it’s been a tough summer for la fans. Trevor Ariza left the Lakers for Houston, The sparks lost in the conference finals to the mercury and more importantly, Lisa Leslie’s career is now over. but the only good news for la other then the dodgers is the Lakers are back. Kobe Bryant has looked good in preseason and the lakers are ready for 2010. now with ariza gone, Ron Artest will have to be the defensive stopper for the Lakers other then Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. Also, Lamar Odom signed with the Lakers in late June and he should be ready for the season. The Lakers open up at home with the clippers. Then at home against Dallas and on Christmas day, Shaq, lebron and Cleveland are coming to La. look out! But the big test is when my San Antonio Spurs come to town on my birthday! Yes, the Celtics are big and of course: the NBA Finals rematch with Orlando. The Lakers probably get out to a fast start like last year and then stumble but do get back on track. Now with Ariza gone, how do the lakers match up with the spurs, the Celtics, and all those powerhouses? Well, you send me a comment/question about any team during our 09-10 team season previews at any time. my prediction and don’t get mad if you are a Lakers fan: Lose to spurs in conference finals. next up is Cleveland.
October 15, 2009
NBA 2009-2010 SEASON PREVIEW:San Antonio Spurs
They’re back! Ather a rare loss in the first round to Dallas, this year’s Spurs team is better then ever( although losing to the Clippers in preseason last night is never acceptable with me!) Thanks to the acquisition of Richard Jefferson, Dejun Blair, Antonio mcdyess, Theo Ratliff and others, the Spurs should be a title contender. Talk about the Lakers all you want but these spurs are a force to be reckoned with. The loss of Bruce Bowen does hurt but Richard Jefferson should be able to help this team win a 5th title. Manu Ginobili is back and HEALTHY! Ather missing 44 games last year, Manu is ready to play. Tim Duncan lost some pounds(i think 15) so he’s lighter and Tony Parker is back and ready for this season. my prediction: spurs win the NBA championship. our next preview is in the city of angels. No I’m not talking about the LA angels who by the way i congratulate for beating Boston, we’re talking about the Lakers.
July 11, 2009
the silver stars pregame show
back from the cold of Minneapolis, the silver stars return to the AT&T Center for a rematch of their 77-61 win over the Lynx on Friday. Hi everyone, I’m chase risman. Last night saw the silver stars get down 13-4 and 15-6 but then the defense steped up. Sophia young scored a game high 10 in the first and 21 for the game, her 33rd career 20+point game, 4th this year. they won 77-61. when we come back, it’s going to be Dillard talk.
Welcome back. now last year with the spurs Andrew Monaco mentioned something about Sean Elliot. it was at cougar school. someone said” hey we know you, you work for the spurs, very next question, can you get me Sean Elliott’s autograph? it’s time for daiilard talk. with tai dillard. what imperssed you with the defense last night?
i thought it was the foruth quarter, getting stops and holding them scorless for about 6 minutes.
now tonight could diffrent then last night. the reslut may not change but the outcome will. what do think?
i think silver stars by 7.
thank you. coming up the “star to watch”
starting lineup for the silver stars is the one they used on friday. tonight’s “star to watch” is sophia young. she scored 21 on friday, but she has not yet gotten a 30 point game. she’s come close tons of times. tonight is a chance. coming up the lynx scouting report.
same lineup for minnesota. now for more on the lynx, here’s sandy brondello.
“they attack you with their offensive rebounding abilty and the way they get second chance points. semoine is a great player and she get’s her shot when she want’s to. Rene montgomrey get’s to the hole and finds people. we have to get back devensifly or they burn you. and candice get’s to the basket when she want’s to. so just play defense and we’re fine”.
June 26, 2009
rewind
welcome back to the at&t center. our impact player of the game is becky hammon: season high 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assits. becky, how important was it to get out to a great start?
bh: very important, because we wanted to get .500 so bad.
you guys had a 24-7 lead and then the monarchs came back at you.
bh: they have the worst record in the west but they got nothing to lose.
thanks becky. she will get dinner at mortans the stake house. final numbers: the vistors from Sacremnto were led by damya walker 12 points, 8 for tecia penichero and baga. 6 for robinson. 5 for laura harper, 3 for kara lawson and 2 for nicole powell. the silver stars were led by Becky Hammon: season high 26 points, 7-15 from the floor, sophia young a double double: 17 points and 10 rebounds. also 7-15. 7 edwige lawson wade, 4 each for johnson and mattra. and 2 fro ruth riley. It’s time for the ask the coach segement. tonight it’s with olaf lange. olaf, what got everyone to hit some shots elary on?
ol: they got open looks and knocked em down. that’s what great teams do.
sacremnto not a good team this year. do think they sould consider firing jenny boucek for this 1-6 start?
ol: absolutley yes because they will be 1-7 by the time they lose to detirot on sunday. but hey they are althetic and as tai said before the game, i don’t see us losing to the worst in the west.
you got washington tuesday and chicago friday. good luck. that is olaf lang. the silver stars win 62-52 over the sacremnto monarchs. the silver stars improve to 3-3 while the monarchs fall to 1-6. the next game is washington on tuseday. silver stars pregame show at 6:30. then coverge begins at 7:00 from the AT&T Center. that will do it. the final score once again. San Antonio Silver Stars 62 Sacrmento Moanrchs 52.
