Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor says, "I think that our team at one time was humming. We're (now) about four or five points away from where we want to be. Our losses indicate we're a long ways from where we want to be, but we're not. I told our team that this series would be decided on three possessions ... We're not that far off." More


Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael Cooper says, “[Minnesota] is going to be a tough team. Any team as scrappy as they are, especially making their first playoff appearance, is going to come and give us all that we can handle. It’s going to be up to us to get our game plan down, both offensively and defensively, and go up to Minnesota and compete against them.” More


Cleveland Rockers coach Dan Hughes says, "We’re playing the best basketball we’ve played all year. We’ve pretty much been in a playoff mode for over two weeks now because we’ve encountered so many teams in the playoff race. Our players know what it means to be playing meaningful games this year, and that’s an asset as you go in to the playoffs ..." More


Charlotte Sting coach Trudi Lacey says, "We must stop Connecticut's perimeter game and not give them any wide open three-pointers and keep Taj [McWilliams-Franklin] off the board. We need to rebound, rebound, rebound. It's a possession game and we can't afford turnovers." More



Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer says, "Our strengths all year have been our transition game, our rebounding and our interior post play. Those are the three things that have carried us all year long, and I expect more of the same in the playoffs if we are to be successful.” More



Minnesota Lynx coach Suzie McConnell Serio says, "(The Sparks) are the two-time defending champs. They are a team that has so many weapons – inside, outside. We have to respect everyone. We’re an underdog and we’re going to go in and try to play our best basketball against them ... We’re going to play our hearts out and leave everything on the floor and see what happens ..." More