I'm not sure what "point" your talking about - are you talking about how Baylor reacted to the physical play? 'cause I'm saying I think Baylor folks moaning about how physical it was is just that -- moaning. 11 minutes in to the game was when Shoni and Hammond had two fouls each. I'm going to guess that what I identified as physical play ended before that -- so more than 3/4s of the game was "regular."
Obviously, Louisville shot lights out -- and OS did everything she could to get Baylor back into the game. In fact, they should have won the game - but they blew the defense on the final play. That's Kim/team prep.
But a game for a team like Baylor should never come down to a single play, so blown or not, that's not the story. I didn't have my Physicality Meter running while watching the game to judge the various levels of bump and grind, but three Cards did foul out, and I assume it wasn't just for breathing on Bears players, but who knows, maybe. As always, both teams were physical even if the Cards' acts were much more narrowly directed, but again the "point" is that the Bears had experienced this stuff much of the year but failed to get the machine going until there were only 9 minutes left, from which point they steamrolled the Cards at a rate that would have given them about a 65 point win if the same level had been maintained all game. Who cares if Griner scores say 5 points and has 5 rebounds if the Bears win? Last I heard, the game is about winning, and if that means that Griner locks herself on to three Cards defenders on the perimeter and the Sims and the rest of the team feast inside, the Bears get their chuckles. Instead, they got a really ugly and unnecessary defeat.
