July WNBA thread

[nwhoopfan]

Charles is about to get her first start for Seattle. In place of Ezi, that's not what @baggerbob has been calling for. 4/5 of their starting lineup is UConn alums.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jeez. Combined 8/10 starters are UConn or Notre Dame.

 

[JellyBean]

Oh man. I forget this is Tina Charles matchup game as well. Should be interesting. Looking forward to seeing how she plays against her old Phoenix teammates.

 

[GCKSFN4L]

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I found this article from earlier this month so Alyssa Thomas isn't on there yet and I can't remember if anything happened in between July 7th an now. But this year is by far the most triple doubles in a year. There was almost a decade with no triple doubles and only two seasons with multiple triple doubles, one of which was last season.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That's what I was thinking. Parker and Ionescu are tied for the most in a career w/ 3 each. Tells you there just haven't been very many in league history. Kind of an explosion of them this season.

 

[GCKSFN4L]

 

[nwhoopfan]

No surprise Seattle is hurting Phoenix w/ their size, but Merc responding by bombing away from 3. On pace for a high scoring affair.

 

[baggerbob]

Charles is about to get her first start for Seattle. In place of Ezi, that's not what @baggerbob has been calling for. 4/5 of their starting lineup is UConn alums.

Seattle can't win a championship with Gabby as a starter. They really need to get rid of their entire coaching staff. You don't sit your best defender, and keep playing someone who brings no offense to the team.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That's CRAZY! 1/3 of all triple doubles have been just this season.

 

[nwhoopfan]

They really need to get rid of their entire coaching staff.

Every time I see Pokey Chatman I think she's Wanda Sykes. Wanda probably wouldn't be any worse, plus funnier.

 

[GCKSFN4L]

That's CRAZY! 1/3 of all triple doubles have been just this season.

Yeah it doesn't make sense. I could understand if it was just one person who was doing it but multiple getting triple doubles all of a sudden with no real significant rule changes is really bizarre.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The scoring pace dropped way off. Tied at 21 thru Q1.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stewie hit 3500 point plateau, second fastest ever.

 

[eebmg]

This one living up to the hype so far. Stewie with 16 pts 10 rebounds at half (and she missed 3 super bunnies as well) Diana bringing her A game 15 pts, 4 RB, 5 Assists at half.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Now Stewie hit 1500 rebounds and counting.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Turner hit Loyd w/ a nasty elbow in the head on a screen. They called the foul, but never bothered to look at it on the monitor to upgrade to Flagrant 1 (it clearly was). That seemed to get Jewell fired up.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cunningham has a heck of a shiner.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Is Bird gonna show up to this party? 1 FGA w/ 6 minutes left.

Stewie having a monster game but she's gone quiet in Q4.

Diggins-Smith and Taurasi have combined for 51.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It's just one game, but the move to the bench is absolutely not working for Ezi. Charles had been providing some scoring punch from the reserves, today they have none.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Dagger 3 from Sophie, Merc up 11. About 4 minutes left. Storm look dead in the water, Q4 has been all Phoenix.

Make it 14. Game over. Almost 60 from SDS and Taurasi (1 more bucket will do it).

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jeez, 25-6 in Q4, even worse than I thought.

 

[eebmg]

Wow. Seattle just unraveled.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Phoenix is beating Seattle w/ 3 players. The Big 2 plus Cunningham has 19.

 

[nwhoopfan]

30-6. Probably the worst quarter in franchise history. What the heck happened?

 

[nwhoopfan]

So other than a revenge game on her return to Phoenix, what was the impetus for changing the starting lineup? The Storm had been winning games. Seems like a classic case of outsmarting yourself.