JULY 2019 WNBA Discussions, scores, game info, pictures

[Plebe]

Great finish to this game. Team's trading buckets. 83-81 LV 8.7 seconds left.

edit--85-81 final, Vegas stretches their lead atop the league standings

Great games by Wilson, McBride, Colson and Cambage. Vegas is really trending up, won their 5th in a row.

Mystics need to get EDD back. Apparently she's in concussion protocol right now.

 

[Orangutan]

If I recall, wasn’t Griner suspended quickly

Well, they had to do something quickly there because both parties were players.

Easier to ignore it when the accusing party is outside the league.

The situation with Howard is trickier because apparently her wife had been in contact with Storm management about some of her concerns. They won't have the option of pretending that nothing is happening like they Sparks have been doing with Williams.

 

[bballnut90]

Wow very disappointing news about Howard if true...i havent watched/read everything but hopefully the wife is okay.

The league is a mess this year between off court issues and injuries. They absolutely need to take a strong stand on domestic violence. Williams and Howard should be suspended until their situations are resolved and appropriate punishment is enforced. As someone else mentioned, if these were NFL/NBA players they'd be met with a heavy hand immediately. The same should be enforced for WNBA players. Violence should never be tolerated.

 

[triaddukefan]

thugging in seattle

 

[psconn]

Video of the Connecticut Sun post-game press conference from last night's Mercury/Sun game is posted.

As always, much appreciated.

 

[Bigboote]

Wow, Sydney Colson is, what, 8 years from graduating, and she’s finally coming into her own. I’ve loved watching her since her college days. When she didn’t do well right out of college and spent several years coaching, I thought she was done playing. But I was very wrong. She was amazing last night. I could start liking the Aces despite the trade involving Jefferson and Cambage.

 

[eebmg]

Wow, Sydney Colson is, what, 8 years from graduating, and she’s finally coming into her own. I’ve loved watching her since her college days. When she didn’t do well right out of college and spent several years coaching, I thought she was done playing. But I was very wrong. She was amazing last night. I could start liking the Aces despite te trade involving Jefferson and Cambage.

I think Lambeer's influence is all over the Aces. Most interesting to me is that it seems Cambage has become far less of a whiner dealing with contact.

 

[bballnut90]

Wow, Sydney Colson is, what, 8 years from graduating, and she’s finally coming into her own. I’ve loved watching her since her college days. When she didn’t do well right out of college and spent several years coaching, I thought she was done playing. But I was very wrong. She was amazing last night. I could start liking the Aces despite te trade involving Jefferson and Cambage.

Same. She looks fantastic out there. Has a great element of razzle dazzle that feels very under control too. Great find by Bill.

 

[eebmg]

Sparks / Atlanta game. My nomination for worst shooting ever by both teams.

Both shooting under 30% at half.

 

[Orangutan]

 

[triaddukefan]

WNBA, Seattle Storm investigating domestic abuse allegations against Natasha Howard

Seattle forward Natasha Howard's wife, Jackie, sent a series of tweets and videos alleging domestic abuse on Saturday morning.

sports.yahoo.com

Well, the WNBA will have to deal with this before the all star game. I suspect the Storm - an actual competent WNBA organization - will deal with it before their game tomorrow.

they dealt with it alright

 

[triaddukefan]

Sparks / Atlanta game. My nomination for worst shooting ever by both teams.

Both shooting under 30% at half.

they both warmed up in the 3rd quarter

 

[Geew1992]

Can someone tell me why Williams is playing??

 

[eebmg]

Can someone tell me why Williams is playing??

Because she made 2 clutch 3 pt shots to bury the dream in OT.

Please refer all other questions to her lawyer.

 

[Plebe]

Gotta give all the credit to Riquna Williams, who hit two huge 3-pointers in overtime.

She's become an extremely dangerous shooter. I wonder how she practiced her dangerous shooting?

 

[eebmg]

Gotta give all the credit to Riquna Williams, who hit two huge 3-pointers in overtime.

She's become an extremely dangerous shooter. I wonder how she practiced her dangerous shooting?

Don't give her any ideas.

By the way, Gray was just as clutch as well.

 

[triaddukefan]

That Chelsea Gray has turned into a heck of a player..... no bias here. .... off shooting day.... but stuffed the stat sheet. Thank you Connecticut Sun

 

[Plebe]

That Chelsea Gray has turned into a heck of a player..... no bias here. .... off shooting day.... but stuffed the stat sheet. Thank you Connecticut Sun

One might say she was inspired by her teammate to carry out an all-out assault in the stat sheet

 

[triaddukefan]

Don't give her any ideas.

