Latest / The Central Indiana Sports Report / Fever Reaction with John Robertson (Fever 81, Aces 54, Podcast No. 314.1)

Transcript

Fever Reaction with John Robertson (Fever 81, Aces 54, Podcast No. 314.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: What you are listening to now is the central Indian Sports Report podcast number three hundred and fourteen point one John Robertson's reaction to the fever's big A.D.
• 0:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: one fifty four win over the Las Vegas aces on Thursday night Another big win for the fever.
• 0:30
  [SPEAKER_02]: Here is John with his thoughts
• 0:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Menkels.
• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: Welcome, favorite fans of the central Indiana Sports Report for John Robertson, reaction to the fever's eighty one fifty four win over the ACEs, but John Wattey performance.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: Again, eighty one fifty four over the ACEs and just dominated the game from start to finish once again without Caitlin Clark.
• 1:14
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it was honestly I don't want to say like the perfect basketball game but if you were gonna make notes about what you want to team to do is like play really solid on defense and have amazing ball movement on offense that's exactly what they did and it just it really showed because they were scoring quickly and they were not allowing anything other than to Asia Wilson all night long and that's pretty much the story of the game.
• 1:36
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean realistically
• 1:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: I texted you.
• 1:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I texted you in the middle of the game that I've never quite seen.
• 1:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: Let her get hers and defend everybody else like crazy work quite that well.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, she had at one point she ended up with over half their points and at one point was like seven works.
• 1:57
  [SPEAKER_04]: Just to clarify, you talk about Asia Wilson getting all of the points for the Aces.
• 2:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: Right.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
• 2:02
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I don't know if that was actually the plan they discussed and talked about before the game, but if it was, what a great plan, right?
• 2:10
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, like, it just, it worked so well.
• 2:15
  [SPEAKER_04]: Asia was getting points and doing okay.
• 2:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: You could tell she was visibly annoyed.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_04]: by multiple players on the fever defense so like even even though she scored a lot the fever defense still I think slow to down not a lot obviously because it was I'm looking she still ended up with twenty nine points.
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, but we're great team shots though.
• 2:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know that's important
• 2:40
  [SPEAKER_04]: It is.
• 2:40
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, but that is almost half their points.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: Right.
• 2:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: No, it's more than half their points.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_04]: It is more than half their points.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
• 2:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: And Jackson Young Jewel Lloyd and Chelsea Gray combined ten points, John.
• 2:52
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, and a lot of turnovers on turnovers too.
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_04]: So realistically, I mean, on the defensive end, the fever are looking strong.
• 3:00
  [SPEAKER_04]: They looked pretty solid the other night against the links.
• 3:02
  [SPEAKER_04]: They looked really strong tonight against the aces.
• 3:04
  [SPEAKER_04]: I hope they keep that going.
• 3:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: I feel like it's a, it's a mentality.
• 3:08
  [SPEAKER_04]: They've just decided that they're going to hustle up and play some solid D. And it's working out really, really well.
• 3:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: And then on the other end, offensively, the fever just shot really well, but like honestly, even more than the shots, I think the ball movement was the main thing.
• 3:27
  [SPEAKER_04]: Two dominant scores, scoring nice from Alia Boston and Kelsey Mitchell with a twenty for Boston and twenty for Mitchell a bit of touch of that work.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_04]: That worked out really well.
• 3:38
  [SPEAKER_04]: They basically had what I needed in the first half.
• 3:41
  [SPEAKER_04]: I was like, this is fantastic.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_04]: Um, Lexie and not not a lot scoring wise, but like, you know, she had some ridiculous hustle plays.
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_04]: She was diving for loose balls.
• 3:52
  [SPEAKER_04]: She was all over the place getting her hand to disrupt passes.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: He fence was good.
• 3:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: Uh, Sophie's defense was good.
• 3:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: It was, yeah.
