She's a good instinctive weak-side help defender. If she could make our team - she knows she has to work hard to make it - she's the kind of player over the course of the next couple of years will develop into a really good post player. |
She's got that will right now to go and try to win a championship like everybody else and you can see how possessed she is at playing. |
She's got that will right now to go and try to win a championship. You can see how possessed she is playing. |
She's not up to playing back-to-back games. We'll make a game-day decision on Thursday. We'll err on the side of caution. One player shouldn't be the reason you win or lose. |
So that's it, as simple as I can put it. |
Some of you will ask Brooke, 'Was this the biggest shot of your career?' ... She'll stare at you and won't remember. |
Somewhere in here, somebody else will step up and do what they're supposed to do. Jamie and Jen and Erin will all get a chance to show what they can bring. |
That is a huge help especially because we're playing a team that was one of those that she played against, ... We won that game. It gives her teammates confidence and it gives her confidence. I think her teammates understand what she is capable of. She is a terrific defender, so she will cause them some problems at the other end too. Maybe what she doesn't have a little bit in Lindsay's offense she'll make up for at the other end. |
That?s why you keep three point guards on most teams, so if you have this situation you?re not in real trouble. We?re prepared for these kinds of things. We didn?t prepare for it to be in the first game of the Finals. But it happens, so we?ll just try to deal with it and hope something good happens. |
That's one of the things, ... you don't have a lot of time. You've got to come watch the film in the morning and see the things that are there you can correct. It's not going to come by going out and practicing. It's going to come by mostly mental adjustments, more than anything, to understand what's available and what's not. |
That's why it's a five-game series. I was encouraged by how we bounced back in the second half and got it back to a game. |
The advantage is, we went through this a year ago, |
The battle for spots on this roster will be pretty incredible. Very tough choices. We're going to cut some players who are capable of playing in this league. |
The difference to me was obvious. It became turnovers. We had control of the game for a while and we gave it back. |
The experience she gained should be invaluable to her continued growth and contribution to our team. In reality, compared to American players, she would just be finishing her college career. |