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Trish Bendix

by Trish Bendix

From the Cheap Seats: A shot at the buzzer keeps the buzz going for Sophia Young

In this week’s episode of From the Cheap Seats, Michelle rejoins Becca just in time to wrap up the Western and Eastern Conference Finals. The girls talk about the “miracle shot” seen at the end of game two of the L.A Sparks vs. San Antonio Silverstars series. They also touch on the Liberty vs. Shock series that had the girls split on the result.

Sophia Young joined by teammates after the “miracle shot"

One topic both Becca and Michelle could agree on is their beef with a certain sports network and their coverage, or lack there of, during the most important series of the WNBA season.

From the Cheap Seats: Episode 17

This is a vlog by fans for fans, so please leave plenty of comments, questions, rants and raves, or anything else that comes to mind. And check back next weekend for another episode!

gato's picture

Sophia Young Was Robbed

MVP should have been hers...her numbers were the same if not better than Candice Parker..And..Sophia is STILL PLAYING. It was totally a "popularity" contest. BTW..Sue looked AMAZING last night..holy hell she is gorgeous.

I have every intention of using my very last ticket next Thursday night. There is no WAY last night was my last Stars Game.. I have been sitting in those seats since they got here..and I cant live with that being the last game I will see. (I should be moving to a different city within the next year). I was in tears last night.

The TW shot was back in '99. I was at that game...That was incredible.

Erin Buscher is the bionic woman!

As far as SA goes..they are TOO UNSELFISH..they are making too many passes..and passing up open shots. Then forcing too many bad shots! Then NOT REBOUNDING offensively. They do not follow their shot. Now granted..Detroit is a fast team..and SA does need to get back on defense but SOMEONE can be under the basket.

They also need to gt the fire going early..like they did with LA..they came out swinging and the last two games..they are the ones getting hit first. by a team that they handled easily every time they played over the summer. Even with Cheryl Ford.

Don't even get me started on the ref..we could be here all day.

As far as the coverage goes..WHY THE F@$K WAS SOPHIA'S SHOT NOT THE TOP PLAY OF THE DAY(or WEEK)..It was ALLLLLLL collage football ...WTF?!?! They never even mentioned the game..I was SO PISSED OFF..I wanted to see it again..because I could not believe my eyes when I saw it happen in front of me!!

It is nice to see all the other Male teams coming to the games..even though i am sure it is required..but we had the Minor league Hockey team there for game one..along with the entire Spurs team. And David Robinson who is kinda regular at the Stars games..such a great guy. Last night..there were almost 17,000 at the game. The place only holds 19,000(on a HS football friday night in SA..that is an achievment)

I have a million pics on my camera.. i will set up a flicker page and load them in for you guys to see the finals...kinda...I need to unload it before Thursday..so i have enough space for th TROPHY PRESENTATION! Thats right.. I F@$KING BELIEVE!!

I would like to tell the Stars and Cubs...Guess what..the series have started!!! You didn't work this hard to get where you are at only to get swept..COME ON!!! LETS GO!!! GAME ON!!!

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maggieyeahis's picture

Sophia young robbed? how so

"MVP should have been hers...her numbers were the same if not better than Candice Parker..And..Sophia is STILL PLAYING. It was totally a "popularity" contest."

Lets talk numbers then: in scoring for regular season CP came in at #5 Sophia #9

Rebounds: CP #1 Sophia #26

Blocks: CP #2 Sophia #40

Field goal shooting: CP #11 Sophia #27

Assists: CP #17 Sophia #36

Double Doubles: CP #1 Sophia #14

Shall I continue, b/c going by numbers Candace Parker should be MVP of the regular season.

 

On another note go SHOCK! lets go for a sweep tom.

"Come On Then Get These Good Done Debbies"

jewsbian's picture

guh

again, frack you Candace Parker. Frack you. Ridiculous. It's like no one else did anything this year but drool on the court.

