I guess I'm not much of a prognosticator, because I thought we would play our best game of the series today, and we played our worst. They're disruptive (defensively), but by this point in the series, we should be able to better handle it. |
I have been assured that playing will not affect it. Playing on it right now isn't going to make it worse. It is just not going to let the healing to start yet. ... I just felt that if there was any way she could play, she would. Most players, when you get to this level, they are going to play if they can play. |
I have been told to not prepare for her playing the first two games. After that, we'll see, |
I like how we're playing defense. We just went out of rhythm on offense. We've got to try and clean it up, but we're playing hard enough to win games. |
I like the finals format but I don't like the first two rounds. It's never going to be perfect until we get a best-of-five of the first round and get to play our first game at home. Historically, other than a few upsets over the years, the better teams have still won. But it's not a great scenario to go on the road your first playoff game. |
I subbed early to keep everybody fresh and we got our legs back and played with a little more bounce. About a week ago we looked tired, but tonight we had energy the whole time. I was very happy with how we played. It was fun to watch. |
I think (the Sting) spent a lot of attention to our other players and that opened the lanes, |
I think it can only help you. I think you can get fooled sometimes by kids who get on a roll. I don't think you want to put all your stock in that. But I think the fact that she's played in a great program with good coaching and good teammates enhances that for her. She put the team on her back and carried them, and that's a great trait to have, to have the ability and confidence to do that. |
I think the maturity of going through last hear helps us. We need to come out and get ready to go right away. We've been through it now two years in a row. This is our goal when we started out and now we're here to go about it. |
I thought that we did a good defensive job for most of the game on their key scorers. I'm disappointed that we didn't do a better job on their bench. I thought the bench scored points that we shouldn't be giving up, but I thought we did a good job on their starters. |
I thought we had some, I would say, not crisp or efficient possessions in the second half, |
I thought we had some, I would say, not crisp or efficient possessions in the second half. [The Fever] make you play that way, too. They jump out and switch. But it makes them spend a lot of energy, too. That might have shown up in their shooting down the stretch. |
I thought we were more aggressive, ... I kept subbing to keep everyone fresh. We got our legs back. We played with a little more bounce. |
I thought we'd play our best game (Sunday) - instead we played our worst. (Afterward in the locker room), I just wrote the stats on the board and let them stare at them awhile. |
I told them don't toss it [the ball] to the other team, toss it to the guys in the blue jerseys. |