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Fever 93, Sky 78: Recap & Reactions with John & Michelle (Podcast 338.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_02]: What you are listening to now is the central Indiana Sports Report podcast, three hundred and thirty eight point two.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Our rapid recap and John Robertson and Michelle Garman's reaction to the Indiana fever is ninety three seventy eight win.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, it's Chicago sky on Sunday in Chicago.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Please tune in again Wednesday for our coverage of the fever's game at home against the Phoenix Mercury.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Mangalves.
• 0:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Welcome, favorite fans to the central Indiana Sports Report and our rapid recap of the Fever's ninety three seventy eight win over the Chicago sky.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then we will have John Robertson and Michelle Garmin on with their reaction to another Indiana victory.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: before we get to all of that a quick reminder that we do this after every fever game.
• 1:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: We have our rapid recap and then John and Michelle's reaction.
• 1:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: And once a week we have our fever report with John and Michelle going over all of the news of the week and right now at this time there is all kinds of news.
• 1:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: We will get to John and Michelle in just a second before we do that.
• 1:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: Here is your rapid recap.
• 1:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: The fever have won back to back games after a ninety three seventy eight win in Chicago on Sunday.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They've also won five of their last seven without star Katelyn Clark.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're now above five hundred on the season without their star Katelyn Clark to once again.
• 1:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: Sitting out with a injured going.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: Kelsey Mitchell said don't worry.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'll take care of everything.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She scored thirteen points in the first quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So did Chicago.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She finished with a season high, thirty-five points, going twelve for nineteen from the field.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She made seven of her ten three-point attempts all four of her free throws.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She also had six assists and three steals to boot.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: What a game for Kelsey Mitchell, the fourth leading score in the WNBA.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: with Mitchell's performance, the fever lead pretty much start to finish, twenty-six to thirteen after the first quarter, fifty-one to thirty-nine at the half, seventy-five to sixty-one after three quarters of the win.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: There were four fever players in double digits, Alia Boston had a huge game.
• 2:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: Four team points, eleven rebounds, six assists, two steels, two blocks, two is five for nine from the field, and also made all four of her free throws.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: In fact, the fever went sixteen for sixteen at the foul line for the game.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Off the bench, McKayla Thompson, what a performance for her.
• 3:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: She was plus twenty three.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She went six for eight.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She made both her free throws.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Had four rebounds and finished with a season high for two points.
• 3:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: And if they can get her to have those kinds of performances, the fever might be unbeatable once Katelyn Clark returns.
• 3:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: Chloe bending playing in her first game for the fever went two for five from the field made two of her fourth three pointers.
• 3:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: and finished with eight points, another big performance.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The bench finished with twenty nine points, Lexi Hall also contributed seven points.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Four rebounds and three assists and another well rounded performance for Lexi.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Eric McDonald scored all ten of her points in the first half and was a big reason that the fever got off to a great start.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: She also had four assists, three steals and two rebounds.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And so if we cutting hand,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: finished with five points.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Chicago was led by twenty six points from Rachel Banym, fourteen from Key and Nurse, thirteen from Rebecca Allen and twelve from Camila Cordosa.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Chicago too was playing without their star and Caitlin Clark's rival Angel Reese.
• 4:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: The fever are off until Wednesday when they take on Phoenix at home at the fieldhouse.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That game can be seen on ESP and three.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Also on the fan dual sports network and if you're interested in listening on the radio in your in central Indiana, ninety three point five and one oh seven point five WIDC carries those games.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Again, that game is seven o'clock on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We, of course, will also have our recap and reaction after that day, like every game through the NBA finals.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Please stay tuned for John and Michelle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're listening to the central Indiana sports report with your host, Craig Mendel.
• 5:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: Welcome in John Robertson and Michelle Garman for their reaction to another fever win as I mentioned in the recap.
• 5:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: John and Michelle back to back wins five wins in their last seven games.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: They know how they winning record without Caitlyn.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, the team is looking like they're playing well.
• 5:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it's hard to really get a full gauge on it because it was a depleted Chicago sky team.
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, the Chicago's mediocre anyway, and they, but they were down a lot of people, but you're going to celebrate any win.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And Kelsey Mitchell, my goodness, she just went off today.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like that was just an exhibition from her.
• 5:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: She was just going off.
• 5:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think it's well timed considering all the nonsense chatter that was happening last week.
• 6:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: So having her just put an emphasis statement game together is really good to have.
• 6:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: And she had a good one the other night and the win over the Aces, but she was eight for twenty four from the field.
• 6:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: This one, there was absolutely nothing Chicago could do with her.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, there's she left absolutely zero doubt.
• 6:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: She was just on fire.
• 6:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll say it over and over like week we kind of expect good games out of Kelsey Mitchell because she makes it she just puts them together so regularly but she's really just making a statement.
• 6:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think she definitely deserves to be on one of the all WMBA teams.