June 26, 2009
Toyota halftime report
It’s deja vu all over again for the silver stars and monarchs. It’s a remtach of their last 2 playoff mettings, the silver stars lead 33-25 at the half. Hi everyone, i’m Chase Risman. the last 2 years, the silver stars have met the monarchs in the first round of the playoffs. both times the stars won the series. both in 3 games. we take a look back at those matchups.
in 2007 the monarchs took game 1 by 21, but lost by 23 in game 2 in texas. and in game 3, after blowing a 20 point lead, the stars becky hammon found vikke johnson for a game wining layup to win the series 80-78. In 2008, becky hammon scored 30 in game 1 to seal an 85-78 win. in game 2 though sacremnto whould win 84-67. but game 3 was all about sophia young: 27 points, 8 rebounds. and an 86-81 win.
that was great. coming up we wizz around the wnba.
welcome back. in new york, the libety lead 50-33 . in atlanta, the dream lead the shock 58-53. one other game tonight. the sparks are in seattle. before we head back to andrew and tia, we are going to talk with silver stars asstaint coach sandy brondello who tonight will not be on the ask the coach segment, i will save that for tuesday. sandy, what did dan tell the girls in the locker room?
sb: you had a 17 point lead in the first half, they came at it. just keep playing and we will be fine.
what from the first half concrens you guys for the second half?
sb: them coming back.
all right thanks a lot. btw, the coach on ask the coach segment tonight is Olaf lange.
we are at the half in the at&t center. the lead at half. second half is coming back!
June 26, 2009
Sportscenter Right Now
hi i’m chase risman in the stars center with this Sportscenter right now. coming up at halftime, we look back at the last 2 playoffs meetings bewtween san antonio and sacremnto. now gamenight countinues, back to tia and andrew.
June 26, 2009
gameday
hi everyone i’m chase risman in the stars center.we welcome you to gamenight. the spurs in last night’s draft fresh off geting richerd jeffrsion slected djaun blair from pitt, jack maclinton from miami and nando de colo.
June 25, 2009
the silver stars pregame show
the silver stars are coming off an incredibale 91-87 win over phoenix on tuesday and hope to get to .500 for the second time friday as they host playoff rematch sacrmento. hi everyone i’m chase risman. the tuseday game was quite ugly but a great win. here’s why: 2:45 left phoenix 87 stars 83. becky hit a 3 to cut it to 1 then belinda snell who had a career game drew the foul ather stealing the inbound. hit 1 of 2. then sophia hit a free throw. Becky got a key rebound and sealed the deal for a 91-87 win. Now Sacremnto comes in here hoping for some payback. they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the silver stars last year and in fact the last 2 years. both in 3 games. when we come back it will be dilard talk.
welcome back. now sophia young has 31 career 20+point games but no 30+point games. maybe if she has one, it will get us going. also, three games left on this home stand: sacrmento, washington and chicago. And also she has 13 career double doubles. but no 30 point games. we will be right back.
san antonio’s starting lineup: sophia young: no 30 point games, vikke johnson, ruth riley for ann wauters back in the second half, helen darling and becky hammon. Now becky hammon is a great scorer. she happens to be the focus of today’s “star to watch”. she led the new york liberty in scoring 49 times. in her 3 years her she has led the the team in scoring 37 times. 18 in 2007, 18 in 2008, and 1 this year. she has led the team in assits 52 times. coming up the sacremento scouting report.
sacrmento starting lineup: Nicole Powell, very dangerous, damya walker, laura harper, Scholanda Robinson and ESPN NBA sideline reporter Kara Lawson. Now remeber crystall kelly? she hurt the stars in game 2 of their playoff metting last year. she had 19 points and 12 rebounds. for more on the monarchs, here’s Sandy Brondello who has tonight’s scouting report. “they pass the ball very well. they can shoot the 3, and also have a good point guard. i think the main thing to watch is the paint. they score almost half their points down low, and with courtiney paris now on the roster it’s really important. if we can defend the paint get some rebounds and etc, then we may do just fine. we just need to get off to a great start and keep it”.
coming up andrew monaco and tia dillard with their pre game thoughts then back here for gameday.
