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Congrats to NY on clinching a playoff berth. Up and down season, but 3 straight wins at the end when they really needed them.
 
Natasha Howard missed some FTs down the stretch, but she hit a huge 3 to go up by 4 and grabbed a handful of D boards.
 
Weird game for R. Howard. Scored 24 on only 6 made FG. 6-18 overall, 5-12 behind the arc, 7-8 from the FT line. I can't even make up my mind if that's a good game or not?
 
Geew1992 said:
Why doesn’t Didi Richards play? Is she hurt?
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Too many players who are wings. Laney is back, she logged 27 minutes. Allen and Jonannes played 18 and 24 off the bench. Whitcomb only got 2 minutes. Onyenwere 7 minutes. Who are you going to sit? Willoughby was also a DNP.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Weird game for R. Howard. Scored 24 on only 6 made FG. 6-18 overall, 5-12 behind the arc, 7-8 from the FT line. I can't even make up my mind if that's a good game or not?
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Well, 7 assists, 0 TO's tips the scales. Maya Caldwell was hot in 1st half and did not seem to play many minutes in 2nd half?
 
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Great day for some basketball!! Holy smokes! New York/Atlanta was INTENSE!! Great game by both teams. This Seattle/Las Vegas game is back and forth. Washington/Indiana, Washington should hold on in this one. My Minnesota Lynx...tough one. Down 19-20 range and fought back. Just not enough in the tank to finish off a really solid Connecticut Sun team. Great win by the Sun. Shortly we got Chicago/Phoenix and later Los Angeles/Dallas. Great day for some basketball!!
 
would have liked to seen the ending of dream-liberty but Abc thought a meaningless game between the Sun and Lynx was more important oh well, reason 52529539 why the Wnba never succeeds.
 
Vegas keeps looking dead in the water, then going on runs to get back in it. They just went 12-0 in the last 2 minutes of Q3 to take their first lead since Q1.

Loyd and Wilson are both lighting it up.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Too many players who are wings. Laney is back, she logged 27 minutes. Allen and Jonannes played 18 and 24 off the bench. Whitcomb only got 2 minutes. Onyenwere 7 minutes. Who are you going to sit? Willoughby was also a DNP.
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So, let's say Stewie does decide to come east and play for the Liberty. Then, you've got a double power-forward situation on the Liberty, as well.

As for the wings, you'd think the plethora of them could be used as capital for trade at another position and/or moving up in the draft.
 
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bballnut90 said:
Allen leading Minnesota with 17 points and 5 triples. Coming into today she was 2-7 from deep on the season.
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eebmg said:
have always liked Allen alot Great decision maker and mid range but the 3pt outburst is remarkable. Now up to 6-7 from 3 and 24 pts Still, she is the only one playing well and the Sun collectively are burying the Lynx.
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I think Allen's decision making is her strongest quality. She's worked on her scoring, particularly her three-pt. shooting a lot while she's been in the Aussie League. Hopefully, her performance as MoJeff's back-up this year bodes well for a shot at the Lynx next year. Or with another team.
 
Breanna Stewart, when it is all said and done, will go down as one of the GOATs of the game.
 
Dillon77 said:
So, let's say Stewie does decide to come east and play for the Liberty. Then, you've got a double power-forward situation on the Liberty, as well.
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Stewie + Howard brought 2 Championships to Seattle. I think those 2 can function together just fine.
 
Chelsea Gray has that

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Gray dominated the second half. New career high 33 pts to go along w/ 9 assists.

Loyd with a new career high 38.

Seattle was 18-40 from 3...and still lost by 9. Wow.
 
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So...looks like FTs was the difference. Seattle 6-7 LV 20-24.
 
Jewell Loyd 38 in a loss. Rough end. Gray was amazing. Aces clinch overall 1 seed. Got to be the favorite. I like the way Stokes has been playing
 
eebmg said:
I like the way Stokes has been playing
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9 points in each of the last 2 games. That's huge if she can provide some scoring. That's actually better than Hamby had been doing lately.
 
Plum and Wilson become the first teammates in WNBA history to score 700+ in the same season.
 
nwhoopfan said:
9 points in each of the last 2 games. That's huge if she can provide some scoring. That's actually better than Hamby had been doing lately.
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Is Hamby injured? DNP
 
Stewie, Jewell and Gabby all played over 30 minutes in a game they didn’t need to win. These three will need to play the same amount of minutes for the rest of the postseason for the Storm to get competitive. Which is why I can’t understand why they made them play so much today.
 
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Hayven said:
Stewie, Jewell and Gabby all played over 30 minutes in a game they didn’t need to win. These three will need to play the same amount of minutes for the rest of the postseason for the Storm to get competitive. Which is why I can’t understand why they made them play so much today.
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But Ezi is super well rested. :rolleyes:
 
Seattle's coach said she wanted her starters to stay in a rhythm. They don't play til Thursday, plenty of time to rest.
 
Wilson probably locked up MVP. I understand why it was close all season but would raise my eyebrows at a voter who went for the best player on the 4th best team over the best player on the 1st (although if you were ever going to make that case, Stewart would be the one you’d make it for).
 
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