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Merc looked in trouble, down 10 most of Q3. Now on a run in Q4. Taurasi had been struggling but found a bit more of her magic w/ back to back 3's. Merc up 2. The genius Laimbeer needs to get Gray back in the game. Why she wasn't in to start Q4 who knows?
 
Well this is everything anyone could ask for in a deciding game w/ a berth in the finals on the line. Big plays back and forth for both teams, going down to the wire. Aces up 2 w/ 2:39 left. Tauarasi w/ 11 in the quarter. Plum has 7 and got LV moving again when they'd been stuck for quite a while.
 
Aces were up 4, 7-0 run by Merc in about a minute. Phoenix in the drivers seat now.
 
Gray in a nutshell. Huge 3 to tie it, next possession w/ a chance to take the lead throws it away.
 
Peddy hit 2 of 3 FTs. 86-84 Merc. Aces will advance the ball to midcourt, 4.8 sec left.
 
Griner blocked Wilson, game over.

It was a great game. Not the result I wanted, but can't really say much else.
 
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14 points in the 4th by DT to lead her team to victory - what people have come to expect from the GOAT.
 
Kaizen said:
I will be happy any team to beat Liz Cambage's team.
DT and BG combine for 52 pts of the total 87.
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This is the final I was hoping for, Wish Miller, and Laimbeer would go coach in the NBA. They both coach a rough type of game, their style is to hold push, and grab. They know the refs won't call everything.
That was the style of the Bad Boys in Detroit, that isn't basketball. Their style is a wrestling match breaks out in a basketball game.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Taurasi standing at midcourt barking at the Aces, classy in victory. :rolleyes:
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This is why I’ve never liked her. Wilson was her Tokyo teammate (and many of us will recall that Taurasi didn’t exactly play an outstanding Olympics). Not saying that’s a best friendship born, but like, c’mon — would have expected better based on the emotional ending of that game.

She’s had as much success as anyone can have (though I do think Stewart may surpass her once final word is written) and there’s just not a need for it, in my opinion.
 
Cambage is like 6'9" and let Taurasi block her layup attempt. No excuse not to own that space against an undersized and hobbled opponent.
 
GoChips20 said:
This is why I’ve never liked her. Wilson was her Tokyo teammate (and many of us will recall that Taurasi didn’t exactly play an outstanding Olympics). Not saying that’s a best friendship born, but like, c’mon — would have expected better based on the emotional ending of that game.

She’s had as much success as anyone can have (though I do think Stewart may surpass her once final word is written) and there’s just not a need for it, in my opinion.
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They aren't out there to make friends. They are out there to win. You think for one minute if LV won Wilson or Cambage wouldn't have been out there at mid court doing the same thing? If you are on the same team as Diana you LOVE her. After what she did in the 4th quarter she could have taken that microphone and soaked in the lion's share of the credit. But no, it's Griner. All about Griner and what she meant to the team. There are plenty of players in the WNBA who would have given that interview and it would have been "me, me , me". Not DT. She is the best player and the best team player.
 
Blueballer said:
They aren't out there to make friends. They are out there to win. You think for one minute if LV won Wilson or Cambage wouldn't have been out there at mid court doing the same thing? If you are on the same team as Diana you LOVE her. After what she did in the 4th quarter she could have taken that microphone and soaked in the lion's share of the credit. But no, it's Griner. All about Griner and what she meant to the team. There are plenty of players in the WNBA who would have given that interview and it would have been "me, me , me". Not DT. She is the best player and the best team player.
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I don’t think Wilson would have been at mid-court swearing at the other team, no.

Maybe Cambage would have, but she wasn’t on the Olympic team that I framed my entire post around, so not relevant.

Speaking of not relevant — I didn’t bring up DT’s interview. I think it’s great she extended credit to her teammate. I was referencing the mid-court incident.

My sole point was to say that I’m not a DT fan (while also ceding all due respect to her game and accomplishments) because of those types of reactions. That’s an emotional ending — you’ve got one of the best young players and future faces of the league with a chance to tie the game, and she gets stuffed and breaks down afterwards. All I’m saying is that given their relationship and her GOAT status, I wish DT had responded differently. (See Jones, Jonquel returning to the court after her heavily-favored top-seed team lost just to congratulate the other team).

You don’t have to agree, of course.
 
The thing that makes Taurasi what she is (The attitude, the edginess, the swagger) is the same thing Jordan had, and Bird. When Jackie Young got in her face at the end of the third quarter she may have decided the game right there. That's how players like Diana get their greatest motivation. Hence Lobo saying "Don't poke the bear" after the game. You can be quite sure that after the showers are taken Taurasi will be a totally different person and I have NO doubt will comfort Wilson. However the end of that game and the outburst was reserved for Jackie Young you can be quite sure. In the heat of the game which was by no means gone yet, she was going to give it back ten fold to whoever she felt was giving it to her.
 
