Image via WikipediaSEATTLE -- She really doesn't go back and watch them all. Continued success requires living in the present and looking to the future.
But someday, Seattle guard Sue Bird might take some time to review all the moments when she has been the difference in the clutch. And that will probably take awhile, because there are a lot of them.
Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Bird did it again. Her 18-foot jumper with 2.6 seconds left was the decisive basket for the Storm in a 79-77 victory in front of 15,084 at KeyArena.
Sue Bird had 14 points, eight assists and five rebounds -- and one game-winning shot.
"It was a very tough game, and it came down to the end," Bird said. "I don't think we played our best, but we still got the win. This is the Finals; it's never going to be easy."
But once again, it was Bird who had the last word. How many times have we said that?
As Atlanta coach Marynell Meadors put it, "If you give Sue Bird an open look with the game on the line, nine times out of 10 she's going to make it."
Indeed, Bird has become accustomed to sinking such shots and then answering the ensuing questions about why she's so good in these situations.
For Bird, she might as well be explaining why she's 5 feet, 9 inches. She's that way because … she's that way.
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