Tiff having monster game

[Vowelguy]

23 pts
Dream up 5 with 1:07 to go

 

[ASweet3781]

So much for Tiff not showing up in big games

 

[Vowelguy]

Dream doing their best to blow it.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Indiana is no slouch. I think Chicago is better than they showed, but the Sky are an awful matchup for Indiana's guards which cost them the series.

But I didn't expect them to have success vs. the Dream. Having said that, great to see Tiff showing up big time. She played like a star. I don't know if she was injured this year or not, but I was surprised to often check the box score and see she came off the bench. Thomas, Bentley and Herrington don't have near the offensive pop that Tiff does.

 

[UConnCat]

UConn pedigree. Tiff has it. She played in 4 Final Fours and won 2 national championships.

 

[Vowelguy]

Indiana is no slouch. I think Chicago is better than they showed, but the Sky are an awful matchup for Indiana's guards which cost them the series.

But I didn't expect them to have success vs. the Dream. Having said that, great to see Tiff showing up big time. She played like a star. I don't know if she was injured this year or not, but I was surprised to often check the box score and see she came off the bench. Thomas, Bentley and Herrington don't have near the offensive pop that Tiff does.

Yes they referred to her missing ~10? games with an injury. Knee scoped?

 

[VAMike23]

Very exciting game!

Tiff was her usual self , playing with abandon and giving 110%. Really fun to watch Tiff scoring and making plays. Some her fouls were vintage Tiff, too lol

 

[semper]

I was thrilled to turn on ESPN and see that Tiff led her team to victory. Just great! Makes me wish I had cable.

 

[katiecrum1992]

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Hayes go in the 2nd round of the draft last year?
She's had a great season.

 

[Jackalope]

I think one of the announcers during the LA series said that the Dream were 2-9 for the 11 games that Tiff was out.

 

[DobbsRover2]

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Hayes go in the 2nd round of the draft last year?
She's had a great season.

Going on the WNBA site for info and stats is a nasty experience, but it's nice to see Tiff's pic listed as no. 1 in their Daily Stats for Scoring category today.

She was picked in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft as the 13th player overall. Of the 13 players, they can be broken out into three groups, with number in draft and 2013 rpg-apg-ppg listed:

1. Not in WNBA: Cain (7), Novosel (8), Dabo (9), Barrett (10)
2. Minor roles in WNBA: Peters (3, 4.6-1.1-4.1), Prahalis (6, 0.7-1.5-1.6), Goodlett (11, 1.6-0.2-1.8), Abdi (12, 0.7-0.5-2.2)
3. WNBA double digit scorers: Ogwumike (1, 7.6-1.3-14.6), Stricklen (2, 2.8-0.8-10.0), Glory Johnson (4, 8.9-1.1-4.1), Shenise Johnson (5, 3.9-2.4-11.0), Hayes (13, 3.7-1.7-11.3)

So of Tiff and her preceding draft mates, she is 4th in average rebounds, 2nd in assists, and 3rd in scoring. She is clearly one of the two best values per selection spot in the draft along with Tulsa's 16th overall pick Riquna Williams, who went 2.4-1.8-15.6 this year.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Tiff is the bomb

 

[Icebear]

3 for 6 on the bomb.

 

[HuskyNan]

Dream drive hustle, Hayes to win, Mechelle Voepel, ESPN

 

[katiecrum1992]

Going on the WNBA site for info and stats is a nasty experience, but it's nice to see Tiff's pic listed as no. 1 in their Daily Stats for Scoring category today.

She was picked in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft as the 13th player overall. Of the 13 players, they can be broken out into three groups, with number in draft and 2013 rpg-apg-ppg listed:

1. Not in WNBA: Cain (7), Novosel (8), Dabo (9), Barrett (10)
2. Minor roles in WNBA: Peters (3, 4.6-1.1-4.1), Prahalis (6, 0.7-1.5-1.6), Goodlett (11, 1.6-0.2-1.8), Abdi (12, 0.7-0.5-2.2)
3. WNBA double digit scorers: Ogwumike (1, 7.6-1.3-14.6), Stricklen (2, 2.8-0.8-10.0), Glory Johnson (4, 8.9-1.1-4.1), Shenise Johnson (5, 3.9-2.4-11.0), Hayes (13, 3.7-1.7-11.3)

So of Tiff and her preceding draft mates, she is 4th in average rebounds, 2nd in assists, and 3rd in scoring. She is clearly one of the two best values per selection spot in the draft along with Tulsa's 16th overall pick Riquna Williams, who went 2.4-1.8-15.6 this year.

Thanks! So she was barely out of the first round.

 

[DaddyChoc]

she was out of the first round... many thought she was easily a top ten player

 

[UcMiami]

Going on the WNBA site for info and stats is a nasty experience, but it's nice to see Tiff's pic listed as no. 1 in their Daily Stats for Scoring category today.

She was picked in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft as the 13th player overall. Of the 13 players, they can be broken out into three groups, with number in draft and 2013 rpg-apg-ppg listed:

1. Not in WNBA: Cain (7), Novosel (8), Dabo (9), Barrett (10)
2. Minor roles in WNBA: Peters (3, 4.6-1.1-4.1), Prahalis (6, 0.7-1.5-1.6), Goodlett (11, 1.6-0.2-1.8), Abdi (12, 0.7-0.5-2.2)
3. WNBA double digit scorers: Ogwumike (1, 7.6-1.3-14.6), Stricklen (2, 2.8-0.8-10.0), Glory Johnson (4, 8.9-1.1-4.1), Shenise Johnson (5, 3.9-2.4-11.0), Hayes (13, 3.7-1.7-11.3)

So of Tiff and her preceding draft mates, she is 4th in average rebounds, 2nd in assists, and 3rd in scoring. She is clearly one of the two best values per selection spot in the draft along with Tulsa's 16th overall pick Riquna Williams, who went 2.4-1.8-15.6 this year.

Thanks - assume there is a typo on Glory Johnson's ppg?
And I think using scoring only for ranking these players may be a little unfair - thinking about Peters specifically. She has had a slow start to her career, but I have been impressed with her work at the end of this season in the little I have seen. She seems to be providing very valuable minutes to the team with the best record in the league with some key buckets and pretty good defense. With Moore, Augustus, and Whalen she isn't going to be expected to score much or take many shots, but she no longer looks lost as she did last year.
But total agree that the run from 7 - 12 were questionable selections when Tiff was still available and #6 never impressed me much either.

 

[wire chief]

Thanks - assume there is a typo on Glory Johnson's ppg?
And I think using scoring only for ranking these players may be a little unfair - thinking about Peters specifically. She has had a slow start to her career, but I have been impressed with her work at the end of this season in the little I have seen. She seems to be providing very valuable minutes to the team with the best record in the league with some key buckets and pretty good defense. With Moore, Augustus, and Whalen she isn't going to be expected to score much or take many shots, but she no longer looks lost as she did last year.
But total agree that the run from 7 - 12 were questionable selections when Tiff was still available and #6 never impressed me much either.

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