The Shock defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars 76-60 earlier this afternoon, earning the sweep and picking up their third title in six years:
Detroit swept the league’s best regular-season team, winning the clincher at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center, a venue forced upon them because of a scheduling conflict.
For Smith, the Finals MVP, the win meant a league championship less than two months after she and her U.S. teammates took gold in Beijing.
“Everybody battles on this team,” she said.
Smith was lifted from the game with time running out as coach Bill Laimbeer emptied his bench to the ear-splitting delight of the crowd.
It was justice pure and simple. So many stuff that went against the Shock this year. They got the short end of the stick twice both involving our darling Planette Pierson. But god blessed her she was still standing after all that.
Shock to win Championship in 2009?
Without Cheryl Ford. The Shock are just too good. I think when Katie Smith is gone they can still do it because Nolan will step up and Ford should be counted on as well for much more.
Its so easy to draft a really good player because the league is so small as well. Guards are plentiful!
What was the scheduling conflict that made the Shock move the game to Eastern?
I really love Candace Parker’s game, but there is no way in my opinion that she deserved MVP over say Tweety or Katie.
Congrads to Bad Boy Bill, Filthy McNasty, the lady ballers, all Shock personnel and Mr. D. for his 6th pro hoops crown.
Here’s hoping that Joe D., MC and crew can change 6 Championship Drive to 7 Championship Drive before the Shock start their 2009 season.
Is it wrong to admit the only reason i haven’t posted about how freaking awesome this was is that i was STILL hung over for the massive party we threw in an abandoned Canadian sports-bar after FORCING the owner to put the Shock game on?
I mean you lose all street cred when you get ripped watching a WNBA playoff game right?
^ I can’t really argue against that point.
Congrats to them tho, along with Laimbeer.
PG4L - I dunno. I think you did the right thing. I still think you need to make a blog about the Shock.
@ Mike. Candace Parker played all the College Season hurt. All the WNBA hurt. All of the Olympics hurt. Imagine if she was 1. 100%
2. Didnt play 40 games in a college season.
She was and is the MVP for a long time to come.
Rob G, as has been demonstrated on this site and others MANY MANY MANY times, I do not have the necissary temperment for blogging. It takes a special kind a resolve to come back polite, eager and smiling time and time again no matter what kind of insane nonsense the internets spew at you and frankly Sir, I do not have that resolved… It’s one thing to be a “random shark in the electronic waters” yelling at someone who’s made you mad… it’s quite another to INVITE people to read your ramblings and then yell at them for what they say in response…
You think more highly of my character than I do, clearly.
Thanks for the nice words though, i appreciate much