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Live thread: Eastern Conference Semifinals - Atlanta vs. Washington, Game 2

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Who: #1 Washington Mystics vs. #4 Atlanta Dream

What: It's Atlanta's turn to play host after snatching a road victory from the Mystics to start the series, winning Game 1 by a score of 95-90 on Wedesday evening

Where: Philips Arena - Atlanta, Georgia 7:30 p.m. est || NBA TV || LiveAccess 

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Welcome to Game 2!

Feel free to comment above in the cover it live chat window OR right here in the traditional Swish Appeal thread format!! 15 minutes to tip :)

annnd I'm here
Hellloooooo :)
I didn't think I was going to make it home in time

I’m out of breath

LaChina follows me on twitter

not sure why…

Hellooooo

I’m here.

hi there

frienemy…

For the next 2 hours or so...

yes :)

I may just stick to the thread, since this is where I'm at my wittiest

Wherever you prefer!!

I mean I'll pop in on both

you’ll need to keep up with petrel’s barbs. lol

I'm too slow for this

I can’t mentally handle multitasking

So then how witty can you really be?

they're going with the smaller lineup again?
kick ball to start...
and Katie Smith has been off from three

and it’s already physical. this is gonna be fun…

I think if Mo Currie can have a good game

this will be drastically different from the first game

I wonder how many times Lachina will say

“you have to stay in her shorts…” I’m waiting for it.

dont insult my follower

or insult her. I don’t know her.

ok, I like this aggression to start the game

Lang gets the big offensive rebound and puts in Mo’s miss

GREAT decision to start Sanford

she is hustling out there

OO Lang

that was ugly but it went in. total reversal.

AND ONE

Mo Currie.

Why did NBA-TV take away the score and game clock?
they suck?
Game 1

there was no game clock. This game, there’s nothing now…when it was there in the beginning

2nd PF on Smith
Ajavon comes off the bench kinda early

but I can’t complain. I like her spunk.

also we had a chat on twitter
man, Miller is gooood.
Lang is gonna have a helluva game

she’s already got 6

Yep yep...

I think you’re right… Mystics look ready tonight (unlike game 1)

oh lord game 1 was embarrassing

they were not pleased with themselves.

Good

they shouldn’t have been!

oooo Ajavon to Melvin

that was a slick pass

the Shake Weight commercial for men

is so awkward

No kiddin...
Ditto.

I creeps me out every time I see it. Ew.

I just love how Izi shoots her free throws off center
I'd probably have to do that too
Angel gets the steal
then a block

I don’t know about her defensive numbers, but she is one of the best defenders in this league..

Melvin with the big offensive board
OT: Lisa's headed to Beck's speech tomorrow
you know I am

with my racist posters ready to wave

Mostly I just wanted to call you a racist
thank you, I think we got it.

sheesh.

Harding with a big three

she had a bad night on Wednesday. I’m glad to see the girls shaking off the loss and bringing their game tonight.

This is gonna be a good series

David Aldridge said in his recap that he likes the 3 game format… but I kinda wish this series was 5…

I'd rather all rounds be best of five.
someone needs to keep smacking me

I am falling asleep on the couch here

*blows vuvuzela*
I would murder you

straight up. I hate those things.

Too easy.
elaborate

for those of us that are tired.

Stop baiting me into Star Wars references

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4uC4UcfiTg

your destiny lies with me

skywalker

Someone snuck one into MSG last night.
next time out, Plank needs to discuss

how to stop Angel.

Smith just snagged that rebound

out of thin air

#1 reason I miss New York?

Thai delivery. son of a…

Come back...
nah

the shittiness of everything else far outweighs the lack of delivery at my house

It's okay, NY doesn't want you back either.

:P

Man I love New Yorkers lol
why don't you marry them then?
Sort of off topic..

But Coach Meadors’ outfits remind me of what Patty Coyle used to wear when she coached NYL

AHAHAHAHHAHA

the kid behind the announcers

Wonder how many frequent flyer miles Prez. Orender has
I wish she would transer some to me!

hell. *transFer

see?

multitasking is hard.

you're not alone. i could use some of them too.
O Rly?

To get to Yard Dawgz games, huh?

Mmhmm...

See if Seattle fans will be excited to ‘steal’ an OKC team… hey…it would at least give KeyArena another tenant, sice you seem to be missing something up there ;)

Other than the 2010 WNBA Championship trophy

I have no idea what you mean

Presumptuous much?

