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"That said, I still think CON needs a scoring SG... They can't/shouldn't depend on Whalen scoring 20 every time...Who knows, maybe they'll pick up Anna in the off-season "
CT's starting shooting guard averages more than 11 a game, third-highest on the team. She has led the team in scoring in three of the eight wins she has played in.
And far from "depending on Whalen scoring 20 points every night," she has done that exactly once this season.
It is a shame to let accuracy get in the way of talking shit, I suppose.
Before her performance tonight, Deforge was averaging 14 points a game, less than three more than Douglas.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 12:34 am ::: |
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| but despite that they don't go 20-2 or anything like that the rest of the way |
I don't know, I can see them having a record like Detroit did a couple of years ago, their championship year. I can easily see them in single digit losses for the year. I know that's not 20-2, but I can seem them doing pretty well. They look solid and smart and they play an upbeat tempo, run at any opportunity, I like their chances. Whalen is damn good in traffic, she splits the middle with the ball as well as anyone, she can turn some of those outlet passes into foot races, she can dribble with the ball practically on the dead run and she's fluid as hell.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 10:07 am ::: |
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I'm sorry guys but rebound had NOTHING to do with the Mercury loosing...It was Kamillas Ass, yes Kamillas ass.
The refs called a foul on her anytime her ass touched anyone. Hell Margo ran behind her, running into Kamilla considerable assets, knocked Kamilla sideways and it was a foul on Kamilla  |
She's still got that thing going? I think we should call it the Bobo Effect. |
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| Posted: 06/26/05 10:48 am ::: |
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I'm sorry guys but rebound had NOTHING to do with the Mercury loosing...It was Kamillas Ass, yes Kamillas ass.
The refs called a foul on her anytime her ass touched anyone. Hell Margo ran behind her, running into Kamilla considerable assets, knocked Kamilla sideways and it was a foul on Kamilla |
She's still got that thing going? I think we should call it the Bobo Effect. |
It's so frustrating right now what with Kamillas foul prone rear, Annas frustration, Penny playing ghost girl and Plenette being Plenette, it's just hard to describe.
We have the team on paper, but because we are bottom of the ladder we get no respect from refs and Carries substitutions are baffleing at best.
Bright spots are Shereka who is developing nicely and just did everything well last night, Ash too has her moments, Angelina is so athletic, and Sandora comes off the IR for the LA game so we'll see how she does. We could actually develop a bench if we don't watch out 
Bad news, Gwen has a knee injury, could be ACL;(
did anyone TIVO or tape this game and care to share a copy, the bloody thing was blacked out in Phoenix again, why have they started to do that I don't know, it's damned annoying!
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| Posted: 06/26/05 11:25 am ::: |
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| Was anyone at the game last night sometimes u cant tell everything from TV thanks.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 6:07 pm ::: |
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| There were plenty of phantom fouls called both ways. I remember Sales' 5th coming on a breakout play that she'd given up on and didn't even run out all the way.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 6:39 pm ::: |
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| There were plenty of phantom fouls called both ways. I remember Sales' 5th coming on a breakout play that she'd given up on and didn't even run out all the way. |
Well I wouldn't say plenty what with a foul count of 21 to 34, but there are always bad calls, the issue in this case was the disparity in number.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 6:41 pm ::: |
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| The disparity in number came from one team actually getting the ball into the paint and attacking the basket while the other took 20+ three pointers.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 6:54 pm ::: |
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| The disparity in number came from one team actually getting the ball into the paint and attacking the basket while the other took 20+ three pointers. |
Points in the paint were 24 for the merc to 26 for the Sun, so we were in the paint attacking the basket quite a bit.
And we took 81 shots and got 21 fouls, they took 62 shots and got 34 fouls, still quite a disparity, no?
BTW, you DID watch this on NBATV right?
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I did watch it. The Sun didn't get many points in the paint because the Merc fouled them all the time, keeping the shots from going in.
BTW, the foul difference was only 31-24, and two of those were intentionals in the last minute of play.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 7:05 pm ::: |
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I did watch it. The Sun didn't get many points in the paint because the Merc fouled them all the time, keeping the shots from going in.
BTW, the foul difference was only 31-24, and two of those were intentionals in the last minute of play. |
ah dyslexia strikes again..but you can understand our frustration if you watched that game, no?
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| Posted: 06/26/05 7:09 pm ::: |
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| I understand your frustration. Your team isn't very good. No amount of abusing refs will change that.
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| Posted: 06/26/05 7:14 pm ::: |
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| I understand your frustration. Your team isn't very good. No amount of abusing refs will change that. |
No my team isn't playing well, I wouldn't say they aren't very good, but then they are my team, and I know enough to know that Anna and Penny are playing way below their abilities.
And those refs last night deserved all the abuse heaped on them from both teams, they were cluelss at best.
Not a one of them could count to three, they made calls out of position, and they anticipated contact all night, big no nos in basketball
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Anna's FG% is 33.8% compared to Katie Douglas' 42% (
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