Indiana Fever @ Atlanta Dream - 6/14/18

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Atlanta, GA - 11:30 AM ET
TV: NBA TV, Fox Sports South

Video:
WNBA League Pass

Game page:
06/14/18: Indiana Fever @ Atlanta Dream - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA

ESPN Gamecast:
WNBA INDvATL,6/14/2018 - ESPN

 

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Tiffany Hayes has gotten to the FT line 12 times.... in the first quarter.

21-21 end of first

 

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[VAMike23]

Did you see that little "walk away" she did after making the block ?

PURE TIFFANY !!

 

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41-40 ATL at the half

Hayes 17 pts, 4 reb, 1 stl, 1 blk (see above)

T Mitchell, Vivians, and Dupree all with 10 pts ea

 

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[BigBird]

64-57 @ 2:02, 4th

 

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Atl: 64-60 @ 1:12, 4th.

 

[BigBird]

Atlanta played a comparatively better game than Indiana, though the final score doesn’t really indicate that.

Mitchell and Vivians were both unimpressive, gunning up shots that were too early, too far, and too inaccurate. Some things never change.

 

[Carnac]

The Fever remain winless - drop to 0-10 with a 72-67 road loss to the Dream.

Tiffany Hayes leads the Dream to victory with 23 points. McCoughtry adds 16.

[Recap] [Box score] [Highlights]

 

[wire chief]

At UConn Tiff was 2nd option to Maya. Not this season. Go Tiff.

 

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At UConn Tiff was 2nd option to Maya. Not this season. Go Tiff.

Last year when McCoughtry sat the season out may have been the encouragement Hayes needed to not play so timid. Now she’s not timid even with McCoughtry back.

 

[Carnac]

Last year when McCoughtry sat the season out may have been the encouragement Hayes needed to not play so timid. Now she’s not timid even with McCoughtry back.

With this thought in mind, perhaps Tina Charles (NY Liberty) should consider taking a year off.

 

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Did you see that little "walk away" she did after making the block ?

PURE TIFFANY !!

That’s the bad part. Geno would probably chew her out for not running with the pack.

 

[wire chief]

With this thought in mind, perhaps Tina Charles (NY Liberty) should consider taking a year off.

Or politicing to play with Tiff again.

 

[UConnCat]

At UConn Tiff was 2nd option to Maya. Not this season. Go Tiff.

That should have been the case during Tiff's junior season at UConn but even being 2nd option was an uncomfortable role for Tiff. She would eventually defer to Hartley in the bigger games. The biggest criticism of Tiff during her final two years at UConn was that she rarely met the moment in big games. Even as a senior she was more comfortable deferring to freshman KML and sophomore Hartley.

When drafted by the Dream many thought that was the perfect landing spot for her. The up-tempo style the Dream played matched well with Tiffany's strengths and she could be a nice complement to Angel, Lyttle, de Souza and Harding.

Part of Tiffany's growth as a player, no doubt helped by a season without Angel, is that she is now more comfortable being the player to make big plays in big moments. That's nice to see.

 

[Carnac]

Or politicing to play with Tiff again.

I'm sure they would love to play together again. Tina would welcome the help Tiff would bring. I think Tiff would have to go to NY. Tina forced a trade to the Liberty in 2014 when she was with the Connecticut Sun. I don't think she wants to leave the Empire State right now.