The Commisioner’s Cup continues. The Clark-less Fever team is looking really bad, now losing both of their games without her to Washington and Connecticut. Offensively it is just a turnover fest, producing 16 per game, only worse than the Sun team (who still beat them). Oddly enough, their Paint defense has suffered the most, now […]
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Expectations: Commissioner Cup Begins
Welcome to the first day of Commissioner Cup games – so each one of these games holds a bit more importance. The two teams from each conference with the best record in their cup games gets to play in the in-season championship, where players can split a prize pool of $500,000. Point differential matters in […]
Expectations: 10 Teams Play on WNBA Friday
Liberty are on the second leg of their back-to-back, barely edging out the Valks by just 5 points. Brondello in the post game gave props to Golden State’s effort, “We didn’t get into the paint at all, we just couldn’t get by anybody.” They were shorthanded Jonquel Jones, who was nursing a hamstring injury. Would […]
Mystics Take On Shorthanded Fever
The Fever are down Caitlin Clark for the next 2 weeks, which also propelled Napheesa Collier to being a solid MVP favorite (-210). Sydney Colson is slated to start in the meantime. Funnily enough, Colson started a preseason game against the Mystics without Clark. She played alongside Bonner, Howard, Mitchell and Boston. In the 1H, […]
Two Teams Hope For First Win in Wings vs Sun
Both The Wings and The Sun have opened the new season 0-4, yet their causes for losing have differed. One thing we know is that offenses can become ignited in these types of matchups. Meziane after his most recent loss: “I usually say something positive about my team, but right now it’s hard. A lot […]
Sky Continue to Struggle – But They Can’t Get Worse, Right?
The Chicago Sky have opened the year 0-3, a start we have seen from teams in every season, yet have lost these three games by an average margin of defeat of 25 points. In this three game span, they have posted these key metrics:– 84.3 ORTG, 114.1 DRTG, -29.8 NETRTG– 26.0 Player Impact Estimate– 0.83 […]
16 Expectations for WNBA Friday
1. We kick off the slate in Minnesota, where they host the Sun. Connecticut began a full rebuild this offseason as they traded off their entire starting lineup, and has thus opened the year 0-2. They were down 32 points entering the 4th quarter vs Las Vegas. They surrendered 11 to Jackie Young in the […]
Knicks vs Pacers: Matchup Breakdown
The NBA Eastern Conference Final is set, with New York (3) hosting Indiana (4). Both of these teams were underdogs (seeding wise) in their series prior. The Knicks faced Indiana 3 times in the regular season, and took down 2 of the meetings, along with winning their only home meeting by 25. These two have […]
8 Things to Expect in WNBA, May 20th
1) The Aces lost their opening game vs The Liberty, a team who has now beaten them in 7 of their last 8 meetings. This offense, which traded away Kelsey Plum in the offseason, is now having their touches dominated by Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young. Young shot 19 times in the opener, tying her […]
Storm Struggle in Opener Despite Abundance of Talent
The Phoenix Mercury, who entered this game shorthanded Kahleah Copper (knee) and Natasha Mack (back), won their home opener over Seattle 81-59. This was a shockingly dominant performance from a PHX game that entered this game a 5 point underdog. The Seattle Storm parted ways with Jewell Loyd in the offseason, along with their entire […]