Nika with a little help from her friends shut down one of the best PGs in the country and dished 13 assists while doing so. That defensive effort isn't as sexy as scoring points and rebounds, but it is worthy of a BA award. However, I'm giving my BA award to Amari. I hope the lightbulb finally clicked on that it's more fun to play the game than to cheerlead from the bench.To me Nika was the BA, she had 13 assists, which should have been 17, she also was instrumental in the guarding of Park-Lane who went 4-15 and 0-5 from behind the arc for only 9 points. Both Nika and Aubrey played 37 minutes.
That assist to Inês while not moving her pivot cheek
had me laughing. Plus Inês had the presence of mind to break to the basket with Amari sitting on the floor? That's priceless.