WNBA June 2019 Musings, scores, pictures, etc

[j66kicker]

Yeah but she's getting the better of Cambage so far tonight.

Well she'd better not swing her hair in Cambage's face or she might lose it.

 

[Plebe]

Yeah but she's getting the better of Cambage so far tonight.

Yeah, Cambage has had a horrible game so far, 0 for 3 and 2 fouls. Maybe she's all worn out from twitter-feuding with Kalani Brown.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hamby and Swords combined for 12 points on 5-5 shooting and 4 rebounds, nice contributions off the bench from them.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I guess with so many injured players this year, it makes sense some other players would have to step up. A couple journeyman types that are suddenly taking on much bigger roles I've noticed are Erica Wheeler for Indiana and Leilani Mitchell for Phoenix.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, that ball came to a dead stop on the front of the rim. I didn't think that was even possible.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I finally saw Plum hit a shot! I don't think she'd attempted anything since early in Q2. Hit a big 3 midway thru Q4. She's stayed in engaged, hustling on both ends of the floor, playing some decent defense.

This one is going down to the wire. Aces had pushed their lead to 6 but now they're only up by 1, under 3 minutes left. Wilson leading everybody w/ 30 points. Balanced scoring for Indiana.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wilson is just having a monster game, 34 points on 13-19 shooting.

Cambage has been sitting for a long time. It's not foul trouble at this point, Laimbeer just opting to go w/ Hamby instead. McCowan has been missing for quite a while too, both teams going smaller.

Jackie Young limped off the floor with about 2 minutes left, not sure what happened.

Wheeler has had a good game, but Plum is really getting after her on defense in Q4.

Aces up 3 w/ 34 seconds left. Probably LV ball pending an official review after a ball got tipped out of bounds.


edit--call got reversed, on a wild scramble play Wheeler ended up alone in the corner and drilled a 3 (wasn't Plum's fault, she was guarding somebody else on that sequence); all tied up w/ 17 seconds left

 

[nwhoopfan]

3 point shooting:

Indiana 11-21
LV 2-11

FT shooting:

Indiana 3-6
LV 20-24

Very different ways they've gone about scoring.


Plum's shot off the back iron, we're going to OT.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I don't know what it is about Jackie Young, she racks up assists almost invisibly. 8 assists/0 TOs tonight.

edit--good news, she's back in to start OT

So are Cambage and McCowan, they're going at it right away.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cambage is on fire in OT after having almost no impact the rest of the game. Indiana is hot from outside.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Back and forth we go, maybe Aces finally have enough breathing room to finish this off. Up 5 w/ 39 seconds left. Wilson has 39, Cambage scored 10 quick points in the extra session. Kelsey Mitchell is 5-7 behind the arc and has 21 points.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I don't understand what happened. There was a collision before the inbound, Wheeler got 1 dead ball FT. What rule is that? Then Dupree got fouled and hit both FTs. 99-97. This OT has been very entertaining.

 

[nwhoopfan]

102-97 Aces win.

 

[Plebe]

I was watching the Mexico-Costa Rica soccer game (bananas, headed to penalty shootout) but looks like Wilson really had herself a game. 39 points, 14-20 FG and 11-14 FT. Career game for her I guess?

 

[SCspur]

I was watching the Mexico-Costa Rica soccer game (bananas, headed to penalty shootout) but looks like Wilson really had herself a game. 39 points, 14-20 FG and 11-14 FT. Career game for her I guess?

Yes, and I think that is the highest scoring output by a player this year if I’m not mistaken. Zahui B. scored 37 against the Sparks.

 

[triaddukefan]

Lynx forward Karima Christmas-Kelly to miss rest of season with knee injury

 

[eebmg]

NY over Atlanta 39-28 at half. Tina rebounding with an exceptional game so far with 17 pts 5 rebounds 3 steals and 2 BS. On the negative side, Kia Nurse forcing too many shots (0-6) Many way to early in the shot clock. May have caught a bit of Arike fever.

 

[triaddukefan]

Not watching the game.... looking at the stats... but man.... Atlanta has a lot of chuckers. EW with just 5 shot attempts today... while the starting backcourt is 6-29

 

[Plebe]

Haha Arike just got a sportsmanship technical.

 

[Plebe]

Pretty nice ending to the 1st half of the Lynx-Dallas game. Coates clocks Arike with a legal hard screen and Talbot drains the 3 to give the Lynx a 12-point halftime lead.

Sims is having an outstanding game, 14 points and 7 assists at the half. Pheesa isn't doing much scoring (3 pts) but she has 3 assists and 3 steals to go with 3 rebounds. She and Sims are both at +17 on the +/–.

 

[eebmg]

Not watching the game.... looking at the stats... but man.... Atlanta has a lot of chuckers. EW with just 5 shot attempts today... while the starting backcourt is 6-29

The Dream are unwatchable. I feel really bad for the fans. Liberty should only get 1/2 a win for beating the Dream.

AS I mentioned, Tina was a stud and Durr is so under control, she is a joy to watch. Surprisingly, Kia fell in love with the jump shot too much and just could not make it, Normally, she will attack the basket but not today.

 

[triaddukefan]

The Dream are unwatchable. I feel really bad for the fans. Liberty should only get 1/2 a win for beating the Dream.

AS I mentioned, Tina was a stud and Durr is so under control, she is a joy to watch. Surprisingly, Kia fell in love with the jump shot too much and just could not make it, Normally, she will attack the basket but not today.

All seven of them

Well 10-24 is definitely an improvement.

 

[triaddukefan]

welp.... #24 for Dallas played well today....... and the Lynx lose to a bottom feeder

 

[bballnut90]

welp.... #24 for Dallas played well today.. and the Lynx lose to a bottom feeder

Great game for Arike. Followed up the dreadful showing with 19 points, 4 assists and 0 TOs on 7-12 shooting. Not sure Dallas is a bottom feeder either....looks like there isn't a ton of separation between 2nd-9th place. All teams are 4-6, 5-5, or 6-4 in their last 10 besides #2 Connecticut who is 7-3 but has lost 3 straight.

The rookie class is looking very good so far. Ogunbowale, Collier, McCowan and Durr have all shown they can be very productive in the league. Each has All Star potential IMO.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Continuing w/ the consistent lack of consistency, LA blew out Chicago today. Riquana Williams led the way w/ 19 points. Wiese has picked up some DNPs lately but today had 11 points on 4-6 shooting.

And Phoenix is thumping Seattle in the early going.