Monday, October 6, 2008

Sports..Did You know the WNBA Championship was on last night??


Man, I'm feeling kind of disappointed and robbed because I had no idea that the WNBA championship game was on last night. No commercials, no marketing, nothing. How is any league supposed to grow if you don't even publicize the Championship?? I mean, WTH? Anyways this is how it went down.

The Detroit Shock won their third WBA championship in a 76-60 win against the San Antonio Silver Stars in a dynamic completed a three-game sweep.

Detroit became the second team in league history to win a third championship. Only the Houston Comets, who won the first four (1997-2000), have more. Los Angeles (2001, 2002) is the only other team with more than one. It was an especially sweet win for the Shock, who let the 2007 title slip away, losing Game 5 at The Palace to the Phoenix Mercury.


The game was tight for three quarters with San Antonio leading by six on several occasions. But the veteran Shock were too much to take in the fourth with the title on the line. The Shock enjoyed a 49-45 lead after three periods. A pair of free throws by McWilliams-Franklin less than a minute later gave the Shock their first double-digit lead of the game.



The Shock had been one of the league's best teams for much of the year, but sputtered a bit after losing top post player Cheryl Ford to a season-ending knee injury in July.
But a trade for the veteran McWilliams-Franklin over the Olympic break was just what Detroit needed.

After a night of celebrating, the Shock have a date with the new mayor of Detroit, Ken Cockrel Jr., who will honor the team at a downtown celebration at this afternoon.


I'm About It All Facts:

• The Katie Smith was the MVP of the game with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 assist.

• The Shock completed the first three-game WNBA Finals sweep in league history.

• Detroit is the third team in league history to win the championship without home-court advantage.

• The Shock's three titles are the second-most all-time (Houston has four), and their 27 playoff wins are tied for the most all-time with Los Angeles.

See all the video highlights
Here.

Oh and congratulations ladies you deserve that and more!!

3 Comments:

bshepjr said...

houston comets > this team

Suga HiL said...

This womens basketball team is better than the Houston footbal team, and Houston Rockets basketball team.

bshepjr said...

LMAO, now who hating!?