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maggieyeahis's picture

ESPN classic

I get ESPN classic so I was able to watch the games when they were on that channel. I knew it was on that channel b/c a announcer during the baseball game mentioned it. That was during the LA vs SAN game I think. After that I knew that if it's not on ESPN2 then it's on classic. It should be on the ticker at the bottom though or something...or stream it live on ESPN.com.

I'm calling it now Nolan for finals MVP, or Smith but I think Nolan is going to get it if they win....which I think they will. Detroit has Beckys number and they have been calling it, and Youngs number too.

Is anyone going to watch the Elitexc mma fight tonight on CBS. Gina Carano (aka Crush from American Gladiator) is on it, and fighting against Kelly Kobald it should be good. Cyborg is also fighting tonight and I think that fight will be streaming free online b/c it's not on the main card.

"Come On Then Get These Good Done Debbies"

mysticstrangergb's picture

miracle shot

when u look at the clips of the shot i don't know if anyone else caught this but candace parker slumps to the ground in disappointment 
ugh, that makes me feel good in the inside
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JeSsIcA25's picture

Oh I can't even tell you

Oh I can't even tell you the high I was on...until last night. I screamed like you would not believe when So made that shot game 2 of the western conference finals. I admit I thought we were done. Then game three coming back at the end to win again. After losing game one in the finals I thought ok it'll be fine we'll win game 2 go to Detroit steal a game there and come back to San Antonio to win a championship on our home court. But then....game 2 happened....Not only did we lose again and are looking very much like we're going to get swept, but the entire freaking game all they talked about was Candace Parker winnin both MVP and Rookie of the Year. WTF there is a game going on and instead of showing that we have to listen to her talk? And the announcers go on and on and on about it. Just ruined my freaking week!

I do realize that I refered to the Stars as we alot as though I actually play, sadly I do not lol I still haven't completely given up hope though because if there is any team in the WNBA that can come back and still win it all it is San Antonio.

Xenite29's picture

No Sweep!!!

The Shock are in NOOOO way going to sweep the Stars!!  Katie Smith may be deadly, but so is Becky!  Detroits  huddles must be pretty short and simple..."Get Becky, Get Becky!!"  LOL.  I have the Stars in 5!!

Parker...Ewwww!  Of the games I DID see her play in (mostly NY And SA Games) She did nothing.  Or so it seemed.  Becca's right...everyones drooling over parker...I just don't see why!  Good player she is..but just don't see it.

ESPN---I Taped game 3 (NY/DET) On ESPN2.  All Baseball untill like the last 10mins of the 4th!  UNREAL! LOL.  Something has definitely got to be done about that!  But atleast they were nice enough to go back a forth every once and awhile! LOL.

Can't wait for tomorrows game!!  I'm either gonna be real happy...or boith of my fists are going to be hurtin. LOL!

WNBA LOVE ALL! :-))

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notunderpressure's picture

i don't think parker is overrated...

hi everyone, i'm a seattle storm fan and really really really don't like lisa leslie, but... I have to say... candice parker it is a damn good player. i saw her paly just in few games plus the olympics, maybe she is not spectacular and you go away thinking "she did nothing"... but then you look at the numbers and you get it.

do you see how hard they should defense on her? how good are her foundamentals? she can handle the ball in pretty much every situation, she plays for the team... and she's a rookie. in my opinion she really is a great player. maybe the way media and tv talk about her is annoying, i agree, but she is still a good player... i wouldn't mind to see parker+jackson in a dreaming storm team :)

btw... go stars! :)))

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maggieyeahis's picture

Detroit won what a shock...

NOT!!!! I know LA would have won at least one game unlike SAN.

And to all the CP3 haters get over it she's good look at her stats. Katie Smith should be MVP of the finals. 

