She's channeling the tech goat DTAngel Reese picked up a technical and hit the magic number for the season, she'll have to sit out their next game.
She's channeling the tech goat DTAngel Reese picked up a technical and hit the magic number for the season, she'll have to sit out their next game.
Indiana: the last refuge of West Coast cuts: Bibby and Hall (Golden State), Macdonald and Sims (LA). (and I say this with much affection - anyone who has worn the Valks jersey I am delighted to see stick a roster.)Some finality on the Fever injuries today. Both Clark and Bibby are out for the rest of the season.
On a brighter side, this enabled the Fever to get Bree Hall back for a rest of season contract.
Give the woman her trophy.Did A'ja just win the MVP? Outplayed Collier, Aces get the win, their 13th straight. What she's been doing for more than a month now is incredible.
😍😍😍Congrats to Golden State (and TheFarmFan).
In a league beset by all manner of problems, the Valkyries are a wonderful story.
While not a Fireball fan, I grow to appreciate you more and more everyday @TheFarmFan!😍😍😍
A digression that encapsulates everything (and nothing) about our season:
My season ticket holding group and I are in a W fantasy league, and the week my friend who sits next to me and I were paired off, we made a bet: the loser has to buy both of us a shot of the winner's choice at the next home game. I said if I won, we're taking fireball shots. I won, but jeeze - I couldn't make the poor man pay $32 for two fireball shots -- what am I, a monster?! -- so I snuck them in my socks through security. It worked!
That game happened to be our June 7 game against the Aces. We took the shots at the end of the first quarter, when we were tied with the Aces. After that, we went on to win by 27. We concluded the fireball shots brought our team the fuego, but they must be deployed only when the fuego is absolutely necessary.
Fast forward: since then, I've assiduously snuck a half dozen fireball shots in my socks every home game, and we've deployed them only as needed, only when we're down meaningfully in the third quarter, and only when the team needs some fuego. It has worked every time.***
Tonight, I almost didn't bring them -- we'd won four games in a row, we're playing the Wings, and it's kind of a pain to sneak six shots in my socks. But the woofing gods must be appeased, so I did. Low and behold: we're down 13 in the third, and things are not going well. I turn to my crew: is it time for the fireball shots? Yes, they say. We take them.
The fireball shots were +17 for the game, as we went from -13 to +4 over the last 14 minutes.
All of which is to say: Ballhall is a thing of myth, faith, and devoted fandom. I probably lost some long-term hearing tonight, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The Valkyries are without question the best story in professional sports right now, and I'm just extremely thankful to be a tiny footnote in their journey.
*** We've discovered through painful trial and error that they don't work against the Phoenix Mercury, because the fire only fuels the Phoenix. We are going to experiment with Curacao shots next season to see if that tamps them down.
She made a huge statement. The MVP conversation is going to be interesting.Did A'ja just win the MVP? Outplayed Collier, Aces get the win, their 13th straight. What she's been doing for more than a month now is incredible.
It’s so closer that I believe that “ best player on best team” will combine with “A’ja fatigue” by the voters to take Phee over the hump.Hats off to Las Vegas and A'ja Wilson! Wow!! Not only did they win their 13th straight but they did it against my beloved Minnesota Lynx in a pretty convincing manner. I mean we own the season series, 3-1 but still, great game and win for Las Vegas. Ms. Wilson!? Wow! She made a statement on this whole MVP conversation. Napheesa has been the front runner on the MVP conversation but since went down with her injury awhile back, A'ja, and AT, have been gaining huge chunks of ground in the MVP conversation and last night, A'ja made a huge statement. Well done, A'ja! But I still rocks with my girl, Naphessa for MVP.
For Minnesota, it is on to the next game. We are facing another team that is on a hot winning streak and fun to watch, Golden State. The Lynx just have to regain that focus and come up and dominate. Drive for Five is still on and popping!
Who would have thought this would be a sentence someone would type this season?There should be some great games tonight with compelling narratives.
Sparks @ Dream: Sparks need the win to stay in the playoffs hunt. The dream need the win to stay in the battle for 2nd.
Sky @ Fever: No Reece or Clark yet again. Plus, the Fever desperately need a win to guarantee a spot in the playoffs.
Liberty @ Storm: Both teams desperately need a win. If the Liberty lose, they theoretically could be at risk to slide even further down the seeding. If the Storm lose, they could be at risk of not making the playoffs.
Did A'ja just win the MVP? Outplayed Collier, Aces get the win, their 13th straight. What she's been doing for more than a month now is incredible.