• 4:01
  [SPEAKER_04]: Natasha Howard at eleven points, I really feel like she could have had more because she missed a couple of pretty easy inside shots, but I'm not ripping on her because she had rebounding why she did amazing.
• 4:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's amazing how much they've out rebounded Vegas and Minnesota.
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm back to back nice.
• 4:20
  [SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely.
• 4:21
  [SPEAKER_04]: Natasha Howard has looked so strong.
• 4:24
  [SPEAKER_04]: And as she just starts making a couple of these little bunnies inside, she's going to be phenomenal.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_04]: Like she's already playing really well.
• 4:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: I would put her in like a definite key to these wins.
• 4:34
  [SPEAKER_04]: But as she just starts making some of these inside shots that they're just right there for, she's going to have amazing defense plus strong strong offensive nights.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_04]: and then we've got way too far into this podcast without mention in the name Ari McDonald how great was she again she unbelievable like she is just a little spark plug on the core like you know she and Kelsey Mitchell both are just running around non-stop and Ari's passes look so so good i'm trying to pull up her assist numbers she's got seven seven assists and like they look
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: She's fine and pockets to get the ball through to someone for an easy score over and over like this team is coming together.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_04]: So as long as when Caitlyn comes back, they all find ways to fill their roles and like be satisfied with it, they're going to be incredibly strong.
• 5:22
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I thought you clearly Sydney Colson has become the third point guard on the team, but she's been a really nice contributor the last couple games do.
• 5:33
  [SPEAKER_04]: She has, but I think I honestly think she's okay with her role as being the veteran and the voice of sanity, whatever.
• 5:40
  [SPEAKER_04]: If you watch the live stream, they did after the commissioners cut their night.
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_04]: Sidney was the grown-up in the room.
• 5:47
  [SPEAKER_04]: She was definitely the grown-up in the room.
• 5:50
  [SPEAKER_04]: But she was having fun, but I do think she's going to move to the third point guard.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_04]: You've got a match that's going to be Caitlin, and then Ari, and then Sidney.
• 6:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'm curious to see what happens when they've got Ari and C.C.
• 6:07
  [SPEAKER_04]: on the floor at the same time, right?
• 6:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: Like that's going to be interesting.
• 6:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's, I mean, because you're going to definitely play off ball without question.
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely, absolutely.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_04]: But then that kind of is like, where does Kelsey fit in?
• 6:20
  [SPEAKER_04]: Because Kelsey, you know, is the speed player to him.
• 6:22
  [SPEAKER_04]: We're definitely not taking her out of the lineup, because she has been our most consistent score.
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_04]: Like Kelsey Mitchell has been.
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_04]: I just think this team's looking dangerous.
• 6:31
  [SPEAKER_04]: Like if they can continue this up and they can keep what they've got growing and going, they're going to be really, really strong.
• 6:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: No doubt about it.
• 6:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: We have no idea when Caitlin Clark's coming back.
• 6:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: We've
• 6:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been said soon for a couple of days now.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I would expect it to be any time now.
• 6:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: But, you know, I think they can probably Stephanie could probably feel comfortable, right?
• 6:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: Say, and hey, let's let her heal up a little bit.
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think that's the smart play.
• 7:01
  [SPEAKER_04]: If I'm Stephanie, why I like it?
• 7:03
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, well, I would let Caitlin sit as long as possible without Caitlin going nuts, because she knows she wants to be playing.
• 7:10
  [SPEAKER_04]: She wants to be on the floor.
• 7:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: Right.
• 7:13
  [SPEAKER_04]: I would almost be okay with her sitting to law store game.
• 7:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: Regardless, I mean, if I'm the coach, how do you feel about that?
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_04]: Just let her sit to law stores.
• 7:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, if she's a hundred percent, you'd let her play, but if she's anything under the hundred percent.
• 7:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think for sure.
• 7:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
• 7:30
  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, I, I just are giving us a very awesome is it really is home court that big of a deal.
• 7:35
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've shown that's not that big of a deal.
