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When:7:30 p.m.
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta.
Records: Mystics 9-15, Dream 3-22.
What Slump?: Heading into this week, Mystics forward Monique Currie guessed that Alana Beard's scoring drought wouldn't last too much longer. "One of the good things about her is she always bounces back," said Currie, who has been friends and teammates with Beard since their days at Duke. "She hasn't been scoring so much lately and I know that's tough on her, but she always finds a way. Obviously we need her to score to win. We're all capable, but Alana's one of our leaders. She needs to be scoring [for us] to win and I have no doubt in my mind it won't take long for her to get back to that." Just a day later, Beard proved Currie's prediction correct when she scored 16 points on 7-of-15 shooting Wednesday against New York.
The Little Things: Interim coach Jessie Kenlaw may live for the minute details of basketball, but she knows the Mystics have several bad habits, so she's forcing herself to remain patient as they learn. Patience, Kenlaw acknowledged, is something that is usually easier in principle than practice. Take the Mystics' sluggish start against the Liberty: "The tempo wasn't as upbeat as I would have liked it to be in the first quarter," Kenlaw said. "Because when we run, good things happen for us. We're going to make a turnover or two here or there running, but that's going to be our new identity. So I would have liked to get off to a better start there, but our defense dictates how much we can run. I guess it's going to take some more time."
-- Katie Carrera
