They didn't the previous night against Vegas. Atlanta likes to go into Jekyll and Hyde mode with respect to which team shows up. Phoenix looked out of sorts to me yesterday. Maybe they'll have a better performance tomorrow.
Split on the road trip was probably satisfactory. I would guess most of the teams in the w would take a split in a New York minute.
Most likely, but losing the way they did in Vegas not so much, which is what I was referring to. Atlanta has been like this regardless of location (home/away) with respect to how they play. That's why I used the Jekyll and Hyde reference.
I saw the score but didn't know about all the missing players. Previous game Seattle was missing Diggins-Smith and got beat by Dallas by 24.
Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised if she has lingering injury issues. The fact that she's getting little to no playing time on a team that desperately needs help from the PG spot is telling.
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I agree, but Nalyssa's play does seem to justify the move somewhat. The real mistake was the three way trade with the Sparks and Seattle where they let Seattle have the second pick in the drart for Loyd. There was a seried in at about the 4:50 mark in the fourth where loyd made four bad plays that allowed the fever to advance their lead to nine points. Two bad plays on defense and on offense. She got pulled from the game right after that, but the damage was already done. Loyd is often a real liability on defense.
Honestly, I never really understood what Tibbets saw in the trio of Satou, Kah, and AT. Bonner is excellent playing off the ball and being an auxiliary scoring threat. But the other three all like to have the ball in their hands and make their own shots. Even when AT is distributing, I'm not sure Kah and Satou are the right finishers. My best guess is the Sun have a worse record with the three playing than even two of the three out.
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