toyota halftime report

Asjia Jones has 15  as the sun  lead 39-31 at the half. Hi everyone, I’m Chase Risman. Dan Hughes is a fan of music and his WNBA journey is always like that. but as he countinues in his 5th season in san antonio he reislises that the music has and will always teach him something. still ahead, i wizz around the WNBA.

The Silver Stars pregame show

It’s a beautiful Sunday in Connecticut as the Silver Stars try to bounce back from an ugly loss in new york on Friday with a win in Connecticut, home of the defending NCAA Women’s basketball champions, the U Conn huskies and to the Connecticut Sun.

Hi everyone. I’m Chase risman. Happy fathers day!. what happened on Friday you ask? what should have been a 20 point win over a team that’s 0-3 turned into a 16 point embarrassment. Silver Stars in new york but without Becky hammon like today, they trailed from wire to wire. down 31-10 after 1. they fell to the liberty 77-61. so today, they try to bounce back. when do the silver stars get Ann wauters back? find out. plus Becky four points away from passing Diana Taurasi for 16Th place on the all time scoring list. and VJ now 5 Field goals away from passing Chamique Holds claw for 8Th on the all time Field goals list. coming up.  If I could describe bad news for the lynx , it’s this: Seimone Augustus is out for the season. Augustus suffered an acl injury.  what a difference a year makes. last year, Candice Wiggins missed the rest of the season now this year it’s Seimone. silver stars see the lynx next Friday on my35. it’s time for sharp talk. now the reason that maybe the stars are losing these blowouts is because Ann wauters isn’t back yet.  but she will be back in the second half of the season. after today the silver stars open up a 4 game home stand: Tuesday vs phoenix on espn2, Friday vs Sacramento, Tuesday vs Washington and Friday vs Minnesota.  now if they win all 4 and lose today, they would be 5-3. reverse, 5-2. now last thing, if we can’t win the finals rematch, i’m going to be so mad . we will be right back.

silver stars starting lineup is: Ruth Riley center, Sophia young forward, Erin beusher/perperglou at forward, Belinda Snell at guard and Vickie Johnson at guard. now i just learned that Sophia Young’s dad passed away on may 22 2009. he was sitting in the couch when he got up and went to work when his tea cup fell. he fell back in the chair and died of a heart attack. at this time a moment of silence please.  My prayers go out to Sophia And Mr.Young and the Young family. Since i was a fan in 2007, i have experienced this with the team before. last year, Vickie Johnson missed a game at Washington to be with her sick mother. so this isn’t the first time this has happened. now back to Sophia, last year she had 17 20+ point games. the stars were 14-3 when she did. she led the team in scoring 17 times and the stars were 12-5 when she did. She received player of the week, all defensive first team, and all first team. she has 30 career 20 + point games. 2 in 2006, 10 in 2007, 17 last year, and 1 this year. coming up, the sun scouting report. Connecticut sun starting lineup is: Chante black at center, former UConn star Asjia Jones at froward, Tameka witmore at forward, Barbara Turner at guard and Lindsey whalen at guard. Whalen last year led the league in assists. Now don’t make too much fun of Asjia Jones scoring a grand total of 39 points her last 3 games. she averaged 20 last year against the stars. she had 22 at Connecticut in an 85-73 loss and had 18 in their 78-74 loss in San Antonio. now for more on the sun, here’s our scouting report: “It’s important to know when Lindsey’s going to make a tough pass or when Asjia’s going shoot that 18 footer. Also when they miss a shot we have to be ready  to get the rebound because they get a ton of offensive rebounds. I think we know that this a match up of the last two coach of the year winners. so we need to rebound and if we do, will find a way to get some baskets”.  thanks for watching. we will see you at halftime.

hi everyone welcome back to the blog center, i welcome you to game day. The western conference championship will be on display at academy on June 27 from noon to 2pm. Enjoy the game we’ll see you at halftime!

silver stars gameday

last saturday, the san anonio silver stars beat the new york liberty on the night they hung the western confrence championship banner. tonight, they wo’nt have superstar Becky Hammon, who is practicing for the russian team. so the stars will now reliy on sophia young to carry the load. they beat the liberty on saturday 63-60 when hammon scored 16 points agenst her old team, who are 0-3. but they will miss becky on sunday too.

spurs top ten plays of the season

10. tim duncan gw vs the kings

9. finley gw 3 vs kings

8. ginobili block on wade

7. parker gw vs 76ers

6. tony parker 55 points vs timber wolves

5.  bowen blocks paul perice

4. roger mason gw 3 vs celtics

3. roger mason gw 3 vs clippers

2. roger mason gw vs lakers

1. roger mason gw 3 at the buzzer vs suns

lakers 100 magic 75

Kobe bryant scored a finals career high 40 points as the lakers won the nba finals opener 100-75. lamar odom added 11 points and 14 rebounds. pau gasol had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Dwight howard had 12 points and 15 rebounds but was 1-6 from the feild. micheal peturis led the magic with 14 points. orlando shot a 2009 playoff low 29%. hedo turkelo scored 11 points.game 2 sunday at 8 as always on ABC.

nba playoffs in east

1 cavs

8 pistons

lebron james is an mvp canidate but he’s not the only scorer on the team. mo willaims has been the best solution for the kings problems. now the the team that is old is not my san antonio spurs. it is the pistons. the allen iverson trade has’nt worked and now he’s gone. cavs in 4.

2 celtics

7 bulls

celtics in 7

3 magic

6 76ers

magic in 4

4 heat

5 hawks

heat in 7

Nba playoffs

let’s predict playoffs, so here are the brackets and i will make my predictions then tell me yours.

1 Lakers

8 mavs

the Lakers are just too good. Kobe Bryant is amazing and Pau Gasol is a beast. if the lakers can slow down Dirk Nowiztki then the Lakers will win. i say lakers will sweep

2  denver

7 utah

I think the nuggets are just too good with Chaucney Billups and Carmelo Anthney. Now we all know that the Utah Jazz are terrfic at Energy solutions arena , but on the road , they are not the same team. so i like denver in 5

3 SPURS

6 Hornets

the spurs are not old, and they are not tired. they still have Timmey Duncan and MVP Tony Parker. But you can’t forget about Roger Mason.Jr, 5 game winning shots(including the one on chrstmas, agenst the Lakers and on my birthday at boston). But manu ginobili is out for the playoffs. Still, the hornets are not like last year, so the spurs wll win in 5.

4 rockets

5 blazers

Houston made a deal in the offseason to get ron artest, and it worked. Altough they will not win the Southwest divison this year, they will face the second youngest team in the nba(warriors), The Portland trail blazers. Brandon roy is having a great year. Lamarcus Alderge is a most imporved player canidate. but when the start of the series, wer’re not going to any game winning 30 foot 3 pointer like we did in november for roy. rockets in 6.

spurs fall , west standings

the spurs fell to the Thunder 96-95 , so here are the west standings:

1. lakers

2. nuggets

3. spurs

4. rockets

5. blazers

6. hornets

7. jazz

8. mavs

if the spurs are going to get back to that no.2 spot, they better start a win streck.

wnba 2008 photo of the year update

the 2008 wnba photo of the year is down to the final two photos. And the final results are:

seeing red white and blue: 59%

reaching in: 41%

spurs 98 t-wolves 86

Tony Parker did not score 55 this time but he did pour in 16 of his 17 points in the 4th quarter ather a slow start to lead the spurs to a 98-86 win in minnsetoa, their 5th staright. al jefferson lead minnasota with 29 points, 13 rebounds(same as TIMMY!) and 1 block. Timmy had 17, 13, and 5 blocks.