Or did you really mean the 2011 NBA trophy maybe? #ThunderUP

Wanting to get punched in the face much?
now who's getting violent?
It's self-defense in my case.

Assaulting team stealers is protected by the constitution.

Yeah meaniehead :P
I've decided I'm going to get Marissa's jersey

that way both my jerseys will be #4

I'm going to tell j-mac you're cheating on her
she has no effing idea who I am

NONE. my life is a waste.

But she did tweet you.

That one time.

because I pouted.
why is ATL ahead?

what the…

their game just pulled into the arena

Mystics in trouble.

shhhhh

it’s not trouble yet.

Shake Weight...

…. lol

The guy getting done and saying, “OOO! That’s it!”

What on earth? Male fans, where you at!

that's the part that gets me every time

don’t want to know what’s happening in his pants.

I'm a guy
I'm sure you've already got your Shake Weight ordered then...
shake...weight?
The kid behind Donna...

wagging his tongue. LOL.

Lang slipped

where is that stupid swiffer kid??!?!

son of a b...

Marissa should have let it go

oh man

the momentum shifted completely

hm.

lid on the basket for the Mystics?

this is becoming painful to watch

dang it

Not yet

That was Ind-NYL… this is still the sport of basketball…

You mean the "tackle basketball" game at MSG last night?
Exactly.
I thought Powell was going to spit glass at Sue last night.

I then told her to bring that same fire into game 2.

come ON Mystics

WHERE DID YOU GO

Price just dove on top of Ajavon
oh my goodness.

they still haven’t scored.

There's a lid on the Mystics' basket.
STOP SHOOTING THREES

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY.

It's you

They’ve adopted the Liberty’s approach of making you write to tell them to stop hitting jumpers…

stop blaming me

pleeeeeeeeeease

Nah this one isn't on you.

The Styx’s game decided to head back to DC without them.

I have a headache.
WHAT THE HELLLLLL
I CANT WATCH ANYMORE
My. Lord.

This isn’t a clinic…that usually involves participation on both sides.

This is a Hubie Brown instructional video with the help of cones…

I love Pres. Orender's optimism!
THANK GOD

Katie Smith saves the day

And Smith scores...
WHEW

Melvin. that’s two.

Coleman has got to stop jacking up 3's
Lang gets the and-1

a little bright spot

Izi...

What on earth…??

she is on my hit list.
Washington won 22 games all season

To which I say
really?

I think ATL has woken up from the coma the Storm put them in

when they were 6-0

wtf is Melvin doing

shooting 3s?

Oh dear

A mystics fan

I salute you for being here

for being here?

this is my thread, darling.

oh, you called me darling

i’m touched

I'm sweet like that
Well... the Dream can't keep this up...

…can they?

Can you call this an upset?

I don’t want to.

Well..

Not really…hard to say…

quite honestly, i was expecting Atlanta to lead the East at the end
I think a lot of people were...

But New York and Washington went on runs…

And Indiana is Indiana.. just a tough conference..

Watching the halftime stuff...

And it’s my first time hearing Coco speak.

selected by the mystics in the 2001 draft

the irony

This is why....

I think that the WNBA should let everyone in the damn playoffs. I think there could be some sleeper upsets in the playoffs with everyone getting in & it will keep the excitement of the season going for fans. NBA #1 seeds get bounced every blue moon by the lowest see but not too often. NY should be ashamed of themselves if they lose tonight. Matter of fact they should be banned from postseason play next year NCAA style for rolling over like this.

You're confusing NY with WAS?
NY ain't playin' tonight

And a poor regular season should not be rewarded with postseason success.

Well....

They let the teams from the West in and they epitomized poor… Outside of Seattle in the West the records are pretty umm shall we say “piss poor”

yeah

but what are you gonna do? The top 4 seeds automatically qualify

I think an argument could be made for a round robin tournament system

The thing is, in a 34 game season with players missing the short pre-season due to overseas play, a lot of teams peaked in August (even if they were generally bad)… so I can see 112575’s point…

typo...

my bad…I still have that game from the other day on my brain..its permanently etched in

That's called PTSD

You need help child.