By the way, Gray was just as clutch as well.

Its in her DNA

One might say she was inspired by her teammate to carry out an all-out assault in the stat sheet

 

[j66kicker]

they dealt with it alright

Well at least they didn’t totally ignore it. I’ll be interested if the Seattle announcers (best WNBA homer broadcast team IMO) address the issue in their broadcast tonight, or candy over it like the rest of them (including ESPN) do with Riquna.

 

[Plebe]

Sky picked up a road win at Dallas. DeShields led the scoring with 26, Lavender and Quigley scored in double figures, and Vandersloot had 8 points and 8 assists. Gabby did some good things when she was in, finished with 5 points, 4 assists.

Dagger play down the stretch was when Arike drove and missed, and while she was complaining to the ref about no foul call, she was late getting back on D, fouling DeShields on a 3-pointer from the corner for a 4-point play.

Having said that, Arike led Dallas with 20 points and I've noticed that her shooting percentages have improved lately. However, she was -17 on the +/- this game, FWIW.

 

[eebmg]

Sky picked up a road win at Dallas. DeShields led the scoring with 26, Lavender and Quigley scored in double figures, and Vandersloot had 8 points and 8 assists. Gabby did some good things when she was in, finished with 5 points, 4 assists.

Dagger play down the stretch was when Arike drove and missed, and while she was complaining to the ref about no foul call, she was late getting back on D, fouling DeShields on a 3-pointer from the corner for a 4-point play.

Having said that, Arike led Dallas with 20 points and I've noticed that her shooting percentages have improved lately. However, she was -17 on the +/- this game, FWIW.

Deshields was excellent today. Very under control. Arike is a hell of an offensive threat but she takes alot of ill advised shots as well. Agler has to take the reigns a bit more on her.

and Dolson gave Arike a pair of teeth shattering screens that set her off a bit and got her into a manic. (I'll show you) state.

 

[stwainfan]

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well at least they didn’t totally ignore it. I’ll be interested if the Seattle announcers (best WNBA homer broadcast team IMO) address the issue in their broadcast tonight, or candy over it like the rest of them (including ESPN) do with Riquna.

I hadn't thought about that, excellent point. I'm a big fan of Elise Woodward.

 

[j66kicker]

Deshields was excellent today. Very under control. Arike is a hell of an offensive threat but she takes alot of ill advised shots as well. Agler has to take the reigns a bit more on her.

and Dolson gave Arike a pair of teeth shattering screens that set her off a bit and got her into a manic. (I'll show you) state.

That was a great sequence! Arike runs into a Dolson screen, then 3 seconds later runs back the other way - BAM, right into another Dolson screen. Arike gets frustrated that Dolson won’t let her by, and gives Stef a couple high forearms. Stef goes down (flop?) and Arike gets the foul, which only upsets her further. I was ROFLMAO...

 

[Plebe]

That was a great sequence! Arike runs into a Dolson screen, then 3 seconds later runs back the other way - BAM, right into another Dolson screen. Arike gets frustrated that Dolson won’t let her by, and gives Stef a couple high forearms. Stef goes down (flop?) and Arike gets the foul, which only upsets her further. I was ROFLMAO...

Do you remember when in the game this happened? Asking for a friend

 

[eebmg]

DT is out tonight. Clearly, she is not right physically

 

[Plebe]

DT is out tonight. Clearly, she is not right physically

I read somewhere that she tweaked her back in the last game. Not a good thing in your first game back from back surgery.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Crickets in Seattle. It's as if there was no incident w/ Howard. Maybe the broadcast team was specifically told not to bring it up, but it's a rather large elephant in the room.

They did have a pregame interview w/ Stewie, talking about rehab and how different it is not being able to play this season.

 

[Plebe]

Crickets in Seattle. It's as if there was no incident w/ Howard. Maybe the broadcast team was specifically told not to bring it up, but it's a rather large elephant in the room.

They did have a pregame interview w/ Stewie, talking about rehab and how different it is not being able to play this season.

This is definitely the type of thing that the producers would tell them how to address, or if at all.

If the supposedly neutral ESPN broadcast pussyfooted the Riquna thing, I can only imagine that the homer producers in Seattle would want to squelch or massage the message