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Your self-appointed official Sky correspondent checking in.

The seats are way closer to the action at Wintrust Arena compared to Allstate Arena. And the face price of my season ticket seat went down by $5. Not bad.

 
In NYC, on MSG+. Looking forward to UConn vs UConn. ;)
 
Kia Nurse with long hair. Gone corporate. :confused:
 
Nurse and Gabby in the game at the same time. These games are a nice diversion during the summer until UConn gets ready to begin practice. We get to see all of the UConn alums getting after it. :cool:
 
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Nurse looks skinnier in person than I expected.

Diamond had a terrible quarter. She is trying to force things that aren't there and the refs aren't going to give a rookie the benefit of the doubt.

Her passing decision-making is very shaky so far.
 
Scoop said:
Nurse and Gabby in the game at the same time. These games are a nice diversion during the summer until UConn gets ready to begin practice. We get to see all of the UConn alums getting after it. :cool:
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Oh man. Nurse just put Gabby in the spin cycle
 
Geew1992 said:
Confused...I thought Russell was waived
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She was. The announcer said she was signed because of injuries to Liberty players.
 
Orangutan said:
Nurse looks skinnier in person than I expected.

Diamond had a terrible quarter. She is trying to force things that aren't there and the refs aren't going to give a rookie the benefit of the doubt.

Her passing decision-making is very shaky so far.
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Maybe it's the hair extensions down to her butt.

Coates looking good tonight.
 
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I don't know what's more perplexing: Amber Stocks' hockey substitutions or that the 2s are outplaying the 1s.

Then again the 2s have the better point guard and don't have Diamond making turnovers.
 
UConnCat said:
Gabby and Nurse both looking good.

Nurse just schooled Gabby on the break.
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It's hard to root for either team because they both have multiple UConn alums. Liberty has 4. :confused:
The Liberty is having a hard time keeping Kia on the bench. She's getting a lot of playing time in the first half, and is doing well!!
 
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Geew1992 said:
Confused...I thought Russell was waived
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They said something like she was added to the roster after some injuries / shortened roster. No details. Looks pretty invisible to me. What a contrast to Coates who is as physical as a bull.
 
Nurse put a forehand shiver into Coates chest to get some space and than drilled a 3. :)
 
Total phantom call on Gabby's last foul. Zahui threw it right to Dolson and I guess the ref felt bad for her?
 
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Final score - Sky 80 - Liberty 76
Gabby finished with 12 pts in 19 min - Kia 17 pts in 29 min. Only Hartley and Charles played more minutes that she did. Kia started the last game, came off the bench in this one. With this performance, she may start the next one. :)
 
Kia played really well today - she can play in this league right now. 17 points, 3:1 A/TO ratio, couple rebounds, couple steals, only 1 TO and 1 foul in 29 minutes, +/- of +8 in a loss.

Coates looks good on offense too. I don't care for Amber Stocks' hockey line substitution, but I guess they're 2-0, so....
 
j66kicker said:
Kia played really well today - she can play in this league right now. 17 points, 3:1 A/TO ratio, couple rebounds, couple steals, only 1 TO and 1 foul in 29 minutes, +/- of +8 in a loss.

Coates looks good on offense too. I don't care for Amber Stocks' hockey line substitution, but I guess they're 2-0, so....
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I just think that Kia's game is better suited to the pro game than many others. To me she looks like a glue player that puts a contending team into the playoffs and a top team into a championship.
 
Some final thoughts:

Nurse is extremely polished. She is a total irritant on defense. She forced several rushed late-clock shots by denying Chicago guards the ball and blowing up plays. She also is very skilled in the art of drawing fouls. When she gets fouled she makes darn sure that the refs know. And of course her deep shot is lethal. She just does a lot of subtle good things on both ends.

Kia Stokes was in street clothes and had a boot on her left foot.

Diamond looks really good when she plays within herself. But she tries these highlight-reel moves and passes and none of them came off today. She needs Joe Maddon's mantra "Do Simple Better."

Gabby hit a couple of long 2s today. As long as she can hit that shot consistently she will be fine. I liked her all-around game.

It looks like we finally found out what Amber Stocks thinks her best lineup is: Faulkner-Quigley-Copper-Parker-Dolson was the crunch time 5. Copper and/or Parker can certainly be displaced by Gabby and/or Diamond but that was the group she rolled with today and I think it was the right call. Obviously Sloot will slot in there when she is back. I think Stocks has Faulkner coming off the bench because she wants to build her chemistry with the second unit. She's clearly better than Hopkins.
 
Orangutan said:
Some final thoughts:

Nurse is extremely polished. She is a total irritant on defense. She forced several rushed late-clock shots by denying Chicago guards the ball and blowing up plays. She also is very skilled in the art of drawing fouls. When she gets fouled she makes darn sure that the refs know. And of course her deep shot is lethal. She just does a lot of subtle good things on both ends.

Kia Stokes was in street clothes and had a boot on her left foot.

Diamond looks really good when she plays within herself. But she tries these highlight-reel moves and passes and none of them came off today. She needs Joe Maddon's mantra "Do Simple Better."

Gabby hit a couple of long 2s today. As long as she can hit that shot consistently she will be fine. I liked her all-around game.

It looks like we finally found out what Amber Stocks thinks her best lineup is: Faulkner-Quigley-Copper-Parker-Dolson was the crunch time 5. Copper and/or Parker can certainly be displaced by Gabby and/or Diamond but that was the group she rolled with today and I think it was the right call. Obviously Sloot will slot in there when she is back. I think Stocks has Faulkner coming off the bench because she wants to build her chemistry with the second unit. She's clearly better than Hopkins.
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Thanks O for the "court side" report. When you're at the game, you see things that the TV audience does not. Hope to gets these reports and observations all season.

Too bad about Kiah Stokes, I wanted to see how much she has improved this past winter. Hopefully she'll make her debut in a couple of weeks.
 
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