"Come On Then Get These Good Done Debbies"

hugAnerd's picture

DEEEEEEEEEE-Troit Bas-ket-ball!!!!!!!!!!!

and that's all i have to say about that

silver179951's picture

MVP

MVP should have to gone to Whalen, hands down. This was supposed to be Conneticut's rebuilding year. Whalen had no super stars to help her out. I love So, but Whalen deserves it. Peoples argument against So getting it was that she is surrounded by stars. um helllloooo, have you seen La's starters? it makes no sense that Parker got it when she has 2 other gold medalists playing right beside her. MVP doesnt stand for Most Valuable Player this year, it stands for Most Valuable Profit-maker.

The stars had a great run this season, and im so proud of them. It was sad to see them lose after dominating the east all regular season (14-0) but there is always next season.

Also, those are some U-G-L-Y hats.

So's shot in game 2 nearly killed me. The crowd went insane after it went in, it was fantastic.

maggieyeahis's picture

Whalen MVP, well she did come in 2nd

Once again lets talk numbers

Scoring in regular season: CP3 #5 (as of today thats interesting but whatever) Whalen #22

Rebounds: CP3 #1 Whalen #27

Blocks: CP3#2 Whalen #156 (now thats just sad)

Field Goal Shooting CP3# 11 Whalen #40

Assists: CP3# 17 Whalen #1 (kudos!)

Double Doubles: CP3# 1 Whalen #26

Point is going by stats Whalen should not be MVP of the season over CP3

Now if any should have a shot at beating CP3 it would be DT, b/c she's just that good.

The numbers don't lie

"Come On Then Get These Good Done Debbies"

silver179951's picture

not all about the numbers

being the MVP is about who is the most valuable to their team, not who puts up the most stats. without Whalen, the Sun would be no where, La might not have been as good without CP3, but they would have survived. if the MVP was decided by the coachs/players (people who see the players for what they are, not all the hype) it would have gone to Whalen. but because the winner is decided mostly by the media (who pays the most attention to the hype, making history, etc.) it went to CP3. I'm not saying she didnt have a great year or that she isnt a good player, she had a phenomenal year (especially for a rookie) and she's a great player, but Whalen was more valuable to her team, which is what the MVP award is all about.
maggieyeahis's picture

....

CP3 is not all hype. Whalen is a good player no doubt, and she is very valuable to her team. Do you think MVP has to be well rounded? If so then Whalen lacked in the defense department. She's not know as a play who blocks shots and that does come in handy during crunch time. Not to mention that CP3 can play all positions. If both of them were really that good then their teams would have won the Finals, but that goes to show that it takes more then one person. As far as LA having good players to help CP3..... last time I checked the Sun also had good players on their team. At least they had a better point gaurd then LA.

"Come On Then Get These Good Done Debbies"

gato's picture

What a devistating weekend

First to watch the Cubs magical season explode in my face..and then ..ugh...Stars...I was in tears and angry at the same time. When I left game two..i was in tears..I really did not want that to be my last Stars game..I may be moving and have been in those seats since they arrived on SA..it would have been perfect to leave with a championship. I took so many shots the other night..including one of my seats. My wonderful 6th row seats that I have practically broken in all the excitement of the last two weeks and then collapsed into by crushing defeat that was the finals.

The pure energy and high from the WC games..was unreal..A high I was ready to stay on for ever.But you can't win if you don't show up..and they didn't show up...that was not the same team that DOMINATED the Eastern Conference all summer. And to top it off..a sweep...wtf?!?! I am still crushed..it still hurts.. i will be saving my unused Game Five ticket. A reminder of the one that got away. I hope that where ever I am next summer I can make a few trips back to see this fantastic team. (If I am still here for some reason.. I am already IN.)

Thanks for a great ride Ladies!!

 

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IQ007's picture

I was also rooting for SA, I

I was also rooting for SA, I really thought they were going to dominate...they were playing so well on their way to the Finals.
vannie2's picture

GET OVER YOURSELVES

Candace Parker was the best rookie and league MVP... the stats support it, and she is an outstanding player who has the fundamentals and court sense of a seasoned veteran.


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