Tonight will be the night that Cappie Pondexter shows everyone that she is capable of leading her own team in the playoffs without sharing the duties with her former teammate Diana Taurasi.
Diana has already led her team to the conference semifinals even though no one suspected anything less. Cappie on the other hand has yet to meet those expectations. Cappie’s tattoo on her shoulder says “The Future .” When I see that tattoo I look at it as saying she is the future of the WNBA and she has quite proven herself.
Tonite that saying can take on a double meaning because a loss tonight and she has no future . This may be Cappie’s biggest game of her career thus far and she will be doing it solo. I think she will come through, “what about you?”
Tamika Catchings who lost in the WNBA finals last year has still yet to catch her Star (ring that is). She has gotten numerous awards, just received WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and the Sportsmanship Award but the championship has eluded her. Tonight she is fighting to make it to the next round of achieving that goal. She started her Catch the Stars foundation encouraging kids to catch their dreams one star at a time. Will she reach her dream this season or will she have more Stars to catch.
I know the two stars above will come out to play tonight and will do everything to keep their team from losing. The X Factors in this deciding game is the front-court play of each team. Will Ebony Hoffman and Tammy Sutton-Brown win the battle against the Liberty’s Taj McWilliam’s Franklin and Janel McCarville. Whoever wins that fight will win the war. I’m giving a slight edge to Indian’s front-court because Jessica Davenport is coming off the bench to give them a huge lift. Kia Vaughn has yet to give NY a boost off the bench. Tonight it’s win or go home so anything can happen.
I’ll be enjoying the game live and hope to get a few interviews after the game for my readers. If you get a chance leave a comment of some questions you might have and I’ll see if i can get some answers for you.