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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2864460, member: 6620"] Echo your statement about the team just rolling along. As Kara Lawson pointed out (more than) a few times in her commentary yesterday, the U.S. is virtually a sure thing on this stage. Once Ms. Griner joined the rock-solid Stewie, Taurasi and Bird in the line-up, this team looked "beyond beyond." When Maya Moore rejoins the fray for the Olympics, one should feel very optimistic. Regarding your comment on the guards, I generally agree but excuse me for a minute to extol Ms. Loyd's contributions, particularly based on the Belgium and Australia games. While she didn't go nuts in terms of scoring (8 and 9, respectively), Jewell stepped it up in other areas; from rebounding and assists to most notably, defense. She led the team in steals yesterday (3) and helped hound her Seattle Storm teammate Sami Whitcomb into a 6-turnover day and one for four shooting. These kinds of contributions led Lawson to say she thought Loyd had earned Coach Staley's trust going forward. There are some two more years to see who else might step up or down, but I though Jewell took a solid step up the ladder. Not a huge one, but a positive, good one, both for herself and the team. [/QUOTE]