Phoenix has been resilient in these playoffs. I wouldn't count them out yet w/ the next 2 games at home for them.
Looks like Trader Bill and Dan Padover knew what they were doing when choosing her #1 back in 2018 (wow...that long?).
While not the intent of their statement, if Phoenix loses on Wednesday, I find it highly unlikely that they will go on a four game winning streak.
" The Aces’ win yesterday was their fifth straight over the Mercury since dropping the first meeting of the season back in June, including a 4-0 mark since the All-Star break and a 5-0 mark with A’ja Wilson on the floor — she missed the first meeting while out of the lineup with a concussion. The Mercury need to tighten their defense up significantly if they’re going to get back in this series, as Las Vegas has pretty much had its way with Phoenix at the end where it usually does its best work."
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You really just can't quit tempting the woofing gods, can you? 🤣
If the Merc come back from down 0-3 in this series, that would have to be one of the biggest come backs in pro sports playoff history.
Rumors of her demise early in the season might've been a bit exaggerated. And premature.
From your lips to Alyssa Thomas's elbows...
She was already there before Game 1.
So did Coach White and I believe that happened before their decision to join other teams. Connecticut was also trading key team mates like Carrington. Not sure how they're expected to stay when the Sun went into rebuild mode.
The last five minutes were intense but the build up was a snooze fest. For a while it was looking like the Aces were going to blowout the Mercury and I honestly was having trouble staying awake.
This GIF is an accurate representation of how I felt watching this and the ALDS game at the same time. Both games were INTENSE. What a night for sports!
Does anybody know the average peak years of a GOAT candidate? And , by the way, Brianna should have a number of good years remaining. ( she’s still my GOAT college player.)
This thought had me wondering if an AI could spit out the average age of the MVP winner and it gave me some generic answer like 25-29. With that said, it referenced this thread from r/WNBA that I thought was enlightening. Generally speaking and not exclusive to GOATs, it seems that peak performance happens around the age 28-29 in the W.
