000 .
http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news...5_allwnba.html
Congrats Ladies.
Hughes Named Coach of the Year
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2007 -- San Antonio Silver Stars head coach Dan Hughes is the recipient of the 2007 WNBA Coach of the Year award presented by AOL.com, the WNBA announced today. Hughes received 20 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
Hughes becomes only the second coach to win multiple WNBA Coach of the Year Awards, joining former Houston Comets mentor Van Chancellor, who earned the honor three straight times from 1997-1999.
In a season in which numerous WNBA head coaches turned in outstanding efforts, Hughes' 20 votes topped the 14 tallies Phoenix Mercury head coach Paul Westhead received. The six-point margin of victory for Hughes ties the mark for the second-closest voting in league history. In 2005, John Whisenant (Sacramento Monarchs) garnered six more votes than Mike Thibault (Connecticut Sun), while in 2004, Suzie McConnell-Serio (Minnesota Lynx) edged Thibault by a single vote.
Hughes led the Silver Stars, who earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, to a 20-14 record, a 14-game improvement from the team's record in 2006 (13-21). The 20 wins ties the franchise record for wins in a season, which was set in 2002 - the last year the franchise reached the playoffs prior to this season. In his three years with San Antonio, Hughes has reshaped the roster and converted the team into a championship contender.
The 2007 edition of the Silver Stars set franchise records for totals points (2,517), total rebounds (1,087), field goals made (923), three-point shots made (207), assists (567) and steals (283).
Prior to joining San Antonio, Hughes coached four seasons with the Cleveland Rockers and one with the Charlotte Sting. Over the course of his career, the Lowell, Ohio native has compiled a 116-136 record, including a 22-10 mark in 2001 when he won his first WNBA Coach of the Year Award.
http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news/070908_hughes.html
Congrats Coach.
Why on god's green earth is this in the NBA topics? The WNBA is awful. Shouldn't this be under "Other Sports".
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