Jackson

July 23, 2007

Lauren Jackson

Jackson averaged 23.4 ppg and 12.2 rpg while shooting 48.9 percent from the field and 86.4 percent from behind the free-throw line as Seattle posted key road wins at Los Angeles and New York during the two-week span. She poured in 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in her first game after the All-Star break, a loss in Phoenix on July 17, and pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds to go with 23 points in the Storm’s win at New York on July 22. Jackson has posted double-doubles in nine of the last 13 games and has a league-high 13 double-doubles on the season.

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A seven-year veteran and the league’s MVP in 2003, Jackson is once again building a solid MVP campaign by posting some of the best numbers of her career. She currently leads the league in scoring at a career-high 22.8 ppg, and ranks second in both rebounding (10.0 rpg) and blocked shots (2.05 bpg). Jackson also stands among the league leaders in all three shooting categories, ranking fourth in field-goal percentage (.507), tied for 18th in three-point percentage (.391) and eighth in free-throw percentage (.873). Jackson joins Detroit’s Cheryl Ford as the only players in the league this season currently averaging a double-double.

The Connecticut Sun’s Lindsay Whalen was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Other candidates for WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Detroit’s Deanna Nolan, Houston’s Tina Thompson, Indiana’s Tamika Catchings, Minnesota’s Seimone Augustus, Phoenix’s Penny Taylor, Sacramento’s Kara Lawson, San Antonio’s Sophia Young and Washington’s DeLisha Milton-Jones.