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Where do the Aces go from here? They've been close but not quite 3 years in a row. You definitely don't blow up the team, but maybe some changes need to be made. He's not going anywhere, but I'm not a big fan of the guy sitting on the sideline. He won some Titles, but it's been a long time. I don't think he's pushing the right buttons to get it done anymore.
 
Need to remember that the Aces are coached by Laimbeer, the original bad boy. The instructions clearly were to be extremely physical with Taurasi especially after she went off in game 2. Bill went as far as to say she's not hurt. Diana gives as good as she gets but to post about what she said at the end of a physical and emotional game smacks of sour grapes. Also, I doubt anything DT said was directed at A'ja Wilson so not sure why that was brought up.

Many great players in the league have had to deal with the disappointment of losing in the playoffs. Lace them up and come back next year.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Where do the Aces go from here? They've been close but not quite 3 years in a row. You definitely don't blow up the team, but maybe some changes need to be made. He's not going anywhere, but I'm not a big fan of the guy sitting on the sideline. He won some Titles, but it's been a long time. I don't think he's pushing the right buttons to get it done anymore.
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The most talented team in the league by a lot playing a team down 2 players. Coach may be part of it but players need to make plays.
 
I think the outburst was started by Taurasi. Throughout the 3rd quarter Young was physical with her. Young was shrugging off all of DTs push offs in the 3rd. DT was the one pushing Young towards the inbounder at the end of the 3rd. I think she was standing her own ground, not poking the bear. DT couldnt physically bully her around the court and was frustrated.

And DT got the reaction she wanted, and she fed off of it and the rest is history. DT's block on Cambage and 3 was really the sequence of the game.
 
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UConnCat said:
The most talented team in the league by a lot playing a team down 2 players. Coach may be part of it but players need to make plays.
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That was this season. 3 straight years of being good but not good enough. There's been some fluctuation in the roster, but the coach has remained the same.

As far as players, I didn't want to single anybody out but I can go down the line. Wilson was big in Game 5 but overall was not nearly good enough in this series for a former MVP and multiple time All Star.

Cambage...not even sure what to say. Was trying to play her way back into game shape. Like Wilson needed to have a bigger impact.

Gray was great in the 3 of the games, not so good in the other 2.

Williams also had 3 really good games and 2 not so much.

Plum had one off game. Overall their most consistent player and led them in scoring by a healthy margin in the series. She got abused on defense for a lot of the series, but I really didn't see that happening in this last game. I don't think she was on DT much in the 4th quarter.

Young and Hamby complete no shows. Hamby might've been dinged up. Young has had a significant drop off in production from regular season to post season all 3 years she's been in the league. That is not a good trend. And Young might also have the inglorious distinction of having pissed off Taurasi which led to her having a monster 4th quarter and pretty much decided the game, so there's that.

Stokes plays some good defense and grabs some rebounds, isn't gonna provide you with offense. She simply couldn't guard Griner, but nobody from Las Vegas could.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I saw it, and I still have no idea how it happened. And then Cambage missed the putback attempt from point blank range. Overall she had a good game, but those 2 missed bunnies in the last minute were a killer.
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Key sequence in the game. Cambage has to make a basket there. Players need to make plays in key moments.
 
nwhoopfan said:
That was this season. 3 straight years of being good but not good enough. There's been some fluctuation in the roster, but the coach has remained the same.

As far as players, I didn't want to single anybody out but I can go down the line. Wilson was big in Game 5 but overall was not nearly good enough in this series for a former MVP and multiple time All Star.

Cambage...not even sure what to say. Was trying to play her way back into game shape. Like Wilson needed to have a bigger impact.

Gray was great in the 3 of the games, not so good in the other 2.

Williams also had 3 really good games and 2 not so much.

Plum had one off game. Overall their most consistent player and led them in scoring by a healthy margin in the series. She got abused on defense for a lot of the series, but I really didn't see that happening in this last game. I don't think she was on DT much in the 4th quarter.

Young and Hamby complete no shows. Hamby might've been dinged up. Young has had a significant drop off in production from regular season to post season all 3 years she's been in the league. That is not a good trend. And Young might also have the inglorious distinction of having pissed off Taurasi which led to her having a monster 4th quarter and pretty much decided the game, so there's that.

Stokes plays some good defense and grabs some rebounds, isn't gonna provide you with offense. She simply couldn't guard Griner, but nobody from Las Vegas could.
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Some players are ready for Game 5 and others not so much. Hardly noticed that Wiliams was even on the court. Young struggled offensively and took some questionable shots.

Plum is a keeper. Would love to see her on the Storm.
 
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