Phoenix Mercury vs Indiana Fever - 7/29/20

[Shades]

Palmetto, FL - Court 1 - 7:00 PM ET
TV: NBA TV

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Fever 106-100 Mercury (Jul 29, 2020) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury WNBA game, final score 106-100, from July 29, 2020 on ESPN.

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[Baylor1994]

I hope Lauren cox gets to play some minutes today!

 

[Shades]

29-27 PHX end of first

Dupree leads all scorers with 11.

 

[garddog]

Looks like this lineup with McCowan, dupree, mitchell, allemond, and Vivians is working.

 

[eebmg]

Fun game. Mercury showing a little fight. Down only 3 at half 56-53. Bria Hartley playing pretty well and shooting her 3's

 

[Shades]

76-75 IND end of third

Griner 18 pts, 6 reb

KMitchell 18 pts, 3 ast

 

[Blueballer]

Phoenix defense is so bad.

 

[garddog]

No matter what name stars are there. Hartley is the best player for Phoenix.

 

[Kaizen]

At 24 secs left, DT made a three. I thought she was fouled and should make 3 FTs.
But why Indiana mad 2 FTs? I am lost ....

 

[garddog]

At 24 secs left, DT made a three. I thought she was fouled and should make 3 FTs.
But why Indiana mad 2 FTs? I am lost ....

She wasn't fouled. Contact was after the ball left and defender had arms straight up is what announcers stated.

 

[Kaizen]

Bria has 26 pts, 3 rebs, 5 stls. So happy she is back strong.

 

[Shades]

106-100 IND final

TMitchell 24 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast

Hartley 26 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast off the bench

 

[garddog]

Battle of the bigs.

Griner. 23 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast

McCowan. 20 pts, 13 reb, 2 blk, 2 ast

 

[militarydog]

T McCowan had a good game with 20 points and 13 rebounds after a subpar first game.

 

[Shades]

T McCowan had a good game with 20 points and 13 rebounds after a subpar first game.

Subpar coaching may have been responsible for that.

 

[garddog]

What is scary for the rest of the league is that Indiana is playing street ball for the most part. If they ever get the sets down. Maybe 25% of what they ran were actual plays.

 

[SCspur]

I was suspect to Stanley after watching game 1 but once Indiana learns how to play defense watch out. The Mitchell’s are a tough matchup for just about anyone and I think Lauren Cox will add some much needed rim protection and extra rebounding. McCowan rarely misses anything around the rim and Vivians has found her shooting stroke. Once they get Wheeler back Indiana will definitely have playoff potential.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Brittney Griner - 7 rebounds
Teaira McCowan - 13 rebounds


Not saying T is better than Griner, but everything else being equal, T's rebounding is the difference in a 6 point game. Just saying.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Cunningham is not great making layups on the move. Gotta practice those, Sophie.

 

[Bigboote]

McCowan will be a WNBA star if she isn’t already. She has natural gifts and she’s an incredibly hard worker.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Glad to see Stanford Alum Alanna Smith have a solid game 5-9, 2-4 3pt, 3o/4d rebounds, 2 assists, and a block in 20 minutes. She struggled a lot last year, esp. w/ her 3pt shot, which was often money in college.

Meanwhile, looks like Big T had a stellar game and almost twice the rebounds as Griner, who had nearly as many turnovers and fouls as rebounds, and no blocks. Guess you can't teach effort...

 

[Shades]

The coach for Indiana has to stop overthinking the matchups like she did against Washington and just keep playing McCowan. If McCowan is getting easy offensive put backs against Griner, she’s doing it against all the teams.

 

[redhat]

Phoenix starters all had negative +/- numbers (Diggins - 27!). 2nd team all positive +/-