WNBA Thread - Post Olympics

[nwhoopfan]

Next games aren't til Sunday, 1 extra day of rest. Who benefits the most? Well extra half day I guess, early afternoon games.

 

[donalddoowop]

Reading comprehension. Not suggesting it's one sided. The refs have taken over the game, both teams have had a parade of trips to the charity stripe. Try harder next time.

Have you noticed how physical the game has been? The refs need to call some fouls, although some of them seem to be phantom.

 

[donalddoowop]

Who is SDS?

 

[Geew1992]

Who is SDS?

Skylar Diggins Smith

 

[Rb335]

You might have to re-evaluate this. 37 Points and 8-11 from 3. Not bad for an old lady playing on one good leg.

An instance where I’m very happy to have been proven wrong. Glad to see she still has a few tricks left up her sleeve.

 

[bballnut90]

Wow what a beatdown by Phoenix. Taurasi had a ridiculously efficient scoring night--37 points on 13 shots. Griner also looked like she was playing in peak form, great touch and looked focus the entire time she was out there. I wouldn't be surprised if the finals winds up being Chicago vs. Phoenix. Both teams have players that seem to know their role extremely well and they have the firepower to knock off Vegas/Chicago. Vegas specifically seems to lack a true identity since they have so many different players who can take over but it's somewhat of a guessing game to see who actually will set up to the plate. You'd think it'd be A'ja Wilson but she's been relatively quiet through 2 games. Plum has been the player to step up in G1 and G2 but she's was a major liability on defense last night. Liz, Gray, and Hamby also run so hot and cold. If DT/Griner continue to play at a high level I think Phoenix pulls this out.

 

[baggerbob]

Wow what a beatdown by Phoenix. Taurasi had a ridiculously efficient scoring night--37 points on 13 shots. Griner also looked like she was playing in peak form, great touch and looked focus the entire time she was out there. I wouldn't be surprised if the finals winds up being Chicago vs. Phoenix. Both teams have players that seem to know their role extremely well and they have the firepower to knock off Vegas/Chicago. Vegas specifically seems to lack a true identity since they have so many different players who can take over but it's somewhat of a guessing game to see who actually will set up to the plate. You'd think it'd be A'ja Wilson but she's been relatively quiet through 2 games. Plum has been the player to step up in G1 and G2 but she's was a major liability on defense last night. Liz, Gray, and Hamby also run so hot and cold. If DT/Griner continue to play at a high level I think Phoenix pulls this out.

Would like to see that Connecticut, and Las Vegas remind me too much of the Bad boy Pistons that set the NBA back years.
The WNBA champions for a lot of years have been teams that played the games without a lot of pushing and shoving. Those teams were enjoyable to watch, which is why ratings have gone up.
Miller and Laimbeer have both adopted a clutch and shove type game. The Bad Boys set the NBA back a lot of years, and the same thing might well happen in the WNBA.

 

[maccca3232]

The best team more often than not will win a series, while I am not saying the underdogs can't win, the top teams are still my favorites to make the Finals.

I think Phoenix have the better chance of the two and Griner, not Taurasi, will be the key. When the Aces doubled her she made great decisions. So if she continues that level of play what else can the Aces do?

Will they try to get her into foul trouble by taking the ball inside early in the game? Maybe some hard fouls or a little trash talk to get her out of her comfort zone?

 

[donalddoowop]

As good as Diana looked I was just as impressed with Griner. She looked very confident and relaxed.

 

[nwhoopfan]

she's was a major liability on defense last night

She definitely got scored on a lot last night...but so did everybody else from LV. It was a team wide complete and utter failure on defense. Plus it was just one of those games, everything that any player from Phoenix hoisted up went in.

 

[noirwestern]

Would like to see that Connecticut, and Las Vegas remind me too much of the Bad boy Pistons that set the NBA back years.
The WNBA champions for a lot of years have been teams that played the games without a lot of pushing and shoving. Those teams were enjoyable to watch, which is why ratings have gone up.
Miller and Laimbeer have both adopted a clutch and shove type game. The Bad Boys set the NBA back a lot of years, and the same thing might well happen in the WNBA.

Lamebeer didn't "adopt" anything. That's his comfort zone. If you can't win with talent, foul - they won't call all of them.

 

[Geew1992]

 

[eebmg]

Good game shaping up between Sky and Sun. 37-35 Sky at half. Bonner the big weapon. Physical on both sides. Finally a few 3 pt shots falling on both sides. Should open the post a little.

Interesting stat. Azure with 7 O Boards at half. Probably most of her own misses or shots blocked first but skinny posts can find their way in the WNBA

 

[Geew1992]

Good game shaping up between Sky and Sun. 37-35 Sky at half. Bonner the big weapon. Physical on both sides. Finally a few 3 pt shots falling on both sides. Should open the post a little.

Interesting stat. Azure with 7 O Boards at half. Probably most of her own misses or shots blocked first but skinny posts can find their way in the WNBA

Azura has had a really good series vs CT

 

[eebmg]

High quality 3rd Q. Sun up 63-60. Quigley finally getting hot but Bonner marching everything.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Azura has had a really good series vs CT

She has...until today. The rebounding aside, she missed her first 4 shots, all from point blank range. She's 4-16 now. That's pretty brutal.

edit--I see she's +12 in the +/-...often have to take those w/ a large grain of salt.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jonquel was great thru 3 quarters of Game 1. Ever since she's been fairly subpar. She certainly earned the MVP during the season, but the playoff version of her is definitely not looking remotely like the best player in the league.

 

[eebmg]

Sun just sloppy and not getting back in 4th Q Track meet and the Sun forgot their sneakers. Sky want it alot more

 

[Geew1992]

How the hell was Parker defensive player of the year!!??

 

[nwhoopfan]

Does Alyssa just wait til the 2nd half and then decide "I think I'll start playing now."

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jonquel not only not the best player in the league in the playoffs, she's like 3rd (or maybe 4th) best frontcourt player on her own team. Bizarre.

 

[eebmg]

What the HECK. January totally made hash of it but Vandersloot only makes 1 of 2 on FT

and Jazmin misses a tying chippee. Lordy

 

[Geew1992]

There was no need for January to do a reverse layup

 

[nwhoopfan]

January and J. Thomas taking critical shots at the end, is that really what you want?

Sun have only managed to get a low scoring, grind it out game one of the three games so far.

 

[nwhoopfan]

James Wade listened to me. No Dana Evans today. Sloot played 37 minutes, Brown 3 minutes of relief.