• 7:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've won some games.
• 7:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: They should have shouldn't have won on the road.
• 7:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've won some games that they shouldn't have or lost some games.
• 7:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: They shouldn't have lost at home.
• 7:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't think home court's going to be that big of a deal.
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, I would definitely say her health is the number one priority.
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I would too, like I just after the tie-reast thing, I am so sketched out about making somebody play when they're not a hundred percent.
• 8:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
• 8:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: Plus, the upcoming schedule, this was the first to five straight home games and the next four are all games that they should be fairly heavily favored except maybe Atlanta.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: There'll be a little less than heavy favorites, but there'll still be favorites, even without Caitlin, I think.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_04]: Um, sparks they should win.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, we lost to the sparks last week.
• 8:28
  [SPEAKER_04]: We shouldn't have lost the sparks.
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_04]: Um, I think Golden State game.
• 8:32
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think that one is a coin flip with Caitlin or with I just think Golden State's proven there much better than everybody expected.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
• 8:43
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's my take on a Golden State is Golden State is playing way better than anyone expected.
• 8:47
  [SPEAKER_04]: So I'm going to say that.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's still not that good.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_04]: land a land I might get that one I think you know I think the fever should be able to win that one but like you know that was going to be tough and then I think we'll be Dallas I don't think that one's much of a struggle
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_04]: Go ahead.
• 9:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: Speaking of Dallas, I mean, that we have a connection tonight with Melissa Smith playing on the Asus now.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_04]: She got traded to the Asus and played tonight.
• 9:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: I thought that was really, if you watch the game and we're listening like Indiana fans gave a really nice welcome to Melissa Smith.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_04]: I was really happy to hear that.
• 9:25
  [SPEAKER_04]: So for all the people that say fever fans are rude and horrible and bad, you know, that was really nice.
• 9:32
  [SPEAKER_04]: Well, I don't think that we're as bad as lots of other fans.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_04]: I don't completely make it because like when Deer can hand me went back to Las Vegas after she got traded.
• 9:40
  [SPEAKER_04]: They booed her like crazy.
• 9:42
  [SPEAKER_04]: So I've just I thought that was a nice touch.
• 9:46
  [SPEAKER_04]: And we'll also Smith help us when I came tonight.
• 9:48
  [SPEAKER_04]: So, you know, there you go.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: And then at Connecticut on the fifteenth at New York on the sixteenth before the all star break and then they come back with at New York.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I need to win these, right, John?
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, I definitely think you have to win the LA game.
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: You should win the Golden State game.
• 10:07
  [SPEAKER_04]: Try obviously try really hard to win the Atlanta game.
• 10:09
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think they can.
• 10:11
  [SPEAKER_04]: But if they come out of the next like one, two, three, four, five, six.
• 10:15
  [SPEAKER_04]: If they come out of the next six, four and two, I'd be happy with that.
• 10:19
  [SPEAKER_04]: I'd be happy with four and two.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they're going five and one.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
• 10:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we'll talk again Saturday night after they beat the Los Angeles sparks.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: The way they looked tonight, I'm having hard time seeing them lose to anybody other than the top level team.
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: And honestly, they've already just beaten two of those.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I think that they're going to be hungry for the wind against the sparks.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_04]: I think we've seen that after they blew that lead against the sparks that they aren't there keeping their foot to the pedal in third and fourth quarters now.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_04]: So I think we'll see a different outcome.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: That gets as low as twenty dollars.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: My app says, guys, so if not, it's on MBATV the next two are on MBATV.
• 10:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: John, thank you so much for your time.
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: Enjoy your independence on Independence Day.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: Will deal.
• 11:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: Happy Independence Day to everyone listening and we thank you for taking time out of your day to listen to these centrals Indiana sports report.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Please like and share, subscribe and tell a friend.
• 11:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you, producer Susie.
• 11:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Love you so much.
• 11:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Central India and the Sports Report is the product of ITG Media and I love Susie.