I was happy to see MacKenzie Holmes get some playing time. I was hoping for a bigger sample size than 5 or 6 minutes with this big of a blowout and Dom still needs to get at least 15 minutes per game especially in a game like this.
5 minutes was fine for Mackenzie Holmes. This was her first game back and first official game in the WNBA. It was just great to see her have the opportunity to get out on the court. I do think Dom should have played some more minutes but the first half of the game was still close. She probably should have played the entire 4th quarter but she still got about 7 mins in the 4th.
That's definitely more like it. We did well taking care of the ball with only 10 TOs for the game. Gabby was robbing them blind with her 8 steals, setting a new Storm single game record. I was hoping that she would get the chance to tie or break the WNBA record of 10, but that wasn't to be. Nneka played well and Ezi was blocking shots left and right. Skylar and Gabby both had 7 assists which was a key to our victory. We shot really well overall, especially Nneka and AC (with the 3-bombs). Our biggest weakness in this game was the usual - rebounding! We could not keep LA off the O-boards, similar to Golden State. We are not putting our bodies on people and blocking them off the boards. When are we going to learn this fundamental technique of rebounding? If we can fix that, we have Championship potential! The team really needs to work on that.
Our aggressive trapping defense can be a double edged sword sometimes. It can take us out of good rebounding positions. Are we getting enough stops and turnovers to offset the offensive rebounds we give up?
That’s a good point. Looking at the games it’s 50/50–ish. Our in game adjustments can be sluggish tho. There have been a couple of losses that had we righted the ship earlier, we could have won.
I was happy to see MacKenzie Holmes get some playing time. I was hoping for a bigger sample size than 5 or 6 minutes with this big of a blowout and Dom still needs to get at least 15 minutes per game especially in a game like this.
5 minutes was fine for Mackenzie Holmes. This was her first game back and first official game in the WNBA. It was just great to see her have the opportunity to get out on the court. I do think Dom should have played some more minutes but the first half of the game was still close. She probably should have played the entire 4th quarter but she still got about 7 mins in the 4th.
That's definitely more like it. We did well taking care of the ball with only 10 TOs for the game. Gabby was robbing them blind with her 8 steals, setting a new Storm single game record. I was hoping that she would get the chance to tie or break the WNBA record of 10, but that wasn't to be. Nneka played well and Ezi was blocking shots left and right. Skylar and Gabby both had 7 assists which was a key to our victory. We shot really well overall, especially Nneka and AC (with the 3-bombs). Our biggest weakness in this game was the usual - rebounding! We could not keep LA off the O-boards, similar to Golden State. We are not putting our bodies on people and blocking them off the boards. When are we going to learn this fundamental technique of rebounding? If we can fix that, we have Championship potential! The team really needs to work on that.
The lack of rebounding drives me crazy. I feel like even Angel Reese roll up in a Storm jersey, she would magically forget how to hustle for boards.
Our aggressive trapping defense can be a double edged sword sometimes. It can take us out of good rebounding positions. Are we getting enough stops and turnovers to offset the offensive rebounds we give up?
That’s a good point. Looking at the games it’s 50/50–ish. Our in game adjustments can be sluggish tho. There have been a couple of losses that had we righted the ship earlier, we could have won.