[MV72018]

This is exactly the type of fight and effort that’s been missing. So kudos for the effort and fight in this game despite the loss. If we played this way with Agara, we would not be a below 0.500 team. Where has this been? I think the quicker offense and faster tempo is to our advantage. We also forced more turnovers than normal in this game. I like Stevenson and she showed she can help us more with more minutes.

Yes, that's exactly what I think. We had pride in our defense, rebounded, played more physical, got on the floor for loose balls, sprinted the court...

Didn't we play this way against Kal in Q4 also? Why do we have to wait until we are down 20 to show this kind of effort.

Whatever the explanation for this phenomenon, the responsibility for not playing with comparable effort before the 4th quarter is Kate Paye's. One would think that after being outscored by 8 in Q2 the head Coach would rouse the team up during the halftime break to come out and play with much greater intensity in Q3. Instead, we got outscored by 11, effectively making the game unwinnable in Q4, even with a 31 point quarter.

[MV72018]

This is exactly the type of fight and effort that’s been missing. So kudos for the effort and fight in this game despite the loss. If we played this way with Agara, we would not be a below 0.500 team. Where has this been? I think the quicker offense and faster tempo is to our advantage. We also forced more turnovers than normal in this game. I like Stevenson and she showed she can help us more with more minutes.

Yes, that's exactly what I think. We had pride in our defense, rebounded, played more physical, got on the floor for loose balls, sprinted the court...

Didn't we play this way against Kal in Q4 also? Why do we have to wait until we are down 20 to show this kind of effort.

Whatever the explanation for this phenomenon, the responsibility for not playing with comparable effort before the 4th quarter is Kate Paye's. One would think that after being outscored by 8 in Q2 the head Coach would rouse the team up during the halftime break to come out and play with much greater intensity in Q3. Instead, we got outscored by 11, effectively making the game unwinnable in Q4, even with a 31 point quarter.