I'm back

with food

please don't get indigestion
I'm already ill
*passes you some ice cream*
already had some earlier

it was delicious.

ice cream's not good for you
as a storm fan, i must tell you

There will be better years in the future. Two times in a row i had to watch my team work so hard in the regular season, only to succumb to injury and fall to a team that everyone knew wasn’t going to win a title. Keep your head up; you’ve had a terrific regular season turnaround, and true competitors will face adversity and grow from experience.

that's kind of you to say

well you seem like a nice person, and it’s not fun seeing you like this

I am nice sometimes.

but only sometimes.

I'll downgrade that to rarely
sounds like you two are friends
you might say that

or you might say mortal enemies….

Damn man...

There’s 20 minutes left lol

if Atlanta loses this game

they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs

You never know....

WAS cannot continue to play this poorly…

hope you're right
Comfort food I hope.

That was rough. Ouch.

my dad is hysterical

“Lachina? how embarrassing. we should have named you Lapoland… or Laburke.”

Every time I hear that name...

I automatically think wrestler

OK Mystics...

Let’s recover some dignity…

not how you start.
How would you describe your team's defense this season?
inconsistent.
That's the real problem

When it comes to offense, it can sometimes be a matter of just how hot you get in stretches. But you can always play defense.

they got thrown off by Atlanta's small lineup on Wednesday

today there is no excuse.

Maybe this just isn't their night...
Maybe??

Uhh its ova man.. Like I said.. ban on next years playoffs

Come on, hater!

You can’t ban #1… now the other EC series needs to be cut short…

dude

i don’t think you even know what you’re saying

...

I am assuming you were referring to me with your comment and I am very aware of what I’m saying. It may sound crazy but I guarantee they would never ever put out this type of lackluster performance again with my idea.

Stop. Shooting. Lindsey.
frustration foul??

STOP IT. seriously.

So basically Lyttle's foul trouble was just rest...

sad…

why do I feel like I'm watching the Mavericks

allllll over again?

All too easy.
I know.

just hit me while I’m down, dude.

Gladly.

Ready to say, “We Believe” yet?

no. no I'm not.
More like "We Suck"

Where’s Golden State now?

I like you, WaveOcean.
I don't ;)

He’s asking for a ban :) j/k

careful...

he’s only half kidding. Q isn’t above that sort of tomfoolery.

are you a fan of golden state?
he is.

don’t get him started.

Sadly...

I have to live with that curse, yes.

well, i'm a cavs fan

how about that?

I'm sorry for your loss
You got to the Finals..

Albeit one of the most boring Finals ever… but it was the Finals and it wasn’t 1975…

best season ever!
hahaha

I hope you enjoy Antawn’s decrepit corpse.

I’m sorry I have to take satisfaction in your pain.

i actually preferred him over Amare during the spring

little did i know…

is there a receipt with that trade? You can have this choke artist back; we don’t want him anymore.

I think when all the pundits were like

hey he provides that 3 point shooting ability….

and everyone in DC was like….wait what?

I sometimes wonder how many of those pundits watch the games...

Synergy is a helluva drug….

AJ was a class act

I will always like him. But both he and Caron has obviously lost a step last year.

One thing the W's are good at:

Drafting class acts – from Todd Fuller to Adonal Foyle to Ekpe Udoh

Why did you pick Foyle over McGrady?
Why did we trade Jason Terry for Mookie Blaylock?

The world may never know the answer to these and many other Warriors related questions.

Pride of Colgate University!

My father’s favorite player!
Dominator of the Patriot League!

Adonal Foyle!

Nobody thought it was a bad trade at the time

But I must say as a W’s fan I chuckled a little..

lol

Oh Antawn…

I truly hope that one day he learns to play defense as well as anyone on the Mystics roster…

no, no no

There is no comparison between the two series. I picked Atlanta to win the East earlier in the season AND get the #1 seed. I’m not sold on New York. You’re playing the best rebounding team in the WNBA. The Warriors were just globetrotters shoot-and-let-shoot kind of team, who were lucky to have a coach who knew the Mavs inside and out.

I wasn't even talking about that series.

because Q derives so much satisfaction from it. I was referring to the Spurs series this past year. vomit.

I agree..

No basketball comparison really…

I was just thinking the first round upset aspect.. and since i take everything as a Warriors reference…

because you're a giant tool...
there we go Smith
OHHHH Angel has 4 fouls?!?!?!

that could be huge.

you know what?

just keep drawing fouls. I’ll take it.

