Leslie said that the Moores and Murriel Page will be the x-factors against Seattle. Juan Ocampo/NBAE/Getty Images

In the frontcourt, Lauren Jackson is a great player. She shoots the ball from the outside with great touch and she can get to the basket. We would obviously love to limit some of her shots, but if nothing else, we can’t let every player on the team have an outstanding game, which we seem to do against Seattle. We have to stop somebody. Defensively we mix it up a lot and it’s really just based on where the players are on the floor.

For us, I think the Moores, Jessica Moore and Tamara Moore, along with Muriel Page are our three x-factors. It’s going to be important for all of our role players to come out and play well and knock down shots when they get them.

Some people might look and say that Chamique Holdsclaw is our x-factor, especially since she has settled into a new role coming off the bench, but if you look closely at her minutes, she is essentially a starter, which is what I think everyone in the league knows. Her coming off the bench just happened this year. Our team just developed really good defensive chemistry playing without her at the beginning of the year. Then when she started coming off the bench, it put her in a better position to score because she could come in at the one, the two, the three or the four. I think she’s just very versatile.

Tamara had done a really good job defensively for us at the three position and that really worked for us. It’s not really who begins the game, it’s who ends the game and Chamique still averages probably more minutes than everybody, or if not she is right behind me. It just became the role that she had, but she’s still out on the floor.

I haven’t prepared any differently. My body is a machine and I know exactly what to do. I get the proper rest and nutrition and I work out with weights. I’m ready to play ball. Like coach always says, “Offense comes and goes, but defense is everlasting and wins championships.”

I had an awesome time shooting The Superstars. One of the cool things about Superstars is that we had no idea who our partners were going into the show and we never knew what challenges we had to face until we arrived at the venue. On the first day, they brought us into a room and all of the athletes and celebrities were introduced to each other; we didn’t all know each other, but it was really cool to meet everybody. Then the next day we went to our dressing rooms and we had to get dressed – individually, of course - and we had on sweat suit zipped up to our necks where we could not see which color the other one was wearing. The teams were not revealed it was actually revealed on television.

With my height at 6-5, obviously it would seem that I would have more of an advantage in most sport other than a water sport, but that was not necessarily the case (laughs). In fact, I don’t think I had much of an advantage in anything we did (laughs). I’m sure that joke will unfold itself because I think people you may think should win don’t win consistently. It’s actually really funny. This is the first time I’ve participated in water sports. I’m from the inner city and haven’t had much experience with a lot of water. I can swim. But after shooting The Superstars I probably wouldn’t even go in the can-swim category (laughs). I’d probably be in the beginner’s category.

We had a great time. I think the best thing about shooting the Superstars is that everyone was so nice. Well almost everyone. We had two participants that were... a little... how do you say... attitude challenged at times. But aside from that the overall cast was great.

The first event we had was called the Run and Ride and it was literally a run and ride – you have a partner and one rides a bike while the other one runs. And the challenge was basically to get across the finish line with both partners. It wasn’t based on time, it was just whichever team got both partners across the line, that is who finished first.

There were a lot of laughs going on. Well actually we weren’t laughing while we were doing it because it was extremely hard and there was a huge bridge that we had to run over or ride over, which was major. It was a little bit over a mile for the Run and Ride. By the time you see that and you see who finishes last, its comedy. I think people will find that even though it is a sports show, there is a lot of comedy involved. And I being Lisa Leslie – and at times being Lucille Ball – am a part of that.

Our second event was the kayak and that involved not just kayaking but the roaring rapids that did not make kayaking easy, especially for me being a first timer (laughs). Let’s just say there were some flips involved (laughs). Oh boy.

The way the show works is that your first goal should be not to go to the obstacle course, which is the way that you get eliminated until the last episode when you want to go to the obstacle course because that is how you win the show. And then if you go to the obstacle course, then the main goal is to win the obstacle course so that you can avoid elimination and come back to the next round. I had a great experience, that’s all I can tell you. I got a chance to learn the obstacle course very well (laughs). And the last thing I'm going to say is that I’ve never lost and won so much in my life!!

I will keep you all posted regarding episode 2!!