I'm very happy that we got this win despite their late heroics and us kind of trying to give away another victory. I don't think there's any way that we can end up as a top 4 team now - maybe if we could win out and some other teams start losing more. But we all know that's unlikely to happen. We can still sneak into the playoffs and upset a team or two. You never know. We have to start by beating Dallas on Friday.
I didn't get to watch this game but the thing that surprised me the most was that the WNBA's leading rebounder, Angel Reese, only had 7 rebounds instead of her usual 12 or 13, allowing us to win the rebound battle by 2 boards which is quite unusual for us.
Angel has been dealing with a back injury, and this was her first game back after missing 7 or 8 games. I believe she was on a minutes restriction, even though she played close to starter's minutes (26). I was also surprised that she didn't have double-digit rebounds because you just automatically expect her to, the way she rebounds the ball.
Thanks, a win is a win, but there is something on the Seattle's bench though. Dom has been the main contributor off the bench all year, now that Wheeler comes off the bench, i thought we have more contributors so starters can sit. But since coming off the bench in the last 5 games, Wheeler is averaging 3.8 ppg on 25% shooting (18 mins a game)
Yeah, I wrote about the Storm's bench usage in this game a lot in Part 2. And I believe in the previous article (Mercury Part 2 I believe) I wrote about how Storm bench players struggle compared to when they go to other teams. I think there are a lot of reasons for it, but it mostly comes down to rotations, minutes, and designated roles.
That's interesting. The bench doesn't seem to agree with EW, does it. That's too bad. I don't think that she's going to supplant Slim in the starting lineup now. I hope that she can start producing more.
I'm very happy that we got this win despite their late heroics and us kind of trying to give away another victory. I don't think there's any way that we can end up as a top 4 team now - maybe if we could win out and some other teams start losing more. But we all know that's unlikely to happen. We can still sneak into the playoffs and upset a team or two. You never know. We have to start by beating Dallas on Friday.
I didn't get to watch this game but the thing that surprised me the most was that the WNBA's leading rebounder, Angel Reese, only had 7 rebounds instead of her usual 12 or 13, allowing us to win the rebound battle by 2 boards which is quite unusual for us.
Angel has been dealing with a back injury, and this was her first game back after missing 7 or 8 games. I believe she was on a minutes restriction, even though she played close to starter's minutes (26). I was also surprised that she didn't have double-digit rebounds because you just automatically expect her to, the way she rebounds the ball.
Thanks, a win is a win, but there is something on the Seattle's bench though. Dom has been the main contributor off the bench all year, now that Wheeler comes off the bench, i thought we have more contributors so starters can sit. But since coming off the bench in the last 5 games, Wheeler is averaging 3.8 ppg on 25% shooting (18 mins a game)
Yeah, I wrote about the Storm's bench usage in this game a lot in Part 2. And I believe in the previous article (Mercury Part 2 I believe) I wrote about how Storm bench players struggle compared to when they go to other teams. I think there are a lot of reasons for it, but it mostly comes down to rotations, minutes, and designated roles.
That's interesting. The bench doesn't seem to agree with EW, does it. That's too bad. I don't think that she's going to supplant Slim in the starting lineup now. I hope that she can start producing more.