• 6:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know she'll crack the top like you know first team but second team is should be no question.
• 6:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: She may be the fewer.
• 6:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: She may crack the first team because
• 6:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: If Caitlin misses a lot of games, she doesn't have any business being on the first thing.
• 6:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: No, she has no business on being down any of the teams right now.
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: Kelsey Mitchell is no doubt the team MVP or at this point, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: She's carried this team through the non-tale games.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Lee has been great and Howard had some great games, you know, but today was all, today was all Kelsey, but the next point to bring in is Timson got extended minutes today and she made the most of her extended minutes.
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like she looked strong out there today.
• 7:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I was really happy to see her come in.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, Howard was struggling.
• 7:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, she's had a Howard had a couple of great games back to back.
• 7:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Howard was kind of struggling with it today.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It looked like her shot.
• 7:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: It wasn't there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And she would whatever happens.
• 7:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to rip on her.
• 7:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: It happens.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But Timston came in and looked strong, which boats well for the team as a whole.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: If Timston starts to put together that kind of performance anytime she's sitting the floor, like we've got a lot of dangerous options.
• 7:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: We do it.
• 7:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a strengthens the front court depth.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that needs to be because
• 8:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think what worries me the most is we go down towards the playoff scenario is the number of men the bosses had to log to see them and you know I have one her legs to be good and fresh and everything no even Howard I do think I think Howard is in a situation that she's aging that you know she can have a couple of good gamers but if she played
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  [SPEAKER_03]: close, you know, she's played over thirty minutes.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know that how many games straight in her career, she can play over thirty minutes and give you what you need when you are down when your routine is down a really good score anyway.
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I agree with all that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And it seemed like Boston and Timson play well together.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And if you watch the post game, like walk off videos and stuff, it seems like Boston and Timson have a really good relationship with each other.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's really, really good to see.
• 9:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've said all season long.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: One of the strongest things about this team is how much they loved to play together.
• 9:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just like with the Pacers, you know, you take their bigger than the sum of all their parts because of how much they love playing together.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, John, I think I saw an article at the start of the season when they were talking about Thompson.
• 9:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: Or if I didn't see the article, it was on a broadcast that they said that Alia had taken
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  [SPEAKER_03]: Thompson under her wings.
• 9:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I was far as doing things with her and just kind of showing her the ropes and that doesn't surprise me because that's just a little Boston.
• 9:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, she says, I think what people don't realize about her is just how good a leader she is.
• 9:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: She is a good leader.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: absolutely she's almost almost a quiet leader because she doesn't a gentle way more than like some of the other people lead with ruckus and loudness and I don't think that's Boston, but I just now looked at the box court and I realized demerist and play don't just didn't play at all I didn't even realize that while watching so I don't know what was up with that but that's another reason I mean I know they they find baby to seven day contract and I know they have it open that but I wonder because then I I saw two or don't just
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  [SPEAKER_03]: did not play and tension got extended minutes.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I don't I didn't know if there was an issue with an illness.
• 10:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: Doctors was a little.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: And every she just didn't feel well.
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, who knows?
• 10:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just, I was just shot.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: I was one of those things I was looking at the thing to shot because, you know, don't just have been playing well, so I don't think there's any reason to really just keep her out of the game.
• 10:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: But speaking of Baby, how about her?
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Her fever debut, right?
• 10:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: She comes off the bench and, like, within a minute, she scores a three and then she hits another one, not that long later.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So it starts off two for two from three.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's no doubt she can score.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just thought it was a good game.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: They let it get close a couple of times.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that they got to start squashing those runs a little sooner, but
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I played really well there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was happy with it.
• 10:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: And again, you don't want to put too much stock in it because it's a, that's a short-handed Chicago Sky team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But at the end of the day, when's the win?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We got to just keep stacking up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Those are the short-handed Indiana fever, too.
• 11:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Sure.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I mean, I think the, I think the sky only had like eight players, seven or eight players total for the, for the day.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, I mean, I don't want to poo poo the win.
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Don't take, don't get it wrong.
• 11:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like I like that we won, but it is, it's a very important thing to understand.
• 11:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: It is, yeah, it's absolutely important in the standings.
• 11:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: Being above five hundred.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: They now got a game and a half on Golden State for the final playoff spot.
• 11:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Of course, they're also ahead of Vegas, but they're in a pretty good country.
• 11:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're in a pretty comfortable position now, especially considering they've been without their top player for so many games.
• 11:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Feeling really good about making the playoffs at this point, but just want to move up and get a better seed now.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: They're a position to do that.
• 11:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I really do.
• 11:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: I like the way this, I like the way this team is playing now and if Timson can can provide front court scoring.
• 12:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think that that's the key for the fever.
• 12:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: They need scoring off.
• 12:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: They really need to have some scoring off their bench because I think some of their best games have been when they've had people be able to come off the bench score.
• 12:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: twenty nine points today off the bench, including Lexi seven points pretty good game for her today.
