2024 WNBA Season: Playoffs

[nwhoopfan]

Update on Stokes for tomorrow night.

Gonna have to play Gustafson some this game. I can't see going small ball for 40 minutes. She hasn't appeared yet in this series.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Why do you always have to chime in with a UConn reference when someone posts to credit a non-Uconn player? Everyone knows how awesome Maya was. It goes without having to be said.

A lot of people have forgotten about Maya. She hasn't played in 6 years.

And congrats to DWB. She has been really good for a long time and is probably under-appreciated. Plus, she was pleasant enough to chat with some of us at the World Cup in Istanbul in 2014.

 

[Bigboote]

Update on Stokes for tomorrow night.

Oh, dung, but I’m glad the Aces are treating Kiah’s condition cautiously. I’ve been on both sides of that, and both sides suck, but cautious is better.

 

[GamecockFam]

Update on Stokes for tomorrow night.

Why do I get the feeling that A'ja is about to go wild on the Liberty? She always seems to step up her game when her back is against a wall...

 

[cancontent]

Why do I get the feeling that A'ja is about to go wild on the Liberty? She always seems to step up her game when her back is against a wall...

There's that and Coach Hammond's comments after game 2 that could be another motivating factor. The last thing I think A'ja wants to hear is that she isn't focused on the end goal.

 

[GoUconn7961]

Finally basketball tonight. I hope the Liberty close it out, but I'm sure the Aces are going to be fired up against the home crowd.
I think Phee will have a lot of fans at Mohegan Sun.

 

[cancontent]

Finally basketball tonight. I hope the Liberty close it out, but I'm sure the Aces are going to be fired up against the home crowd.
I think Phee will have a lot of fans at Mohegan Sun.

No doubt. It's going to be a great environment for a play-off game tonight. Sucks that I have another event to attend and I won't get to see this game in real time.

 

[nwhoopfan]

After dropping Game 1, Lynx are about to go up 2-1. I watched a few minutes, but I had to change the channel. It is LUDICROUS what Thomas gets away with on the court. Makes an absolute mockery of the game. She has 1 foul called against her. I saw her absolutely demolish an opponent twice in about 2 minutes, neither resulting in a foul called against her. She should foul out of every game she plays in about 20 minutes if the refs were actually competent.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Minny shot the ball well and won by 90-81. Phee had 26/11/3/2/1 on 11-19 shooting.

 

[Bigboote]

Collier is such a joy to watch. And it was nice to see Juhasz again.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Aces/Liberty Game 3 was strange. Really entertaining back and forth first half. Lib were awful after halftime and Vegas ran away with it. Young and Plum combined for 44, 19/14 for Wilson, another good game for Hayes off the bench. Gray was dishing some sweet dimes.

Ionescu no showed. Vegas really made a point of defending her tightly. Stewie started hot and then cooled off.

 

[cancontent]

Aces/Liberty Game 3 was strange. Really entertaining back and forth first half. Lib were awful after halftime and Vegas ran away with it. Young and Plum combined for 44, 19/14 for Wilson, another good game for Hayes off the bench. Gray was dishing some sweet dimes.

Ionescu no showed. Vegas really made a point of defending her tightly. Stewie started hot and then cooled off.

Coach Hammon wasn't going to let Ionescu have the freedom she did with the lay ups like she did the first two games. Their defensive switching was much better compared to the previous games.

The guard play for Vegas was very impressive. Didn't Lobo say this was the first game that Hayes, Plum and Gray were clicking on all cylinders?

 

[JellyBean]

Gonna have to play Gustafson some this game. I can't see going small ball for 40 minutes. She hasn't appeared yet in this series.

Much like here in Minnesota when it comes to Dorka, I never understood why the Aces coaching staff won't play Megan more. Two or three possessions out there just to see what develops. It could payoff or it could not.

 

[JellyBean]

Hats off to my beloved Minnesota Lynx! The shots ( mid-range and layups) were falling. The three point shooting...we gotta work on that. But those mid-range shots were on fire! I loved that Dorka got some minutes out there. I am glad that Coach gave her a shot out there.

Mabrey. I hope she has one more bad shooting night. One more 6-20 shooting night. We will take it.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Much like here in Minnesota when it comes to Dorka, I never understood why the Aces coaching staff won't play Megan more. Two or three possessions out there just to see what develops. It could payoff or it could not.

In fairness, Aces were 20 minutes from their season ending. "could pay off or it could not" would not be my advised strategy in those circumstances.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gustafson logged 12 minutes in the game. Some of it was at garbage time, but she had several stints throughout the game. Didn't really do anything statistically, but I don't think she hurt them while she was on the floor. Egbo even got 3 minutes at the end.

 

[JellyBean]

In fairness, Aces were 20 minutes from their season ending. "could pay off or it could not" would not be my advised strategy in those circumstances.

Totally understand.

 

[JellyBean]

Coach Hammon wasn't going to let Ionescu have the freedom she did with the lay ups like she did the first two games. Their defensive switching was much better compared to the previous games.

The guard play for Vegas was very impressive. Didn't Lobo say this was the first game that Hayes, Plum and Gray were clicking on all cylinders?

Something like that. They looked and played well out there.

 

[cancontent]

Much like here in Minnesota when it comes to Dorka, I never understood why the Aces coaching staff won't play Megan more. Two or three possessions out there just to see what develops. It could payoff or it could not.

I've wondered about Dorka's but the roster was very different last season. The depth at her position has made it tougher for her to crack the line up. The same thing is happening with Diamond Miller who started a fair bit last season. Reeves is relying on veterans big time this year.