One of these systems of offense clearly works, one clearly doesn't. There is no way they don't know that at this point. Yet they somehow let what went down today transpire in a playoff game.
The fans whining was the far more annoying part, but I think I might stop being a Cheryl opp after this lol.
Cheryl herself has said playoffs are about matchups.
The Liberty are about as bad a matchup as they had. Olivia struggled against us every game.
It was genuinely the smart thing to do, however because of that, I really want to thank the Portland Fire.
Congrats on your season and thank you Fire.
I am unfortunately stuck at work until a couple of hours before the game, so I can't.
Only weird if it doesn't work.
It was funny to see him say the same exact things I said about Sabrina yesterday:
>If Sabrina Ionescu continues to shoot poorly, the Liberty aren’t going to win many playoff games. I think dialing down the volume so she can get to two feet more often in the lane and spray to shooters is the first step in elevating Ionescu’s game down the stretch.
He also breaks down some of the much improved defensive rotations among other things.
I wish they were resting Stewie tomorrow for the Atlanta b2b. We surely can beat a depleted Tempo without her, right? Right?
The Valks keep resting their players, the playoffs are still the goal at the end of the day.
Having the world cup final be a back to back is an odd choice, because ideally you would want the players to fresh so they can play the best basketball possible for the premier matchup?
It would've made more sense to keep the quarters and semis as back to backs if you had to due to a lack of time. The quarters (as we saw) are more likely to be blowouts than the semis.
The back to back nature of the semis and final also give the finalist from the earlier time slot an actual advantage. They probably wanted to keep it within the weekend, but it's odd to me.
Stewie mentioned that this is as healthy we are going to get with this roster. I think we all knew that, but still.