Wow, what a disappointing game. Stewie and Tina did well but everyone else shot horribly. I'm surprised that Gabby Williams couldn't slow down Skylar Diggins-Smith even a little bit. She put on a Clinic against us as did Taurasi. And the Blonde Bomber Sophie gave them a wicked 3-pronged attack (3-headed monster) that outscored our whole team by themselves against our atypically anemic defense. We just didn't have anything left by the 4th Quarter and we raised the white flag but were shown no mercy as they stomped our faces into the court. I'm surprised that Sue didn't even try to score while we were being throttled. We needed her then. And Ezi was very ineffective off the bench. Even Stewie stopped producing late in the game. We really got our asses kicked this time. Let's hope that we can pull it together and rebound against Atlanta tomorrow (Sunday) at Climate Pledge Arena. Remember that the Dream also kicked our butts the last time that we played them almost as badly as Phoenix just did. We need to turn out en masse to cheer on the Storm tomorrow so we can start a new winning streak!
Such as embarrassing loss! What about the poor rotations and coaching? The starters were benched with a 5 point lead and all the bench players started the 4th quarter and stayed in too long. Stewie only played 30 minutes and Jewell 29. We have seen this all year with bad rotations leading to losses. Also, no defensive adjustments to slow down Diggins. No adjustments to counter Phoenix small ball line up. Stewie's quotes reveal how frustrated she is, and I don't blame her. If she leaves, it will be an epic failure for the franchise. I totally agree that the front office has done a terrible job with player development and drafting/recruiting. They could learn a lot from James Wade. And hiring a coach and GM with no experience was a big mistake.
Wow, what a disappointing game. Stewie and Tina did well but everyone else shot horribly. I'm surprised that Gabby Williams couldn't slow down Skylar Diggins-Smith even a little bit. She put on a Clinic against us as did Taurasi. And the Blonde Bomber Sophie gave them a wicked 3-pronged attack (3-headed monster) that outscored our whole team by themselves against our atypically anemic defense. We just didn't have anything left by the 4th Quarter and we raised the white flag but were shown no mercy as they stomped our faces into the court. I'm surprised that Sue didn't even try to score while we were being throttled. We needed her then. And Ezi was very ineffective off the bench. Even Stewie stopped producing late in the game. We really got our asses kicked this time. Let's hope that we can pull it together and rebound against Atlanta tomorrow (Sunday) at Climate Pledge Arena. Remember that the Dream also kicked our butts the last time that we played them almost as badly as Phoenix just did. We need to turn out en masse to cheer on the Storm tomorrow so we can start a new winning streak!
Such as embarrassing loss! What about the poor rotations and coaching? The starters were benched with a 5 point lead and all the bench players started the 4th quarter and stayed in too long. Stewie only played 30 minutes and Jewell 29. We have seen this all year with bad rotations leading to losses. Also, no defensive adjustments to slow down Diggins. No adjustments to counter Phoenix small ball line up. Stewie's quotes reveal how frustrated she is, and I don't blame her. If she leaves, it will be an epic failure for the franchise. I totally agree that the front office has done a terrible job with player development and drafting/recruiting. They could learn a lot from James Wade. And hiring a coach and GM with no experience was a big mistake.