Auburn Hills-- The Detroit Shock used Andrea Stinson's veteran leadership to salvage a victory. Stinson made a pair of 3-pointers in the final 3:11 and the Shock scored the last 16 points to defeat the San Antonio Silver Stars, 74-65. In her third game with Detroit after eight seasons with Charlotte, Stinson sank a 3-pointer with 3:11 remaining, cutting the deficit to 65-61. Kara Braxton made a layup with 2:39 to go and Cheryl Ford made 1-of-2 free throws with 1:52 left to bring the Shock within one.

Braxton hit a turnaround jumper to give Detroit a 66-65 lead with 1:22 remaining. After LaToya Thomas committed a turnover for San Antonio, Stinson hit another shot from the arc with 57 seconds to play. Ford scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Detroit, which had five scorers in double figures. Deanna Nolan and and Elaine Powell added 11 points apiece for the Shock (3-0). Detroit had a 37-26 rebounding edge and won its sixth straight regular season game dating to last year.

Thomas and Wendy Palmer scored 16 points each for the Silver Stars (0-2), who shot just 31 percent (10-of-32) from the floor in the second half and lost their fifth straight meeting with Detroit.