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And That’s The Way It Is
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Really looking forward to playing Notre Dame - a team with at least 3 really good scoring options. If you only have one real threat, we're good enough to shut her down (yes, no matter who it is, Odyssey) and it's game over. ND will be fun.
Shoni looked just like Sims did in the middle of the fourth quarter. Since Sims was handling the ball more she had to sit on the bench. Shoni had a flushed look on her face.
To be honest she needs to get on a diet and slim down if she wants to play in the WNBA. Those extra pounds aren't doing her any favors.
To be honest she needs to get on a diet and slim down if she wants to play in the WNBA. Those extra pounds aren't doing her any favors.
There is a big difference between defending a post player who may move 10 feet side to side and chasing a guard all around the court of 30 seconds - much more energy and effort involved getting around the screens and through the traffic as well as just the distance covered. No saying Slaughter didn't have a great game, just no the same kind of physical effort expended.As they said, the mental energy it takes out of a shooter to be constantly guarded like that and to consequently rush any halfway open look is easy to see. But it often takes a lot out of the defender to keep that type of pressure on, but MoJeff and Bria are used to it and did well enough on the offensive end, though the numbers were down. One of the most impressive performances I've ever seen in one of these situations was by Lville's Slaughter against Baylor last year when she fronted Griner on defense and still had the energy left for some devastating shooting from the arc.
Or Billy Mills in 1964.Jim Thorpe, arguably the country's greatest athlete, certainly didn't get the memo on overweight back in 1912.
Well definitely a different type of energy as the guards may expend a lot of energy running and cutting, but personally I would have an easier time of it harassing a guard then going through all the arms-up shoving yanking pushing with BG in the post. That must have been a killer for Slaughter to do for the full 40 minutes. OTOH, she probably got a break on the offensive end since instead of battling in the paint a lot she had a nice easy job of staying out on the perimeter and burying 7 threes. Must have seemed relaxing by comparison.There is a big difference between defending a post player who may move 10 feet side to side and chasing a guard all around the court of 30 seconds - much more energy and effort involved getting around the screens and through the traffic as well as just the distance covered. No saying Slaughter didn't have a great game, just no the same kind of physical effort expended.