Sparks @ Lynx - 5/20/18

[Shades]

Minneapolis, MN - 5:00 PM ET
TV: ESPN2 (Rebecca Lobo, Holly Rowe)

Video:
WatchESPN: Live Sports, Game Replays, Video Highlights

Game page:
05/20/18: Los Angeles Sparks @ Minnesota Lynx - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA

ESPN Gamecast:
WNBA LAvMIN,5/20/2018 - ESPN

 

[Shades]

Championship ring ceremony before the game.

 

[eebmg]

Candace Parker not playing? Missed the explanation.

 

[Geew1992]

Candace Parker not playing? Missed the explanation.

Her back

 

[Geew1992]

I love holly Rowe but not as an analyst

 

[eebmg]

Karlie Samuelson in. Pave the way.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Championship ring ceremony before the game.

I’m sure L.A. is not happy about the ceremony.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Candace Parker not playing? Missed the explanation.

She thought it was the FIBA World Cup.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Minny needs to grab this game—at home with Candace out. It could determine home court advantage at the end of the season.

 

[eebmg]

Chelsea Gray starting where she left off last season. Real tough player. I can see her making the National Team before her career is over.

 

[msf22b]

I watched a little, got bored switched to the Frank Sinatra doc
now back....

It's not compelling like Geno-ball

 

[Kaizen]

Karlie Samuelson in. Pave the way.

I thought Sparks cut her? So she is in the team roster?

 

[MilfordHusky]

I thought Sparks cut her? So she is in the team roster?

Re-signed late.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Chelsea Gray starting where she left off last season. Real tough player. I can see her making the National Team before her career is over.

I questioned Chelsea’s mobility after her injury, but she certainly can pass and shoot. She has a few steals today was well.

I chatted with her on the street at the Final Four in New Orleans. She was very cordial.

 

[Kaizen]

Re-signed late.

Wow, great news...

 

[nwhoopfan]

Surprised how much court time Karlie got in the first half. Looked kinda lost on defense several times and clunked a few 3 point attempts. For a player that was cut recently she appeared to be ahead of several others in the rotation. Wiese made a cameo w/ less than a minute left in the half.

 

[nwhoopfan]

So...there's no statute of limitations on reviewing plays? They took away a Nneka 3 pointer from about several minutes before halftime.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I watched a little, got bored switched to the Frank Sinatra doc
now back....

It's not compelling like Geno-ball

Agreed. I'm trying to watch it but it's not very interesting so far.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Lynx went up 8 early in the Q3, but now the Sparks are on a 14-0 run. Nneka has 14 points. Whalen and Augustus have been virtual no-shows today.

Bird got a shout out for being the oldest player in the W. One of the announcers incorrectly gave that distinction to Brunson earlier in the broadcast.

 

[Roger G]

I watched a little, got bored switched to the Frank Sinatra doc
now back....

It's not compelling like Geno-ball

This game is not intense. It is the least intense of the games thus far. It feels like an All-Star game. The CT Sun game had the most intensity of any of the games so far.

 

[Kaizen]

Surprised how much court time Karlie got in the first half. Looked kinda lost on defense several times and clunked a few 3 point attempts. For a player that was cut recently she appeared to be ahead of several others in the rotation. Wiese made a cameo w/ less than a minute left in the half.

She played only 7 mins in the first half and was only 0-2. What you mean a few 3 point attempts. You think it is too much?

 

[nwhoopfan]

She played only 7 mins in the first half and was only 0-2. What you mean a few 3 point attempts. You think it is too much?

No, that's mostly what she was known for in college. It's just that both shots looked really bad and weren't remotely close to going in.

She's back in halfway thru Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

and now Karlie drilled a 3, much nicer looking stroke that time

 

[Roger G]

Yay for Karlie! Hit the three!

 

[Kaizen]

No, that's mostly what she was known for in college. It's just that both shots looked really bad and weren't remotely close to going in.

She's back in halfway thru Q3.

I am talking about this game not her past college games. Get real ...