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Well Seattle tried real hard to give that one away.

Phoenix can't be feeling great. After their hot streak, lost to the Sun, then were getting blown out by a Stewie-less Seattle until a late rally. If they lose to Las Vegas in the regular season finale, gonna have to say they are pretenders, not an actual Championship contending team. Yeah Taurasi has been out, but she's been out a lot. Griner and SDS have both been among the best players in the league down the stretch.
 
I would say Bird left her shot in Tokyo, but she didn't really have it there either. I can't remember a stretch during her entire career when she's missed so many open 3's. So used to her hitting those back breaking shots, and she's just not hitting them at all.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Talbot was very good in the first half, not as impactful in the 2nd half. +/- can be misleading. KLS was invisible in the first half. Had a nice beginning to Q3, then not much of an impact again.
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I agree with 1st half but Lou was getting her rhythm in second half and just pulled. Pure 17 ft curl, then the razzle dazzle on on of the best defenders in the league and then a pure 3pt shot. Talbot was definitely more dynamic in terms of pace and can shoot lights out but she also does some stupid plays as well (although Lou did try that reverse layup of BG which did not end well) Good for Lou that she has to compete for minutes. Make her sharper and more aggressive
 
eebmg said:
I agree with 1st half but Lou was getting her rhythm in second half and just pulled. Pure 17 ft curl, then the razzle dazzle on on of the best defenders in the league and then a pure 3pt shot. Talbot was definitely more dynamic in terms of pace and can shoot lights out but she also does some stupid plays as well (although Lou did try that reverse layup of BG which did not end well) Good for Lou that she has to compete for minutes. Make her sharper and more aggressive
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I watched the first quarter and the second half and then studied the stat sheet. At the end of the day, I think Quinn got what she needed out her small forward position: 15 points (on 6-8 shooting), three 3-pointers, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. It just happened to come from two players: KLS and Talbot. Ms. Talbot was playing aggressively last night and had 5 of those assists. Timewise, could flip-flop next time.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Well Seattle tried real hard to give that one away.

Phoenix can't be feeling great. After their hot streak, lost to the Sun, then were getting blown out by a Stewie-less Seattle until a late rally. If thlose to Las Vegas in the regular season finale, gonna . haveto say they are pretenders, not anactual contending team. Yeah Taurasi has been out, but she's been out a lot. Griner and SDS have both been among the best players in the league down the stretch.
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Phoenix has a losing record against the top 4 teams in the WNBA. That ten winning streak they came against teams that don't have winning records and they went 6-0 against Atlanta and Indiana in that streak.
 
DeWanna Bonner only played 2 minutes? Did she suffer some injury?
 
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ochoopsfan said:
I didn't see the game but read a tweet that she limped off the court.
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That's too bad, hopefully it's not a serious injury. Makes it fortuitous that A. Thomas is back.
 
Phoenix started out 8-11 behind the arc. Cooling off now, 9-15. They only have 2 FG inside the arc. That's kind of insane.
 
Merc are +24 behind the arc, but only leading by 4 at the half. I'm gonna go way out on a limb and say they aren't going to hit 10 more 3's in the 2nd half.

They also somehow have more FTA than the Aces, despite hoisting almost 3 times as many 3's. Not sure how they are drawing fouls when almost all of their shots are from long distance.
 
Lynx were cruising up 12 but over last few minutes, have forgotten how to play basketball. Lynx lead down to 5 (38-33) with 4 minutes left in 2Q. Rooting for Liberty to limp into the playoffs. :oops::oops:
 
Strange game, result doesn't matter at all. Most of the starters are getting some rest, some weird lineups on the floor. Phoenix has cooled off behind the arc, but still controlled most of the game. Aces grabbed a 1 point lead very briefly. Merc were up 8, but Plum has scored the last 13 pts for the Aces and they now have a chance to take the lead w/ 34 seconds left.
 
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Plum w/ a couple tough shots that rimmed out, but Young w/ a put back w/ 4 sec. left gives them the lead.
 
Park w/ a big swat to preserve the win.

For a game that didn't matter and extended minutes for both benches, that was an entertaining finish.
 
Mercury screwed the pooch. Hartley had a chance for a game winner (I think before the buzzer) but fell short. And why was Griner sitting at the end?
 
eebmg said:
Mercury screwed the pooch. Hartley had a chance for a game winner (I think before the buzzer) but fell short.
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To me on the replay it looks like it wouldn't have been in time.
 
And the Lynx look bad down the stretch too. May choke it up as well

Well, Mystics eliminated and deservedly so. Too teams playing poorly down the stretch but the Mystics were just a little poorer.

Now, need to root for Dallas over LA.
 
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eebmg said:
And the Lynx look bad down the stretch too. May choke it up as well
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They didn't. Win by 6.
Now it gets down to Sparks vs. Wings. Will Vickie Johnson get Harrison back in game-ready shape (she's available)? Or will she put the pedal on or take it off? Stay tuned.
 
Some good news for Phoenix is that SDS was back in form. 17 pts and 7 assists, didn't play much in the 2nd half. Vegas had no answer for her. Got really good contributions from Cunningham, Vaughn and Hartley off the bench.
 
eebmg said:
Well, Mystics eliminated and deservedly so. Too teams playing poorly down the stretch but the Mystics were just a little poorer.
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When your best player only play two games the whole year, you deserve to be in the lottery.

Interesting decision for them in free agency and the draft. They seriously need to improve their bench.
 
TerpWomenFan said:
When your best player only play two games the whole year, you deserve to be in the lottery.

Interesting decision for them in free agency and the draft. They seriously need to improve their bench.
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No telling if EDD will ever make it back, and how good will she be. Back problems usually don't get better for elite athletes.
 
Dallas up 9 early in Q4. Are the Lib gonna pull off the ultimate backing into the playoffs? They've gone 2-9 since the Olympics break, including an 8 game losing streak. Oops, lead cut to 4 while I was typing.
 
It won't affect their seeding, but Sky trying to screw around and lose to the Fever. You'd think they might want a little momentum heading into the playoffs. Parker w/ one of her famous invisible games, and Sloot isn't doing much either.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Dallas up 9 early in Q4. Are the Lib gonna pull off the ultimate backing into the playoffs? They've gone 2-9 since the Olympics break, including an 8 game losing streak. Oops, lead cut to 4 while I was typing.
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Lets go Arike. :eek: One of her most controlled games I have seen.
 
WOW! 38-3 advantage for Dallas in bench points. That is astounding.

edit--I guess the flip side is that the LA starters have been A LOT more productive than the Wings starters have been.
 
And....the Lib are playoff bound. I suspect @eebmg is celebrating right about now.
 
nwhoopfan said:
WOW! 38-3 advantage for Dallas in bench points. That is astounding.

edit--I guess the flip side is that the LA starters have been A LOT more productive than the Wings starters have been.
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Only had 8. Coffey was very poor and Guirantes just had that one 3. No Cox at all.
 
nwhoopfan said:
And....the Lib are playoff bound. I suspect @eebmg is celebrating right about now.
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:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Of course, we should get killed by the Mercury because we have no size for BG but after the crappy year last year, we (somewhat) deserve this. :oops::oops::oops::oops:
 
Credit to the Liberty they were the only one of the last playoff contenders to take care of their business and win their last game
 
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