• 12:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, let's talk about Lexi.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: I feel like she she got a little bit of a confidence back.
• 12:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think just this is pure speculation and just body language.
• 12:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: It looked like she just had zero confidence in her shot and she was past them trying to look into past not take the shot sometimes and then when she would take it, she just wasn't feeling good about it.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think today she hit this elbow jumper and you could just see her face light up like something fell and then so I'd like less than a minute or two later she had a quarter or three so then she was I think she was playing pretty well today.
• 12:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously the defense has been there the entire time and she hustled like crazy.
• 12:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: She gets more offensive fouls for for the fever you know or against the other teams than anybody I think she just gets herself in position.
• 13:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: Well because she doesn't mind
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  [SPEAKER_03]: sacrificing her body, and she will fight over screens.
• 13:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, she's so slender and agile that if a ball here, we're almost out of shoulder, she's getting through a screen, which means then the screen is going to probably do a moving screen to pick her off.
• 13:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, she's out like if there's a ball up for grab, she's going for it, whether she has a fifty percent chance or less to get it, she's going.
• 13:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I just love that.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I love the way she plays.
• 13:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: She does she just is one of those players.
• 13:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, she's just a hustle player.
• 13:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, if I used to give out when I coached, I used to give out a hustle award.
• 13:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I will tell you, Lexi, all would get my hustle award.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Every game.
• 13:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: So Wednesday, we got Phoenix.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: and what a performance out of the gate today from Erie McDonald.
• 14:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Erie has been great.
• 14:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: She was such a good pickup.
• 14:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like she reminds me of like Kelsey Mitchell light kind of because she's super fast and super aggressive and like she's getting points.
• 14:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: She's not shooting the three as much, but she's driving really hard to the basket.
• 14:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like there was a couple where she just clearly got around two players through the paint and just made easy lay up.
• 14:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like so Erie's been wonderful.
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  [SPEAKER_03]: On the defensive end as well, she's another one of the hustle
• 14:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: gets on the floor for loose balls and she's neat you know she's sneaky quick that she's she gets her hands on a lot of a lot of balls I mean and makes it life miserable if she's on the guarding the ball and where she makes life miserable for the ball hammer.
• 14:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: Wednesday they have Phoenix at home before four straight games on the road John big game.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think the Phoenix game would be important.
• 14:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm curious to see the reaction to Dewana Bonner when she comes when they announce her.
• 14:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll see how that goes.
• 15:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's a Sophie playing against her old team.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's a lost storyline, but this is the one, the next few games that I think's going to be the hardest.
• 15:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Although I think they just lost to Washington.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm nine straight winnable games coming up.
• 15:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: We got nine games coming up.
• 15:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: You definitely want to win at least five of them.
• 15:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think they can easily pull off five of them.
• 15:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: I had the schedule right in front of me, and I lost it.
• 15:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think they could do that, and that puts them in a good position.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: But nine, I don't really like to seem to get seven wins.
• 15:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: At least, no fewer than six.
• 15:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I guess.
• 15:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, you got Phoenix twice.
• 15:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you split the Phoenix series.
• 15:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then Dallas, we should win Seattle, Dallas twice.
• 15:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: Dallas twice.
• 15:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 15:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Chicago at another time.
• 15:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: And they're Washington and Connecticut.
• 15:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think seven of those are doable.
• 15:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think seven out of nine's possible.
• 15:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: And the more you win, the more you allow Caitlin Clark to come back whenever she feels like she's ready.
• 16:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and I also heard today that they were saying that, you know, they're going to give her extra time, even when she's cleared to practice before they put her in a game situation.
• 16:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: They want to get her back up to speed.
• 16:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: They said they didn't do a very good job of that last time.
• 16:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: So this time they're going to give her more practice runs before they put her in game situations, which I think is good.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: I do too, John, and Morris for her mental part as far as a physical, just because I think she was mentally, I think she was favoring
• 16:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: her injury.
• 16:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it was a part of her mental.
• 16:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: So if they get her up speed and some really good scrimmaging, you know, in practice, and I think that'll help her mentally with the injury as well.
• 16:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I didn't see a take where somebody says that she's done for the season, but they don't want to announce it because they don't want to have, they still want to sell tickets.
• 16:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that's true.
• 16:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I do think it's possible.
• 16:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's feasible as a scenario, but I don't think it's true.
• 17:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think you're shutting her down for almost the end of the, all the rest of the regular four are almost close to it and then having her forward to, you know, she's good and have her for the playoff.
• 17:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that's probably a good way to go.
• 17:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: It would have to be an awfully severe groin injury to miss three months or however long it would be.
• 17:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I could imagine that she'd be back at some point.
• 17:30
  [SPEAKER_02]: John Michelle, thank you so much.
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: What a busy Sunday.
• 17:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: appreciate your time as always.
• 17:36
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much to John and Michelle and to you for listening.
• 17:40
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