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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm watching Storm-Mystics now so I'm good.


Oof, Storm have not entered the arena yet. 1-9 shooting and trailing 11-2.
 
Gosh, Seattle played terrible in the opening quarter, but closed the gap to 3 at the end.
 
Raise your hand if you thought Russell and Wiese would be the 2 leading scorers midway thru Q2. This game is...strange. Washington is playing as bad now as Seattle was at the beginning. Storm have taken a lead.
 
Chiney deciding being a thug is a good career move?
 
What a turn around. Storm trailed by at least 9, maybe more. Now up 10 at halftime. EDD looking rusty, but she hasn't played in almost 2 years. Charles struggling.

Balanced scoring for the Storm. After a horrid start they are shooting 50%. Mystics shooting 33%.
 
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Wow, that seems like a really costly loss for the Liberty.

Of the teams fighting for playoff spots, the Sparks have by far the most momentum. 4 straight wins.
 
Mystics got within 2, but Storm push it back to 10 to end Q3. A lot of effort to end up gaining nothing.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Wow, that seems like a really costly loss for the Liberty.

Of the teams fighting for playoff spots, the Sparks have by far the most momentum. 4 straight wins.
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The game loss? or did an injury happen to a Liberty player?
 
The stars are struggling today. Stewie 5-15, Loyd 2-10, Bird 2-7, Charles 6-17, Atkins 4-11.

KLS, Russell and Magbegor all have 10, on a combined 14-18 shooting.

Cloud is 5-7.
 
eebmg said:
The game loss? or did an injury happen to a Liberty player?
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The game. Really a team they should've beaten. Making the playoffs is not a given for them.

edit--apparently Whitcomb went down late in the game, so there was an injury too. Ankle?
 
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Mystics grab their first lead since early Q2. Storm choking down the stretch again? Stewie and Loyd sure aren't hitting buckets when they need it. 3 1/2 minutes left.
 
eebmg said:
Tina the stud of this game.
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Hmm...shooting is up to 8-20 now, okay but not really good. Most of the game she was missing shots.
 
A couple big 3s from Bird and Talbot, Storm up 9. Looks like they recovered nicely after giving up the lead.
 
I'd say the story of the game is Russell and Magbegor both w/ 14, shooting a combined 13-16. Russell has 8 rebounds. None of the stars were efficient today.


Well, EDD returning is really the story of the game. After a tough first half she got going in the 2nd half.
 
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85-78 final. Storm back in a virtual tie w/ LV and Connecticut.
 
I am beginning to worry a bit about Sabrina. Not sure she has that extra gear to get some easy shots. And these close bounce passes just too dangerous to make against an aggressive defense
 
eebmg said:
I am beginning to worry a bit about Sabrina. Not sure she has that extra gear to get some easy shots. And these close bounce passes just too dangerous to make against an aggressive defense
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The supporting cast at Oregon vs the cast on the Liberty is light years different. I think Liberty need to get better inside players, to help her. She cant play with Sami and Becca, both outside shooters and be as effective. No Sabally or Hebard on this team.
 
ochoopsfan said:
No Sabally or Hebard on this team.
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Howard has only been available for 6 games this season. She's been up and down, but I think you have to have some more repetition to establish some continuity. She potentially could work very well w/ Ionescu. But yeah, after that it's slim pickins'. Shook and Gray?
 
eebmg said:
Pheesa sleepwalked through alot of the game but came alive in the 4Q inclusing a massive stuff on Dolson. Pheesa likes to stuff our players :eek:
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The really uncharacteristic thing is Collier has missed multiple bunnies in the last couple of games. I counted three times in the latest game where she made a great cut, got a great feed, had nobody within three feet of her, and blew the finish.

She airballed a free throw too.
 
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eebmg said:
I am beginning to worry a bit about Sabrina. Not sure she has that extra gear to get some easy shots. And these close bounce passes just too dangerous to make against an aggressive defense
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ochoopsfan said:
The supporting cast at Oregon vs the cast on the Liberty is light years different. I think Liberty need to get better inside players, to help her. She cant play with Sami and Becca, both outside shooters and be as effective. No Sabally or Hebard on this team.
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I watched the game yesterday and keyed in on Sabrina for a while. She was not a good PG in that game. I haven't seen a ton of NYL games this season, but in that game, the tight aggressive defense gave her fits and caused multiple errors on her part.

I know she played PG at Oregon (sure they had Cazorla as the "official" PG - but the ball was in Sabrina's hands to made decisions most of the time), but it seems she may be more suited to the 2G. Like Diana - Sabrina CAN make some terrific passes and is a good decision maker, but against elite competition, she's not quick enough when guarded hard and tight.

Again just an observation from that game - maybe she just needs to adjust more.
 
EricLA said:
I watched the game yesterday and keyed in on Sabrina for a while. She was not a good PG in that game. I haven't seen a ton of NYL games this season, but in that game, the tight aggressive defense gave her fits and caused multiple errors on her part.

I know she played PG at Oregon (sure they had Cazorla as the "official" PG - but the ball was in Sabrina's hands to made decisions most of the time), but it seems she may be more suited to the 2G. Like Diana - Sabrina CAN make some terrific passes and is a good decision maker, but against elite competition, she's not quick enough when guarded hard and tight.

Again just an observation from that game - maybe she just needs to adjust more.
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Dont forget, it is often easy to over look ones mistakes when they play for a top team, like Oregon was during her 4 years there. When you play for a not as talented team, sometimes your mistakes are noticed much more.
She is a very talented player and when the surrounding team improves she will be seem much better. It doesnt mean she still wont make those mistakes, but when you win more games, and more games by bigger margins, the critics are often quieter.
 
ochoopsfan said:
Storm sign Karlie Samuelson for remainder of season.

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Um...that's cool for the Samuelson sisters to be united, but one more small forward is exactly the last thing in the world they needed. They already have Katie Lou, Talbot and Burke (who barely plays). What they really need is another post. Burdick is provides nothing.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Um...that's cool for the Samuelson sisters to be united, but one more small forward is exactly the last thing in the world they needed. They already have Katie Lou, Talbot and Burke (who barely plays). What they really need is another post. Burdick is provides nothing.
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Karlie will play some guard, plus Burke, and Burdick aren't good enough to get meaningful minutes. At least Karlie is a shooter, and when Canada is on the floor you need people who can hit from deep.
 
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