WBNA Playoffs - here we go!

[cancontent]

Something to monitor re Carrington.

 

[boontonbomber]

Most Valuable! Looking at these teams playing without their mvp candidate: hard for me to see Indiana winning many games at all without Kelsey Mitchell. I mean, really, very, very few wins.. Caitlin Clark not being around has really allowed her to show what an outstanding player she has become. Offensively, close to unstoppable.
Of course, no Wilson, no Thomas, their teams would not win many either. Not so much Atlanta or the Lynx.

 

[JstVisiting]

Most Valuable! Looking at these teams playing without their mvp candidate: hard for me to see Indiana winning many games at all without Kelsey Mitchell. I mean, really, very, very few wins..

Do not disagree, but the same is true of Aliyah Boston. Her performance has been even better by every advanced metric, yet Mitchell is garnering the individual accolades. It really shows both the much greater difficulty and the higher standard for a post to capture everyone’s attention versus a perimeter player.

This is not about Aliyah Boston.

 

[REB1094]

New York doesn’t want to win today. Giving absolutely 0 effort. Very fortunate the game is close, feels like it should be a blowout

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm pretty sure nobody with as much talent as NY has ever lost in the first round of the WNBA playoffs before, right?

Congrats to Phoenix. AT doing AT things, yet another triple double.

 

[GamecockFam]

I'm pretty sure nobody with as much talent as NY has ever lost in the first round of the WNBA playoffs before, right?

Congrats to Phoenix. AT doing AT things, yet another triple double.

It is definitely a head scratcher. After the game finished, I kept on thinking about the seasonal plots for the Liberty and Aces – exact opposite trajectories.The Liberty had it going at the beginning of the season but just fell apart when the injuries started piling up and it seems like they could never find that groove when the band was all back on the court together.

 

[GoChips20]

I get they had injuries but the Liberty massively underperformed this year and honestly it wasn’t even really the storyline it might’ve been in a different season.

 

[TheFarmFan]

I'm pretty sure nobody with as much talent as NY has ever lost in the first round of the WNBA playoffs before, right?

Congrats to Phoenix. AT doing AT things, yet another triple double.

The problem is that the talent wasn't evident. Jones was a negative factor, and Cloud and Fiebich were non-factors. I almost felt bad for Stewie. She's grinding on and MCL sprain and half her teammates are giving the effort rec basketball deserves.