The Aces picked up a win vs Indiana to end their 3 game skid, and this will be the first leg of a back-to-back to end an eight game stretch that featured 7 at their home stadium. Aces absolutely need to pick up both these wins before entering a 5 game roadtrip, and this starts with Connecticut tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Connecticut Sun are awful, hosting a 2-12 record that features 6 straight losses, and will be playing one of the trio of Aces, Lynx and Storm for their next six games. In June, they not only have the worst DRTG<\/strong> (113) yet also have the worst ORTG<\/strong> (90.5). Now with Marina Mabrey<\/strong> out for 2-4 weeks, that ORTG falls further on the year to 86.4<\/strong>. CON surrenders 39.1 OPP RPG (13th), 21.3 OPP APG (11th) and 13.8 FGM at the Rim (13th).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tina Charles<\/strong> with an appalling 34.5%<\/strong> usage rate when Mabrey is off the court this season, producing 21.3 Pts per 30min. Lindsay Allen<\/strong> is the team leader in ball handling now despite being off bench, but we get a lot of Sheldon<\/strong> and Rivers<\/strong> from the starters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I get most intrigued by the rookie duo of Rivers<\/strong> and Morrow<\/strong>, both extremely talented. Only Rivers has been able to generate consistent minutes as of late, as the LSU product Morrow still has to fight for frontcourt minutes with Charles & Nelson-Ododa. She has averaged 20 PR per game across her last three, despite playing just under 20 minutes per contest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aces defense has surrendered the 3rd most PITP in June, by far the worst aspect of their defense. A’ja<\/strong> noted in postgame that they, “Really need to defend the Pick-and-Roll better”<\/em> after Boston<\/strong> went for 26 points. Hammon prior to this game vs Indiana, \u201cOur defense was atrocious again in the third quarter, and that was the first five, not that second unit”<\/em>. Boston<\/strong> joined 6 other PF\/Cs to notch >15 Pts vs Aces this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Can take any Aces player to succeed, yet A’ja Wilson<\/strong> likely has the most motivation to get a quality game under her belt; Noted after an 8-21 shooting performance vs Indiana that, “It wasn’t a typical A’ja performance. Every win is a need for us.”.<\/em> She shot 13 times in the 1H vs Indiana, while also notching 13 in the 1H against CON last meeting – both of these marks being season high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Valkyries host Liberty<\/strong> today, who are expected to be with Sabrina Ionescu<\/strong> today after she missed the last game with a neck injury. The Valks have won 4 straight home games, which included double-digit victories over The Aces, Sun and Fever. At home in June they rank: Most impressively is how they have absolutely swarmed this top options, as the only frontcourt player to reach 20+ Points against them this month has been Napheesa Collier<\/strong> (who else?). Granted, Stewart<\/strong> did cover this mark in both games at Barclay’s to kick off the season, producing 19 FTA in their most recent meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Temi Fagbenle<\/strong> was activated by the team after her EuroBasket team (Great Britain) was eliminated, which further bolsters the interior defense of this squad. Salaun<\/strong> remains out as France is onto the elimination round. With Fagbenle, Thornton and Hayes all in the mix, Billings<\/strong> has yet to crack double-digit scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Liberty lost their statistically two most impactful defenders in Jonquel Jones<\/strong> (ankle, out 4-6 weeks) and Fiebich<\/strong> (EuroBasket). They have ranked in the same groupings as Chicago, Sparks and Sun in DRTG<\/strong>, Pts off TOV<\/strong> and 2nd Chance Pts<\/strong> in these last 4 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Aces picked up a win vs Indiana to end their 3 game skid, and this will be the first leg of a back-to-back to end an eight game stretch that featured 7 at their home stadium. Aces absolutely need to pick up both these wins before entering a 5 game roadtrip, and this starts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
– 3rd in DRTG
– 1st in OPP PITP (24)
– 1st in OPP Pts off TOV (11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n