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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 5289787, member: 6620"] I've ended up watching a few/portions of a few Mercury games the last few weeks and what strikes me is how they're increasingly getting production from the slew of players that are either "international" or those that made their bread and butter in international markets After getting used to the pace, calls and ebb and flow of the W, the Mercury seem to have one or two of their "misfit toys" step up every game to support/complement the Merc stars who are in the lineup. Last night, without AT, who facilitates so much of the Merc offense, they fell behind bigtime early. But they calmly chipped back bit by bit, with key 15-point contributions by Kitija Laska (early) and Kat Westbeld (second half). Sabally, of course, is leader of the pack, but she gets help. If not those two players on this night, it could be Malique Akoa Malani or Lexi Held or Sevgi Uzun. And that help does it "calmly." Perhaps the experience overseas has a lot to do with it, but there's good chemistry -- whether it comes together organically and/or partially helped by the "million-dollar" coach, I'll leave to individual posters. ;) In any case, they're an interesting and altogether surprisingly team to watch so far. It will be really interesting to see how they fare once Ms. Cooper is back. [/QUOTE]