Dee would have needed to make the shot and the FT or make 2 FTs and hope for a tip-in on a miss. I agreed with Rebecca--put all the defense inside the arc. A 3-pointer would have taken the last 4 seconds and left Phoenix 1 point short.
Yes, Jewell drew the 6th foul on Griner by cutting across the lane.
Why can’t the Mercury play that way except in the last 5 minutes??@#&%##??
Both Jewell and Clark shot poorly, but Jewell was 8-10 on FTs.
The Mercury look unstoppable in stretches. Just like the end of the game against Connecticut, they seem to score on every possession.
I know I've been on Griner's case all season long, but her sixth foul in overtime, and her overall performance in game one, pretty much reflects what I've been trying to point out. At times, she can be a net negative for her team. Geno had her firing on all cylinders throughout virtually all of the 2016 Olympics, and she came back from Rio a much improved player. But Brondello just seems clueless about how to utilize her on offense, and how to develop her into a truly elite player like say a Delle Donne. It's frustrating to see someone with her physical gifts and potential leaving a big chunk of it on the table like that.
Agreed. There are stretches where Griner just dominates in games like you know she should. But it doesn't happen at all consistently; it waxes and wanes. And she's undisciplined, especially with some of the ridiculous fouls she gives up on defense. I mean, much of this is the kind of stuff we see Geno and his coaching staff routinely stamp out in their players usually by the end of sophomore year.
Spitting on the floor and flopping are two very different things. If you are trying to call Loyd classless for that, but stand up for DT you are a hypocrite. Trying to get foul calls for your team and take advantage of the other teams aggressiveness is a part of the game now. So flops happen, and they don't just happen by Loyd. Spitting on the floor has no part in the game, period. I always remember everyone always talking about how big a diva Parker is. If Parker was doing all of the things DT was doing these playoffs, she would be smeared.
I highly highly highly recommend following Shea Serrano on Twitter if you're on there. A while ago, he wrote a great book called Basketball: And Other Things. He was called out by a female sportswriter because he didn't include any women's bball at all. Instead of getting defensive, he reflected on why that was. So he started reading up and following the Aces, because he's from San Antonio. He also follows Oregon, because he loves the way they play.
As noted, it was an instant classic.
