MIchelle Snow of the Houston Comets checked in to answer some questions from her WNBA.com Playoffs Mailbox. Here's what she had to say during the Comets' first round series against the Sacramento Monarchs.

Snow and Co. will try to eliminate the Monarchs tonight at 9 p.m. ET (TV: Oxygen).
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I'm a huge fan of the Comets and I would like to say that you have had a tremendous season. The Comets are a better team, the better you play! My question is, what are the top three (3) things that Houston needs or needs to do in order to make it to the Western Conference Finals & beat Sacramento? Keep up the excellent play & GO COMETS!!!!!
-- Chris (Tallahassee, FL)

Snow: "We've got to rebound, we have to play defense and I think we have to run. If we run and play together, we'll be fine. That's when we're at our best."


Hi Michelle. I was wondering what did you do in the off season to boost your skills and confidence? You are playing with much more focus this year! Good luck in the playoffs!
-- Lisa (Atlanta, GA)

Snow: "I've done the same thing I've done every year in the past. I think this year it wasn't a matter of me being more focused, I think it was my having more confidence."


Michelle, I have been a fan of the Comets since they have came into existence. Do you think that the Houston Comets has what it takes to Bounce back and Take it all this year?
-- Tonja (Killeen, TX)

Snow: "Definitely. I think we've got what it takes. This team has shown no matter what adversities it has faced this season, and we went through a lot, we have always bounced back and we've always found a way to keep fighting. And we've shown a lot of heart."


What do the Comets need to do to shake the slump that have been in the last 5 games of the regular season? Can we expect to see a different Comet team in the postseason play?
-- Brenda (Virginia Beach, VA)

Snow: "I don't think it was really a slump. Those five games were all close and we were right there. We were maybe missing one component, one or two plays a game. Sometimes you're going to come up short; you can't win them all. We didn't get blown out of any of those games."


WAS HOPING I WAS GOING TO GET TO SEE YOU DUNK ON LESLIE LAST NIGHT... ANXIOUSLY AWAITING!! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MATCHING UP WITH YOLANDA AND TANGELA IN THE FIRST ROUND?
-- GREG (Dallas, TX)

Snow: "I think it's a great matchup with both of those players. They have a great inside game. I think our inside game has to come out focused to play some great defense, rebound and box out against those two."


As a second year player what do you feel has been your biggest contribution to the league? How can you help the comets bring the title back to houston?
-- Senia (Charleroi, PA)

Snow: "I don't know what type of contribution I've made to the league, but I can say what I bring to the Comets is rebounding, interior defense, and the ability to run the floor. There are a lot of different things I like to do - the intangibles - that sometimes don't show up in the stat sheets. I think the biggest thing I can do is play hard every play."