What to Watch for: July 2-5, 2009

Check out the notable stats and milestones that are within reach during this weekend's games in the WNBA.
Note: The statistics are based upon games played through July 1

Atlanta
Iziane Castro Marques needs 46 points for 1,500 career points
Castro Marques needs 26 assists for 300 career assists
Castro Marques needs 26 rebounds for 400 career rebounds

Chicago
Brooke Wyckoff needs one rebound for 700 career rebounds.
Dominique Canty needs two assists for 800 career assists. She'll be the 19th player in league history to have as many 800 career assists.

Connecticut
Lindsay Whalen needs 44 points for 2,000 career points
Whalen needs five three-pointers made for 100 career three-pointers made
Asjha Jones needs five assists for 300 assists with the Sun
Jones needs one block for 100 blocked shots with the Sun
Connecticut was perfect from the free throw line in back to back contests on 6/16 (11-11) and 6/21 (5-5). Phoenix (12-12) is the only other team to go perfect from the free throw line in just one game, and Indiana last season was the last team to go perfect from the line in consecutive games

Detroit
Deanna Nolan needs seven rebounds for 1000 career rebounds
Taj McWilliams needs six field goals for 1500 career field goals made
Katie Smith needs 11 three-pointers for 700 career three-pointers made. She's the all-time WNBA leader in three-pointers made.

Indiana
Katie Douglas needs six rebounds for 1,000 career rebounds
Douglas needs five three pointers for 400 career three pointers made
Ebony Hoffman needs 22 points for 1,000 career points
Tamecka Dixon needs 11 rebounds for 1,000 career rebounds

Los Angeles
DeLisha Milton-Jones needs nine rebounds for 1,800 career rebounds
Tina Thompson needs 13 assists for 600 career assists
Betty Lennox needs 12 assists for 600 career assists

Minnesota
Christi Thomas needs two rebounds for 600 career rebounds

New York
Loree Moore needs one steal for 200 career steals

Phoenix
Temeka Johnson needs five assists for 500 career assists
Nicole Ohlde needs six assists for 300 career assists
Cappie Pondexter needs three rebounds for 400 career rebounds. She'll be the second-fastest player to ever record 2,000 points, 400 assists and 400 rebounds. Teammate Diana Taurasi did it in 104 games.
Pondexter and Taurasi have each scored 20 or more points eight times this year

Sacramento
Chelsea Newton needs six points for 700 career points
Nicole Powell needs one steal for 200 career steals
Rebekkah Brunson needs one block for 100 career blocked shots
DeMya Walker needs seven field goals for 700 career FGM
Kara Lawson needs three three-point field goals for 314 career three-point field goals made, which would be a Monarchs franchise Record

San Antonio
Katie Mattera needs 16 points for 1,000 career points
Mattera needs three rebounds for 700 career rebounds
Ruth Riley needs 42 points for 2,000 career points
Sophia Young needs 12 rebounds for 700 career rebounds

Seattle
Sue Bird needs 41 points for 3,000 career points. She will become the 11th player in league history to score 3,000 points and record 800 assists.
Janell Burse needs nine blocks for 200
Shannon Johnson needs 54 points for 3,500 career points
Johnson needs 11 assists for 1,400 career assists
Johnson needs 71 minutes to become the seventh player in league history to play 10,000 career minutes
Lauren Jackson has scored 20+ points in eight games this year

Washington
Alana Beard needs 10 points for 2800 career points, currently ranks 2nd in franchise history for career points (2960 franchise record, C. Holdsclaw); (1011) surpassed 1000 FGM on 6/25, 2nd in franchise history for FGM (1136, C. Holdsclaw)
Nakia Sanford needs seven rebounds for 900 career rebounds
Chasity Melvin needs 11 steals for 300 career steals;
Melvin needs nine blocks for 200 career blocked shots