If they're going to get back in it

that’s a good start

This game is almost the carbon copy of game one

Make Currie and Harding beat you. Limit the damage of Langhorne. It’s worked both times.

welcome to the party
I hate this party

If Coleman and Ajavon won’t bail them out, well I think they are toast.

I throw really depressing parties

get used to it.

Yikes...

I never thought someone would be forced to rely on Ajavon to bail them out of a playoff deficit….

she and Coleman were HUGE Wednesday
Yep

Just strange to read :)

I think the Dream learned to let Ajavon

go 1 on 5 every time she had the ball.

Which is a good plan
Ajavon reminds me a lot of Nick Young

and that is not a good thing.

Nick Young...

smh..

Sometimes I think drafting has become less sophisticated by the year…

7890 attendance...
you are not gonna win shooting 27%
Esp not when atl is shooting 57%
wow the Dream's shooting %

is up 5% from game one!

imagine if the Dream were hitting their FTs?
That frightens me.
yeah tell me about it
so...

You’re also a Liberty fan?

I have no idea why the Mystics

can’t handle the constant switching of the Dream. It isn’t exactly rocket science.

I think at this point they're just mentally done

The Dream will have to have a letdown and revive them at this point…

I just hope that the players

don’t blame it on their “youth.” The veterans are to blame for this series.

Their defense is to blame
Yeah - they just didn't show up...

But you the ironic thing is this is what you would have expected beginning of season – Dream #1, Wash #4 and a huge gulf between them.

Plank gets big credit for maximizing the talent of this team..

The Dream would have to put up a bagel from here on out

Washington would need to score 34 points with this much time remaining, which is nearly impossible to do under any circumstances. They’ve only scored 34 so far.

What will become of Gilbert?
I'm just hanging out with my dogs now.

this is awful.

These homer announcers

are just salt in the wound

ESPN2 is only showing the Western playoffs right now
Cause Seattle and Phoenix are where it's at

Can you imagine a Conference Finals like that? Best record in the NBA vs the defending champs. It’ll be like LA vs SAC all over again!

I AM NOT IN A GOOD MOOD HERE PEOPLE

NOT AT ALL.

calm down

listen to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73uOy767ao8

wow.

just… wow.
though Efron is hot.

well I think I get the gist of the story I need to write tomorrow

for SB Nation DC. It will be short and to the point.

I'm not writing shit.

Q can kiss my ass.

lol

Can you post the fanshot to Sean’s post?

NEVER

yeah ok.

sigh

it would get more traffic here than on the home site.

stupid SBNDC
hey now

at least we cover our wnba team

ehhhh
shhhhhh

we are trying. it’s a learning experience.

I've seen Indiana with some coverage...

Phx
Washington
Atlanta…

you do?

That’s great…Seattle doesn’t do that. And some NBA fans are so apathetic to their home WNBA teams.

uh oh Q

you just got called out.

Yeah - guess we really gotta gotta step up...
That's true...

And this game won’t help build that audience… :/

it can

if written humorously.

with pictures of boobies
Such a pathetic world we live in...
boobies...
That increased our SEO

A million-fold

make sure to adjust the permalink!
I'm thinking Dream and the key keyword

with a picture of Leuchanka

god I hate the Russian

I hate her so much. LJ knows how much.

Hate.

Boy am I glad to have Lauren Jackson healthy this year
what we really need

is more 25-35 yr old white dudes writing for the site.

hahahaha

what about moderately attractive 25 yo white girls?

who?

you can get Katie Carrera to write for us?

and now

I slit my wrists.

is that what you are?
you be the judge of that

avatar…

i like your smile
easy killer

thanks :)

No.......this picture is cut off

I'm not even watching the game anymore.

my bad.

Matee! with the comeback!
this is awful

I hate my life.

so yeah...how are you also a liberty fan?
they were the first team I covered this year

before I moved home to VA

"You're playing for your pride here"?

No shit.

How are there still 8 minutes left?

