There came a loud, heavy pounding on the locker room door. "Somebody's knockin' at the door," Teresa Weatherspoon remarked.

Sue Wicks, with mischief glinting in her eyes, casually said, "Somebody's ringing the bell."

"Sue, we don't have a bell," Camille Cooper pointed out.

"Someone just go with it," Sue answered with an aggrieved note in her voice. Under her breath she muttered about the glaring lack of culture in the younger generation of players.

Tari Phillips sighed and, knowing her role, sang the next line: "Open the door and let 'em in."

"Not until we know who they are," Becky Hammon said. She strode to the door and yelled, "Who are you and what do you want?"

"Avon calling!" came the muffled reply. The ladies of the Liberty looked at each other, and Teresa said, "We've got a danged Avon lady at the locker room door at Madison Square Garden? This I got to see. Open up, Becky."

Becky pulled open the door and stared in great confusion. "Tina, what are you doing here?"

Tina Thompson looked around the room cautiously before coming in. "I thought I just told you what I'm doing here."

As the realization sank in, Tari snickered. "Tina's an Avon lady, Tina's an Avon lady!" she taunted. Tina subtly flexed some muscle as if to remind Tari that *she* had gotten into a battle with Lisa Leslie and come out with nothing more than a small fine, whereas Tari had been not only beat up on but also made sport of in the newspaper.

Teresa made ready to step in between, but was saved by Becky interceding. "You're shilling makeup?" she asked Tina. "You got supplies, too? These eyebrows are killing me." Tina gladly opened her case. As Becky sifted through, she called over her shoulder, "Yo, VJ, she's got your blush!" Vickie Johnson joined her in perusing the wares.

"Can we pay later?" Vickie asked innocently. "'Cause none of us really have money right now." Immediately Tina shut the case and walked out of the room. About a minute later, though, someone knocked again.

"We still don't have any money!" Sue hollered.

"Shhhh! She might have changed her mind." Becky opened the door. "Leslie, what the hell are you doing here?"

Lisa Leslie brandished a case that looked suspiciously like the one Tina had been carrying. Tari looked up and laughed in her face. "Tina already beat you to it, girl. We already told her to get lost and we're telling you the same thing."

"Awwww, man…" Lisa trailed off as she left the room.