in 2007, in the first round, the silver stars vs the monarchs, becky hammon with the ball, game 3, win or go home. she found vikkie johnson for the game winning layup. then last year, the silver stars hit almost all of their free thorws in overtime for an 86-81 game 3 win. tonight the monarchs return to the at&t center for a remtach of the last 2 playoff meetings. next. Welcome to the at&t center for silver stars basketball and tonight they host the team they’ve knocked out of the playoffs the last 2 years, the Sacremnto Monarchs. hi everyone. what a win on tuesday. they held phoenix scoreless for the last 2:45 and win 91-87. so what do they have to do tonight? Tai dillard? maybe a 30 point game form sophia who dos’nt have one yet or from becky or maybe anthoer nice game from tuesday’s hero Belinda snell.
td: i think she just could be the silver stars Roger Mason.Jr or Geroge Hill. she just seems to be the right piece to a hope of a champonship this year.
am: first though tai, we have to get above .500. tonight the stars can get to.5oo. Now sacremento is in last in the westren confrence. will the silver stars win tonight? yes they will, but anything can happen. tai, their a young althetic ball club but in last in the west fells pretty bad.
td: there are young and athletic and you are right about the stars. i really don’t see them losing to a team that is last in the western confrence.
am: this a monarch team that has beaten phoenix, so don’t take anything for granted.
June 24, 2009
silver stars rewind
welcome back to the blog center. the at&t center is where the silver stars hold the phoenix mecury scorless for the final 2:43 for a 91-87 win. Our impact player of the game is Belinda Snell: career high 21 points, 7-11 from the floor and 3-7 from 3 point land. she will get dinner at mortans the stake house. now it’s time for some team numbers. the mercury shot 42% from the floor, 27-64. they were 9-16 from 3, commtided a season high 19 turnovers and had 22 fastbreck points. the silver stars shot 46% from the floor, 34-73, they were 7-20 from 3, they win the rebounds 33-31 and outrebound phoneix 9-8 on ofensive rebounds. they had 11 fast break points. For every fastbreak point the Silver Stars score this year, Break Check donates 20$ to the boys and girls club of san antonio. More famileys trust their breaks to Break Check then anybody else. you can log on to break check.com to exprince a whole new way to service your atuomobile. brack check. texas family ownded and operated since 1968. Now for some individual numbers. first for the vistors from phoenix, they were led in scoring by Cappie Pondexter: 26 points, 3-3 from 3 point land. Diana Taurasi: 22 points, 8 rebounds. Le’coe Willingham with 11 points, 2 rebounds. 9 for Kelly Mazante. 8 for new addtion temaka johnson. 7 for tangla smith. and 2 each for d. bonner and nicole odle. silver stars were led by belinda snell’s career high 21 points, 7-11 from the floor. 19 for becky hammon, 14 in the 4th quarter. 16 points for Ruth Riley, also had 5 rebounds. 13 points for sophia young but was just 5-17. 6 for vickke johnson, 4 for Helen Darling, 2 for katie matrra and 1 point for erin perpeaglou. Whataburger what’s next: sacrmento friday, washington tuesday and chicago friday. now it’s time for the ask the coach segment brought to you by swbc. tonight it’s with Sandy brandello. sandy first of all your thoughts on tonight’s game.
sb: this was a game we should’ve and could’ve lost but we will take it.
yeah, with 2:45 left, the scoreboard on the At&t center jumbotron says stars 83, mecury 87 and it looks as if you guys are going to go to 1-4, but what a great defeinsve preformance during that strech.
sb: and i think it started ather Becky hit that 3, she stole the inbound and belinda got fouled. i thought that got us going. but i think the biggest play tonight was when becky got that offensive rebound with 4 seconds left. that really sealed it.
belinda snell with a career game tonight.
sb: she was awsome. 21 points, 7-11 from the feild and 3-7 from 3, just the game we needed.
you got sacremento coming in here friday. what do you have to do to win that?
sb: we played them in the playoffs last year and we beat em. so i think they will be coming in looking for some payback.
becky coming back tonight.
sb: boy did we need her tonight. that was a problem on the road trip. we are glad she’s back.
and should this win get you guys going?
sb: yes.
Alright that is Sandy Brandello. the ask the coach segment brought to you by swbc.
that’s going to do it. the exeutive producer of stars basketball is lawerence payne. producer dainel ascraft. drectioer is mike kickerilo. traffic cordinater david snowman letterman and stoudio cordinater is andy garsia. next game stars vs monarchs here at the at&t center. tipoff at 7:00. silver stars pregame show at 6:30. thank you for tuning in. our final score once again. Silver Stars 91 Phoenix Mercury 87. this has been a presantion of the Woman’s national basketball association. All Rights Reserved.
June 21, 2009
sportscenter right now!
hi everyone i’m chase risman in the blog center. coming up on the toyota halftime report, the musical journey of dan hughes. now back to gameday.
