The Detroit Shock, trying to make it three wins in a row, fell just short against the Houston Comets Tuesday night. They remain in fifth place in the Eastern conference and are one and a half games behind New York for the fourth and final playoff spot. Detroit needs to win lots of games and cannot afford to lose many for the rest of the regular season.

Deanna Nolan had another fine game with 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. She missed a potential game winning shot at the end, but if her teammates had played as well as she had it would not have had to come to that. Deanna really deserves serious consideration for WNBA MVP, especially considering how much of the scoring load she has had to carry.

Ruth Riley, after having one good game, was back to not doing much against Houston, and Cheryl Ford also did not get as many rebounds as she usually does.

Swin Cash only played six minutes, and Coach Laimbeer indicated that she may have been "a little sore." I hope that it is not any worse than that, for both Swin's sake and the team's.

Well, we will see what happens in the next few games for Detroit's women pro hoopsters. They have the talent to turn things around, they just need to get more consistent results.