Are they the team they've been for the last four or five years? Maybe not, but that means they're only a little bit better than everyone else. They've shown a bit of vulnerability, but it's too early for anyone to start dancing around the funeral pyre. |
As poorly as we shot statistically, to still be in the game last night was impressive. We hit the big shots. |
Every time we made a run, Long Beach dug in and took the momentum back again. Long Beach did some really nice things. They were hitting on all cylinders offensively. McCutcheon got going offensively and we couldn't stop her. |
I saw a total lack of concentration. I'm at a loss as to why we didn't make the adjustments that we talked about. |
In some ways, winning a (close) game like this against a team that's been really hot at home, is maybe a better game for us right now than to control it from start to finish like we have in recent games. It shows us we can win on the road in a tight situation. |
It speaks to the players' confidence in each other. We've seen a lot of situations over the years last two, and if things don't go their way, they don't get down. ... We continue to get better, and, to the players' credit, with the success we've had, they've kept it in perspective. |
Right now we're really a legit seven and we're very close to being eight. And if we can get to that point, then we've got all sorts of options. |
That's as well as we've been defended all year. They were switching screens and made it tough for us to get anything out of our offense. |
The league isn't as strong as it was last year. Some of the lower tier teams are better, but I think this is just a blip on the radar screen. ... We're still happy with what we've accomplished this year. We're doing things this year that we weren't doing last year. It shows that we've learned from our experience. |
They didn't give up. The best analogy I can think of is a prevent defense you're back there, you're trying not to foul, then all of a sudden they're getting better looks than they got when you were playing regular defense. |
They were trying to help down in the post on Ellen. We missed a lot of them, we didn't deliver the ball early enough when people were open. We were hanging onto it too long. We didn't shoot the ball great from 3-point range, but Heather knocked hers down and we got enough open looks. |
This is the weekend when we find out where we are. |
We had two runs and we didn't get third. |
We just didn't have enough time. |
We just didn't have it tonight. |