Storm in Three!

It was a delightful treat tonight to have the Seattle WNBA Storm win the championship in three straight games, pulling off a victory on the road in Atlanta.  It has been very rare in my experience for a Seattle team to have the killer instinct and chutzpah to do anything like this.  I thought they had a great chance to win the fourth game, but I admit I really expected them to go off-track a bit tonight with that heady 2-0 lead.

But the Storm showed up with some serious competitive attitude tonight.  Besides the reliable marquees (Bird, Jackson [mvp], and Cash), Wright, Little, Abrosimova, Willingham, and Vesela all had major contributions.  It was a remarkable (cliche) team effort.

And exceptional coaching was a big part.

Congratulations you superstars!

We have been fans from the start, originally I guess due to daughter Mara's involvement in HS basketball and then her actual employment by the nascent Storm.  We've never been ticket-holders, but always fans.  It is so great to see how well this team has done this year and how much they seem to enjoy and appreciate each other.  And we might savor a possible bit of smack in the face of the NBA and their collusion in the stealing of the Sonics.

Atlanta you did yourselves proud.  Storm, even prouder.