This sucks

COLEMAN

I love her

who do you want to win the west?
I don't give a shit about the west
this is irresponisble

what if kids read this page?

as I said

my thread? my rules.

i thought this was freelantz's thread
she did indeed schedule it

but I cover the Mystics for swishappeal. are you trying to start a fight here?

now why would i want to hit a lady?
I dunno man

 you might

well, i wouldn't
good to know then
LJRotter,

i know it’s hard for you to imagine that there are people in laughing and joking moods right now. Things will get better someday.

ah WaveOcean

you know nothing about me. I am just fine. sarcastic, but fine.

i'm glad

it’s true, we just met

I would not want to be in the same room

with Julie Plank

she may be small

but she’s fierce.

For Sean

They’re blaming it on being a young team!

pffft

look at the fight the young thunder gave the lakers

Exactly...

And their vets haven’t exactly been productive…

Yeah, I'm not sure why this storyline

keeps getting pushed. Harding and Currie have been ice cold. Katie Smith is a non-person.

Matee said DON'T HELP ME YOU JERK
In fact it's time to take Katie Smith out back

like Old Yeller

HEY

no killing of players

for the love of...
target practice
Matee gets my vote for player of the game.
Seriously

I’m not even sure what to write. Every single adjustment the players talked about making after game one they failed to make. Didn’t stop transition baskets… Didn’t stop the small lineup….

so write that

they are LIARS.

lol

Yeah – here’s what they said they would do… here’s what actually happened…

Coach Plank on Monday

You don’t win games in the regular season, especially the playoffs, letting them score 95 points.

hmmmmm

It might be time to turn this off

and have a session with the ol’ shake-weight

hahaha

gross…

what's shake weight?
There's what you should write about...

Think SEO… and LJRotter’s keyword… and Russian blondes…

that might be a bit meta

for Mike. But you’re right.

Ode to the shake-weight
Picture of Leuchanka
Boobies in the permalink

Maybe a picture of Lisa crying while eating.

Gold.

I can send you that in a minute
Make it provocative...

THis one needs all the help it can get…

haha

that’s my specialty.

make sure you're wearing those

ridiculous shoes. Maybe you blinded Currie and Harding in game one with those things.

ouch, Sean

ouch.

This game is tearing DC apart...

Like the Norv Turner-Heath Shuler Redskins era!

Lisa is the Jim Zorn

to my Dan Snyder

really?

REALLY?

Ok more like the Brian Westbrook

to my Gus Frerotte

Wow...

That team’s history is giving me nightmares…

Matee Ajavon is the only one playing

the ONLY one.

everyone else has packed their bags and headed to the airport.
if you were on a team that just got eliminated, where would you go after losing?

Jamaica? Hawaii? Puerto Rico?

I'd hit the casino with Coco Miller

because she is playing with house money

Hey sean who are you gonna root for here on out?
Honestly?

Not sure yet. Probably the Dream as they put on quite a performance.

WaveOcean

SBN Seattle will be sure to watch SBN DC to learn how to cover the WNBA

I hope so
honey

he is being sarcastic. he runs this website as well as SBN Seattle.

Well...

I don’t run it…but I think we’ve made a concerted effort to cover the best team in Seattle history on SBN…

start by giving them their own tab
none of them have a tab
well they should
Any other feedback on what you'd like to see on SBN Seattle..

Just let me know.

Nah man..

Peep out SBN LA.. You know the LA folks got it rockin the way it should be done :)

Again - another site I will look at for examples of WNBA coverage
haha

They got the TIP TOP coverage baby; on top of every last detail and their in depth interviews with the players is on point..

CoCo Miller

I am not pleased with you right now.

whatever...

they’ll get a shock in the ECF.

where the heck's petrel?
on the CoverItLive feed
wait till he gets here
annnnnd now I jump back on the Lib bandwagon.

I suck.

Happy you could join me.
LET'S GO STORM

BEAT LA

alrighty, time to start drinking

at least this prepared me for writing about the Wizards this year

i'm gonna miss having your guys' number
Hopefully another former Terp won't suffer the same fate tomorrow...
well folks, it's been real tonight.

now I’m going to watch my ’Skins

Does anyone expect any major changes to Washington?

Harding should be resigned, Ajavon needs to go, and Smith should be a backup (if she comes back).

With Alana Beard coming back...

I’d keep as much as possible intact…

Duke legacy

Currie and Harding still have that post-season monkey on their back.

Back home, obviously.

And one happy pappy. Will the Dream be sleepless…in Seattle? We can only keep dreaming! Congratulations Dream!!

So presumptuous...

On so many levels… ;)

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