Is it just me or has the Storm start to rely too much on hero ball?
Yes, we won last night which 😮💨 …we were playing the bottom team—-with key players back. Indiana beat us with energy, team ball, excellent passing and boards.
Washington simply played sloppier than us IMO. Our rebounding was better than it’s been since break, but we were not protecting the ball at all. I mean, there was one point I believe it was 3rd quarter where I felt like I was watching the keystone cops…We had some terrible passes and looked completely out of sync. Hopefully, this 5/6 days at home together & a 3 game home stretch will work loose some of the rust/fatigue/whatever and spark them to play better.
The team's offense has certainly been out of sync at times. Especially, in the 2nd half of these games. Well, the Indiana game it was all game long. It certainly could just be that a portion of the team was in the Olympics and then immediately had to go play 3 games on the road without much practice.
Skylar's also been looking for her own shot a bit more. But I don't really think that's been the problem. There have been games, not as much this season, where Jewell was trying to do too much. And the offense ended up just being Loyd working to get a shot and 4 other players just standing around. But I don't really feel like that's been the case when Skylar is trying to score in these recent games. She's definitely been more aggressive and her scoring is up quite a bit. It'll be something I keep an eye on.
I do feel like I see some fatigue in Ezi—-understandably as she played a lot of hard fought minutes in Paris—these teams we’ve played had few to no Olympians. I am very curious to see how LVA lasts through this post Olympics period having 5 of their players (4 starters) getting significant time. Brondello has been wisely using her depth at NYL—but I always have an 👁️ on Stewie when she has a tough schedule—she was pretty injury prone for us, but she was also playing in Europe so 🤔
Is it just me or has the Storm start to rely too much on hero ball?
Yes, we won last night which 😮💨 …we were playing the bottom team—-with key players back. Indiana beat us with energy, team ball, excellent passing and boards.
Washington simply played sloppier than us IMO. Our rebounding was better than it’s been since break, but we were not protecting the ball at all. I mean, there was one point I believe it was 3rd quarter where I felt like I was watching the keystone cops…We had some terrible passes and looked completely out of sync. Hopefully, this 5/6 days at home together & a 3 game home stretch will work loose some of the rust/fatigue/whatever and spark them to play better.
The team's offense has certainly been out of sync at times. Especially, in the 2nd half of these games. Well, the Indiana game it was all game long. It certainly could just be that a portion of the team was in the Olympics and then immediately had to go play 3 games on the road without much practice.
Skylar's also been looking for her own shot a bit more. But I don't really think that's been the problem. There have been games, not as much this season, where Jewell was trying to do too much. And the offense ended up just being Loyd working to get a shot and 4 other players just standing around. But I don't really feel like that's been the case when Skylar is trying to score in these recent games. She's definitely been more aggressive and her scoring is up quite a bit. It'll be something I keep an eye on.
💯 agree.
I do feel like I see some fatigue in Ezi—-understandably as she played a lot of hard fought minutes in Paris—these teams we’ve played had few to no Olympians. I am very curious to see how LVA lasts through this post Olympics period having 5 of their players (4 starters) getting significant time. Brondello has been wisely using her depth at NYL—but I always have an 👁️ on Stewie when she has a tough schedule—she was pretty injury prone for us, but she was also playing in Europe so 🤔