This would have been a horrible momentum stopper, ... Horrible. We talked about that before the game. They are struggling but they have a lot of pride and they aren't just going to lie down for anyone.

Usually Temeka is able to go by you. But her pull-up jump shot . . . it's amazing how she can get it off on bigger people, ... She's done that to people 6-foot, 6-1.

[Donna Orender, who took over as president of the WNBA this year from Val Ackerman, challenges Swoopes's observations, noting:] If anything, the league has more momentum than we've ever had. Our attendance is flat, but we've generated at least 10 new sponsorships in each of our markets and we're holding our own with regards to television. At the end of the day, we will have drawn more than two million fans. ... The key to growth is getting more games on television.

That is the best we've executed on offense all season, ... We were hot and putting down all of our shots. I wasn't sure where we'd be with this being the last game of a long trip, but we held on.

Tamika Catchings proved she is one of the best, ... She made the big, clutch plays.

We have to win our games at home with five of those last seven games on the road, ... We have to beat Indiana and Connecticut in these next two games.