It's definitely a surreal feeling. There are a lot of teams in the WNBA that just said, 'Whew, Seattle lost!' – I can tell you that much. That's what makes this hurt – we had an opportunity to do some great things and defend our title but we didn't.
"Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird" is an American-Israeli professional basketball/women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and UMMC Ekaterinburg.
In high school, she was the New York State Player of the Year, the New York Daily News Player of the Year, and a Women's Basketball Coaches Association/WBCA All-American. In her senior year at undefeated UConn in 2002, she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith College Coach of the Year/Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She finished her UConn career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage, second in assists and steals, and as a three-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation, while leading her team to a record of 114–4.
The Seattle Storm selected Bird with the first overall pick of the 2002 WNBA Draft, and she has been a seven-time WNBA All-Star. She is one of 9 women to win an Olympic Gold Medal, an NCAA Championship, and a WNBA Championship. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time.
More Sue Bird on Wikipedia.You could hear coach Chancellor on the sidelines calling her number, calling her play. She just did a great job.
It's not a matchup between Izzy and Sheryl.
It was important to us because you want to have a good vibe going in. We're still going to go out tonight and have a good time; I'm sure (Taurasi) won't hold it against me. I'm sure she would have tried to kick my butt if the roles were reversed, anyway.
I haven't thought about last year at all. We've had to play as the defending champions all year and I don't think any team is going to be looking at us thinking that.
If we could have just taken care of business, we could have moved on. I'm just going to let this one bother me a little bit more.
In general, living in a foreign country has been amazing. To experience a new culture, attempt to learn a new language, try new foods. It's something I'll always be grateful for.
We talk about it and we actually did it this time. When a player's out, you have to kind of forget about her in a way, you have to focus on who can play and go into the game with those players. But now that Betty's back I can definitely say honestly that we definitely missed her, and it was good to see her play the way she did, especially on her first time out.
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