Sun - Fever Game 3

[UcMiami]

Don't want to pile on, and I don't follow the Sun as closely as many people here, but it does seem they underachieve in the playoffs consistently throughout their history - losing to teams that they 'should' beat.
I think judging teams/coaches on championships alone is difficult because you can have a great team and outperform your talent and still not beat a better team that performs up to its talent - and coach/players have no control over that. What you can judge is whether over time a team conisitently loses to teams that it logically should beat. For example Foster has probably not had a champioship quality team in the last decade, but ... the teams he has had have lost in the NCAAs sooner than they should have to teams they should have beaten consistently. Once is an upset, more than once is a trend.
And I would say that the Sun were not going to be favorites had they gotten to the championship this year, but they really should have gotten to that series. And if you look at their history and his, I think the Sun have bowed out sooner than they should have more than once.

 

[VAUConnFan]

Who is to say that Connecticut should have beaten Indiana in this series? Connecticut won 3 of 4 during the season within single digits. Their one loss was a 34 point blowout on the road. The Sun, last night, found themselves within a perfect strom of calamity; They were missing shots they normally make and Indiana was shooting lights out. At one point late in the game, the Fever was 8-9 from three, 55% overall. You are not going to beat a team that is that hot. The tendency, for the last few years, has been to fault the Sun coaching. Coaching did not lose that game last night.

 

[magical2]

I was disappointed for the Sun, for their players, etc. But they came out with no fire, no defense, and no apparent game plan except to miss shots around the basket. Kudos to Indiana for taking advantage and wiping the Sun off their own floor.

I'm not sure if Thiebeault is the problem or not. Were all the missed shots his fault? Honestly I don't know what the answer is. But I'd be shocked if Indiana got more than 1 game off of Minny. It could well be a sweep in the finals again. I think Seattle was actually their toughest opponent so far...

I was shocked at the Sun's performance in all aspects of the game including emotion!!! I believe the Lynx could not have asked for more! I also expect them to dominate Indiana and defend their title! If this occurs it will add to the remarkable Championship list for Maya! WOW