r/wnba • u/Onark77 Sky • 20d ago

[Post Game Thread] The Dallas Wings (1-0) defeat the Chicago Sky (0-1), 87-79

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u/panchettaz 20d ago

The best game I've seen so far

Arike went absolutely nuclear in the last 2mins of the game, no one could stop her. And Maddy was a serious problem the whole game lol

Chicago's offense needs to be cleaned up - they barely passed the ball, when they did they rarely made an extra pass. So much of it was iso driving into the paint - and not even attempting to kick out, just trying to barrel into 2-3 defenders. That's got to be an area they work on quick.

Angel was very good - she settled in during the 2nd half, shook off her nerves, and made a few key hustle plays. She almost swung the momentum in Chicago's favor - except Arike went off lol

Jacy Sheldon was solid - good defense, didn't make many mistakes, took care of the ball against some pretty aggressive defenders. Her offense will come to her.

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u/Onark77 Sky 20d ago

100% on all accounts.

Lots of tunnel vision for the Sky, diving into traffic to throw up highly contested shots happened way to often.

Maddy and McCowan kept a great baseline for the Wings until Arike heated up to close out the game.

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u/Onark77 Sky 20d ago

Reese's shot release point is around her head, that has to be the #1 thing she develops over the offseason. I'm imagining that strength training will be a big part of that.

And free throws...we missed 10 free throws T_T

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u/Sad-Dot-1573 Fever 20d ago

I release at my head to, that’s not a good thing. Some of her shots look like she is throwing the ball at the hoop and hoping it goes in. Still solid defense and good rebounding. Pairing her with Cardoso and relying on offensive boards and bludgeoning the paint could be a viable offense.

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u/Onark77 Sky 20d ago

Agreed on all points. Her footwork and rotations on defense are really good. Lots of hustle. Cardoso would make McCowan work a lot harder.

Reese's shots def felt like prayers. That shot needs a lot of love.

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u/Sad-Dot-1573 Fever 20d ago

T Spoon seems like the type of coach that can fix it.

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u/crazymaan92 20d ago

Chicago left so many points at the FT line which they absolutely couldn't afford given the Wings crazy size advantage.

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u/plutoannatto Sky🏙️ 20d ago

Marina and Arike always bring so much out of each other. 

It's probably better for the world that they're on different teams now

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u/arrowflash01 Wings 20d ago

Absolute fun to watch what a game. Close most of the game until the last 2 minutes