2025 WNBA Regular Season

[Dillon77]

95-86 final. LA offense was actually decent, but defense and rebounding was atrocious. Hamby and Plum combined for 51 points on 22-32 shooting. Burrell was 3-4, but the rest of the team shot pretty poorly. They needed to keep feeding the hot hands more, but some poor shot selection at times.

Wow, Brink looked absolutely lost today. Just couldn't do anything...other than commit fouls.


I didn't realize it, but Citron has been a monster in 4th quarters this year. Did it again today.

This follows her penchant all year, both in college and pro's: start slowly, almost deferring to others. Then the coaches say...how about it?
And bam! Her three-pt. stroke the last few games has been stellar.

 

[The deacon]

Why shouldn’t Minnesota get healthy?

And Indiana, for that matter.

 

[nwhoopfan]

She was absolutely unstoppable in the 2nd half and OT (she scored the first 8 of the OT points).....only had 4 in the first half. As often noted, she was on a heater.

Now for peet peeve as a player and coach. I was shouting at the Washington coaching staff via the TV when they beat Indiana that Mitchel prefers to drive left. Now, stopping Mitchell isn't as easy as merely trying to force her left, but Odyssey Sims simply puts her head down and goes left. No one either figured this out or had a reason to suggest how to stop it. Weakside help...nah?

And what happens with Connecticut? Ditto Sims and Mitchell just pounded the left time and time again and the "help" defenders (I saw you Morrow...just olyaed it.

Yes, I know they're pro's but everyone can learn and, geesh, isn't an assistant coach doing scouts or a board during the game.

Reminds me of a comment from Mike Neighbors when he was coaching Plum at Washington. I'm paraphrasing, but something about when team's tried to take away her drive to the left, she just goes more lefter.

 

[The deacon]

Saw something about Sophie Cunningham going down with a knee injury today. Fever are losing players at an alarming rate.

Yup, Bria took her out with a rather awkward fall into Sophie's leg that would have drawn a personal foul call in the NFL. The Bria we're seeing these days is a veritable wrecking ball on the court.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Yup, Bria took her out with a rather awkward fall into Sophie's leg that would have drawn a personal foul call in the NFL. The Bria we're seeing these days is a veritable wrecking ball on the court.

Sophie's mom and sister are calling out the league and leaving no doubt how they feel about Hartley via twitter.

 

[The deacon]

I will give credit to Washington, they are playing well. LA just looks lackluster. Mystics are killing them on the glass. If your opponent is shooting better than you (and it's just one of those days, everything Washington throws up is going in), you better do something to make up for it. The Sparks aren't doing that.

Paige will almost certainly win the ROY award, yet Citron and Iriafen are outstanding first-year players, too.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Paige will almost certainly win the ROY award, yet Citron and Iriafen are outstanding first-year players, too.

She's certainly deserving. If they weren't all in the same draft class, there have been plenty of seasons where what Citron and Iriafen have been doing would've easily won them a ROY.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Seattle took their first lead of the game under 2 minutes left. Phoenix up 1 w/ 1:17 left. This has been a good game. AT 1 rebound away from yet another triple double. Nneka doing Nneka things.

 

[nwhoopfan]

There it is. AT now has 5 this year and 16 for her career. It was only a few years ago the career leaders had 3 I think. Incredible.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Phoenix hangs on 85-82.


Who wants the #8 spot? Storm 1/2 game up on LA and Washington. A few days ago the Mystics seemed to be out of the picture but they are right back in it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Satou Sabally confounds me. Has the tools to be great, but just no consistency.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hadn't really thought about it, but Bird is the first WNBA player honored w/ a statue. Taurasi can't be far behind can she?

 

[JellyBean]

Hats off to Indiana for hanging in there and getting that huge win. They are going to be dangerous in the playoffs.

 

[GamecockFam]

There it is. AT now has 5 this year and 16 for her career. It was only a few years ago the career leaders had 3 I think. Incredible.

After I declared A'ja the MVP frontrunner, AT wanted me to not forget her name. Absolutely incredible. A'ja, AT, and Phee are all neck and neck. I think it's going to come down to who plays the best basketball over these next few weeks.

 

[MilfordHusky]

After I declared A'ja the MVP frontrunner, AT wanted me to not forget her name. Absolutely incredible. A'ja, AT, and Phee are all neck and neck. I think it's going to come down to who plays the best basketball over these next few weeks.

A'ja has been hot lately, but Phee leads in ppg, FG %, and 3-point %.

 

[nwhoopfan]

A'ja has been hot lately, but Phee leads in ppg, FG %, and 3-point %.

You threw me off. I think you are comparing those 2 players, for a minute I thought you meant Collier was leading the league in all those categories.

 

[GamecockFam]

A'ja has been hot lately, but Phee leads in ppg, FG %, and 3-point %.

A'ja's number have been climbing to the point where if she continues this trend for another week, her PPG will probably be right around Phee's. She was sitting around 20 PPG at the beginning of last week and now is only a point behind Phee. And it is basically the same story with win shares too. Combine that with the fact that Phee has been out for a few weeks and I think it is fair to question if Phee has a strong hold on the MVP race.

 

[cancontent]

Sophie's mom and sister are calling out the league and leaving no doubt how they feel about Hartley via twitter.

That's unfortunate along with the other accusations on social media about what happened yesterday. Like you said earlier, it wasn't intentional. It's wild how it's being viewed out by some.

 

[GoChips20]

Plum and Mitchell both tying on the league leader board at 20.4 ppg begs the question - which Kelsey do you think is better?

The answer might be as simple as they’re just different players. Mitchell is more efficient and better as the player who can get you a clutch bucket, Plum is the more versatile player with her PG skills and has been more accomplished to date.

I do think Mitchell is very close to making her first All-W team this season and she’ll have earned it. Both are candidates though.

 

[GoChips20]

I don’t understand how Odyssey Sims struggles to stick in the league. Not to overindex on one game, but 10 points and 4 assists a game is better than plenty of backup point guards.

 

[oldude]

Another 30 point game for A'ja. Someone who looks like Kierstan Bell is 5-6 behind the arc today. Siegrist having a big game for Dallas.

Wilson certainly was dominant yesterday. But it also points to the fact that Dallas is extremely limited at the center spot this season. With Yueru out, Dallas tried to cover Wilson with some combination of Geiselsoder, Hines-Allen and Jones, none of whom were up to the task.

Going into next season, job #1 for GM Miller will be to secure a WNBA quality center. Whether that entails drafting Betts, who will take some time to develop into a pro center, or sign one of the many available free agents (Tina Charles comes to mind), the Wings cannot continue to be dominated in the post, game after game, and hope to become a winning franchise.