For games on 05/23/2004 Final 1 2 T Comets 27 35 62 Liberty 30 38 68 Points Rebounds Assists Thompson 35 Thompson 8 Holland-Corn 6 Hammon 22 Baranova 14 Johnson 6 Largest Leads: HOU by 8 / NYL by 10 RECAP New York 68, Houston 62 Liberty Win, Ruin Thompson’s Big Day NEW YORK, May 23 (Ticker) -- The New York Liberty survived a sensational performance by Tina Thompson to defeat the Houston Comets and post their first victory of 2004. Becky Hammon and the Liberty have won eight straight home openers. Thompson scored a career-high 35 points but got little support from her teammates as the Comets fell to the Liberty 68-62. Becky Hammon scored 16 of her 22 points in the second half and Elena Baranova added 12 and 14 rebounds for the Liberty, who lost at Indiana in their season opener on Friday 69-67. New York held a 62-60 edge when Vickie Johnson nailed a jumper with 2:05 left to open a four-point cushion. Baranova sank a jumper with 1:13 to play and Hammon made a pair of free throw with 26 seconds remaining to make it 68-60 and effectively put the game away. The Liberty, who improved to 7-2 all time at home against Houston in the regular season, took the lead for good, 57-54, on a coast-to-coast layup and free throw by Hammon with 5:45 left. Aside from Thompson, who made 12-of-24 shots and 10-of-13 free throws, the rest of the Comets scored just 27 points. Sheryl Swoopes had 15 but no other player had more than six. The bench combined for just two points. ======================================================= Final 1 2 T Mystics 31 37 68 Fever 32 35 67 Points Rebounds Assists Holdsclaw 17 Holdsclaw 10 Beard 5 Catchings 15 Jackson 12 Catchings 6 Largest Leads: WWA by 14 / IND by 6 RECAP Washington 68, Indiana 67 Holdsclaw’s Basket Wins It for Mystics INDIANAPOLIS, May 23 (Ticker) -- Chamique Holdsclaw demonstrated why she is a perennial All-Star. Holdsclaw, who had 17 points and 10 rebounds, put back a missed shot with 10.7 seconds left to lift the Washington Mystics to a 68-67 triumph over the Indiana Fever. Indiana took a 67-66 lead on a 3-pointer by Tamika Catchings with 25 seconds left and Washington called timeout. Chasity Melvin missed a jumper but Holdsclaw collected the rebound and made a layup to give the Mystics the lead. Deanna Jackson and Kristen Rasmussen each missed a shot just before the buzzer for the Fever, who were coming off a 69-67 victory over New York in their season-opening contest Friday. Catchings had 15 points and Jackson added 14 and 12 rebounds for Indiana, which rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit to take a 32-31 lead into the break. --

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