Caitlyn Clark

johnnydoom

I actually would watch the game tonight, but my son is recovering nicely from sinus surgery and deviated septum repair on Wednesday and has encamped in my chair in front of my TV since. Be a few days before I get the chair and tv back. Just curious to see how they've put up the high scores in 3 out of the last 5 games. Edit to add - just found out I was wrong. ION has an over-the-air channel in Memphis - channel 50. Just checked the kids gaming tv and the antenna is picking up the station well. So I might watch it after all if the wife doesn't try to make me go out for supper.

Par4QC

johnnydoom I'm not so sure it is on ION. Amazon shows it being on Prime.
The Sky/Valkyries game is at the same time and shows being on ION. (Angel is out again, btw)
I have both so I'm sure to be watching the Fever, either upstairs or down.

Valkyries just played last night in D.C., a hard fought win. (Kate Martin was high scorer!👍)

Just checked and it shows ALL games being streamed on ION tonight. 🤔Not sure what that means, unless it's a regional thing. If so, not sure which game you'd get.

johnnydoom

Par4QC The local station manager will probably decide to show the Sun or Sky game instead. Mercury and Dream might be a really good game, if for some stupid reason they decide to show something besides the Fever.

garyt1957

Par4QC The Sky/Valkyries game is at the same time and shows being on ION. (Angel is out again, btw)

Am I the only one who has suspicions that Reese was jealous of CC getting so much publicity for being out that she's faking an injury? Or is that just conspiracy theory nonsense?

Par4QC

garyt1957 The girl is a def headcase. You could be correct.

I do know she is only 1 tech away from a suspension + fine, having 7 already. Maybe she's staying away from those who piss her off the most.

They cannot win with her, or without her, so makes no diff if she plays or not.
At least she gets to play 'dress up' on the bench. (see: headcase)

johnnydoom

Par4QC I'm halfway wondering if both Angel and Caitlin are out for some reason other than injury. It seems silly, but when you see videos of Caitlin doing vertical leaps cheering on the sidelines I can't help but wonder if they have the blue flu for reasons I can't comprehend from the outside. Maybe some kind of unpublicized protest against the league tolerating violent play hoping to stir up some action with the officiating.

garyt1957

johnnydoom Did you see the video of CC kicking a soccer ball pretty hard? Doesn't seem like a good activity for someone with an injured groin.

Par4QC

johnnydoom
I did see Angel, that 1st game she was out, on the sidelines. Barely able to stand up, and did not stand up straight, just hunched over with her back. Been there, done that.

What is amazing, but given they probably know nothing about this place, neither have asked here on GB as to what to do. But CC has gotten 2nd-3rd opinions in NY and other places.
I think we are being slighted by the rich & famous. 🤔

johnnydoom

garyt1957 I did, and you're right. Doesn't really seem like something someone conscious of an injury would do.

johnnydoom

My wife did make make me go out to eat with her, but I should get to watch the 2nd half at least.

johnnydoom

I really enjoyed the way the Fever pushed the pace whenever they could in the 3rd qtr. I wasn’t a great fan of the way they largely slowed it down in the 4th, but their half court offense has greatly improved since the last time I watched them many games ago.

Par4QC

johnnydoom
4 wins in a row, only 1 game from the top.

If you are Caitlin, what are you thinking/how are you feeling?

jmo of course, but even if it does not look like they miss her scoring/shooting, they do need the better ball handling she does. Even with her TOs.
Yes, it is confusing for the other teams right now though, with 3-4 ball handlers. But they are having a lot of aggregate TOs themselves.
Seemed to be several instances of confusion tonight, most likely why they slowed it down a notch.
Love the way Bibby shoots the 3's. Rafter lobs!

johnnydoom

Par4QC If you are Caitlin, what are you thinking/how are you feeling?

I think she'll love it, because it looks like White is allowing the team to run now. Aari and Sydney were pushing the ball up the floor fast when they could and it was resulting in wide open, easy shots. Even though the Wings were preventing fast break layups, they weren't able to establish a defensive set in time to prevent an open three or open lanes to the basket. When they started walking the ball up the floor in the 4th shots got quite a bit harder, but there was enough motion and attack in their offense anyway that they scored enough to hold on comfortably. Hopefully there won't be any more of those 6 or 8 point 4th quarter collapses. Even Howard was running noticeably harder and got there in time to be the one left with the open lane. Whether it was calculated by White to develop the half court in the 1st half of the season and the speed game in the 2nd half of the season, or whether she decided to adjust to the players instead of making them adjust to her I don't know, but the team and the coach are both looking good right now.

Par4QC

johnnydoom It's going to be hard to beat 'confidence', playing against this team now. I don't watch any NBA, so not sure if it happens there, but I see a lot of the WNBA teams get down on themselves after a couple losses in a row. This team just plain gets mad! And with having more than just 5 really good players, when some teams do not have even 5, they should be very tough the rest of the way. I do like watching them even without CC playing.

johnnydoom One thing I enjoyed was watching Bueckers.

Love her shot. Doesn't go for the 3 a whole lot some games, like last night. But also doesn't do layups many times either. Which is probably staying away from injury situations. I did think she was done last night with the knee clip....the same thing that has sent a few to the benches for over a year. Don't think she'd ever come back from another one.
She did 'get some calls' last night....8 FTs to shoot. She gets the calls that CC does not...... 'Landing space'.

johnnydoom

One thing I enjoyed was watching Bueckers. She scored 15 in the 1st half when I wasn't able to watch, but in the 2nd half, the Fever were giving her the Caitlin treatment and really ganged up on her and she still played pretty well given that. She did look like she had more favorable treatment by the refs than anyone else on (or off) the floor though. Her team isn't winning and she disappears at time in play, but her talent still makes it fun to watch. I think she needs an aggressive point guard to get the floor moving around her.

johnnydoom

Sheesh. Just looked at the Lynx Aces box score and the Lynx are raining 3's at an 82% pace. 14-17 and it is only 4 minutes into the 3rd quarter!

Par4QC

johnnydoom 53 point win over the Aces!😲

johnnydoom

Par4QC Vicious. In Vegas too!

johnnydoom

One thing I thought was funny in last nights game was that Howard had the ball and Quinerly came up to guard her. Natasha swung around and elbowed her in the face and the ref called the foul. Howard made a gesture suggesting that her elbow was in normal position and it was just that Quinerly is so short 😀. They showed the replay and it sure looked like Howard was right. While I don't think there was anything intentional in that play, it did look like the Fever were the aggressively physical team in that game. I think they've been gradually moving away from playing finesse ball and embracing the WNBA style (which I hate!). It looks like they're close to completing the evolution.

Par4QC

johnnydoom That's a 'move' that happens almost every game, sometimes more than once. You can usually tell when it is deliberate, and I agree Howard's was not intentional. She is much bigger than the other gal. Sophie got it twice in 1 game recently and both looked intentional....no fouls(knocked down 4-5 times in that game). "Part of the game"......
Like I've said, it will go on until someone busts a jawbone or eye socket. Teeth have already been lost(ask Sophie). Noses have been bloodied, not sure if any broken though.

Par4QC

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sdandrea1

Par4QC Like I've said, it will go on until someone busts a jawbone or eye socket. Teeth have already been lost(ask Sophie). Noses have been bloodied, not sure if any broken though.

Some of these "girls" would do well in a hockey fight........

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