In chaining together win-after-win during a road-heavy stretch that featured just a single home game over a 17-day span, the Seattle Storm found a way to push through fatigue and provide their arena with a reason to get on their feet. With her trademark craftiness, Skylar Diggins-Smith made sure that process involved making one of the WNBA’s best rim protectors leave her feet, along the way. With her switch flipped into attack mode during a red-hot second quarter showcase, the six-time All-Star hunts down a driving lane in the pick-and-roll before outwitting Cameron Brink with a deceptive shot fake, setting her path for a reverse-pivot fadeaway jumper. A professional in the art of getting to her spots, Diggins-Smith routinely rose to the challenge against the WNBA’s No. 3-ranked shot blocker, working her three-level skillset on the way to 19 points (on 7-of-14), five rebounds, six assists, and one 3-pointer. Slowly returning back to her elite form, Diggins-Smith used an extraordinary fourth quarter to help Seattle pull away from the Los Angeles Sparks for a victory — their seventh win in eight games — on June 11, 2024. · Jun 12, 2024