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Fever 80, Aces 70: Recap & Reaction with John & Michelle (July 24, 2025; Podcast No. 335.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_03]: What you are listening to now is the central Indiana Sports Report podcast number three hundred and thirty five point three My recap then John Robertsons and Michelle Garman's reaction to the fever's big AB to seventy win over the Las Vegas aces at the fieldhouse on Thursday
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Mendelz.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, you're fans to the central Indiana Sports Report for our recap and then John Robertson and Michelle Garman's reaction to what was a big, big win without Caitlyn Clark on Thursday night at the field houses, eighty to seventy over the aces,
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[SPEAKER_03]: Before we get to the recap and the reaction, let me tell you about our plans for fever coverage going forward.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Your fever recap in ten minutes or less begins now.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It was another day of bad Caitlin Clark news for the fever.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Clark continues to sit out of games with a growing injury in the word setback came up in Coach Stephanie White's pre-game interview.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Of course, the official status coming out of the press conference is day to day.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So maybe it's just me reading into things.
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[SPEAKER_03]: On the court, though, they simply didn't need her on Thursday.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's because their other stars Kelsey Mitchell, Alia Boston and Natasha Howard, combined for fifty two points, twenty four rebounds, eight assists and five steals, and led Indiana to an eighty to seventy win over the Las Vegas aces, a key win in the standings.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The game was played at the fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Again, coming up momentarily, John Robertson and Michelle Garmin will join me to talk about their thoughts on what was a big win for the Indiana fever.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Mitchell was just eight for twenty four from the field, but took over down the stretch and finished with a game high twenty one points.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Boston had another double double of thirteen points and ten rebounds against Vegas's elite front line.
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[SPEAKER_03]: and Howard went six for nine from the field, the WNBA's leader in field goal percentage.
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[SPEAKER_03]: She's also five for seven from the free throw line of finish with eighteen points and thirteen rebounds in the win.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Howard said the fever's offensive success started on the defensive end.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Uh, a defensive and good are often going.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, how we maintain games like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We don't rely on our offensive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We rely on our defensive and good are defensive.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When our defense is going off, it's going to
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[SPEAKER_00]: We limited the Vegas so much shot and that's how we got Oprah shot for the shooters inside the pain and everything.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The fever led between four and seven for the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Every time the ACEs cut the deficit to five or four in the antihatter response.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Most of the time it was Kelsey Mitchell or Leah Boston.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And I list a Smith basket lowered the fever lead to sixty one to fifty seven but Mitchell responded with a layup.
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[SPEAKER_03]: A jewel Lloyd layup made at sixty four to sixty but then Mitchell countered with a three.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Here's the great Pat Boylan and Debbie Antonella on Amazon Prime and the fever television network on the call.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We are so lucky to have them.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You listen to some of the WNBA national broadcasts and it's really hard to listen to Pat and Debbie R fan.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Test it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Clear out.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Take it.
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[SPEAKER_05]: That's your size and upload.
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[SPEAKER_05]: She will watch her family through.
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[SPEAKER_05]: So good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Seconds later, a Mitchell layup pushed the fever edge to sixty-nine to sixty, with just over seven minutes left on the clock.
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[SPEAKER_03]: With four minutes left, an Asia Wilson layup made it seventy-one to sixty-six, but a Leah Boston scored
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[SPEAKER_03]: Back to back baskets to push the lead to seventy-five to sixty-six.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The veteran aces had one last run in them.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Their stars, Asia Wilson, Jackie Young, and Joel Lloyd each scored.
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[SPEAKER_03]: As Vegas cut the lead to seventy-five to seventy with ninety-three seconds left.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But Ari McDonald hit the game clincher, a three-pointer with thirty-four seconds left.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The fever led almost all of the first quarter jumping out to an sixteen to eight lead.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The aces responded to a fuming Becky Hammond by closing out the quarter on a twelve to nothing run.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The first quarter ended in an eighteen to eighteen time.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The Aces took the lead and pushed it to twenty six to eighteen early in the second quarter.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And in a game of runs Indiana responded to a Stephanie White technical foul with a fifteen to three run of their own and led thirty three to twenty nine with three twelve remaining in the first half.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Then it was Vegas's turn again a thirteen to two run to close out the half gave them a forty one to thirty five lead in the mission.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Boston tied the game with a basket with seven, eighteen left in the third, back cap to a ten to four fever run.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The third quarter was back in fourth until a Mitchell three kickstarted Indiana's game turning eight to nothing spurt to end the third quarter.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Mitchell also caped the run with a layup that picked the fever up, sixty two to fifty six.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The fever are now five and seven and clutch games.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's games that are five points or closer in the final minutes of the contest.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They're also now five and six without Caitlin Clark.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So if he cutting ham, so if he cutting ham is becoming a star in Indiana, and she had another big night starting once again, she scored fifteen points.
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[SPEAKER_03]: She was four for five from the field, three for four from behind the three point line and four for four at the foul line.
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[SPEAKER_03]: In fact, the fever were eleven of fourteen at the charity stripe on the night.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Cunningham says, with or without Caitlin Clark, the fever have to be ready to play.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't think that it affects us anymore.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We put out a statement today that, you know, she's day to day.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And so we know that as a team and so that's helpful to mentally prepare.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I really do think that, you know, if we have Caitlyn great and we know how to play with her, if we don't have Caitlyn great, we know how to play without her.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I think that's just so important.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It gives people confidence that when she is back, you know, they know their role and then when she's not, they have the confidence to come out there and make big plays for us.
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[SPEAKER_04]: For us, I don't really think it's something that we think about anymore.
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[SPEAKER_04]: For us, it's taken one day at a time, stuck in the days, and tonight, I think we did a really good job, not only physically, but seriously mentally, because we have been struggling and inconsistent when they go on runs, and we stopped it, and then we went on our runs.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And so, that's a big step for us, and I just said it, but it's all about consistency from here on out.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The fever are now thirteen and twelve on the season, and go to Chicago on Sunday to face the rival sky.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Please stay tuned for John Robertson and Michelle Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're listening to the central Indiana sports report with your host, Craig Mendel.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, fever fans to the central Indiana sports report.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, John Robertson, our fever guy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome, Michelle Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Tipton Tribune and Elwood Colleter and what a win that was tonight.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Another win against a good team without Caitlin Clark and a huge win in the standings.
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[SPEAKER_03]: John, you were there tonight.
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[SPEAKER_03]: What was it like?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Man, it was a really great atmosphere.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There seemed to be a little bit of nervousness.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like you can almost feel a little bit of nervousness just because of the way the last couple of games have gone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But overall, great atmosphere.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Stranger Things, activations and the Stranger Things themed arena was great.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was really happy to hear extremely loud cheers for Kelsey Mitchell and Sophie cutting him and Leah Boston during the starting line ups.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was really happy for that just based off of I want to believe that she's ignoring all of the social media nonsense but like even if she if she can't stay completely out of it hearing a massive roar when her name calls the god of feel good right Michelle big win in the standings as far as the playoffs go if as well as they stand foot without Caitlyn they have a chance right definitely they do I mean the important thing is you're Caitlyn healthy
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[SPEAKER_06]: And that's, I mean, I don't think I let her back on on the court until she's, if she's not one hundred percent, then she'd better be like ninety five to ninety eight percent.
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[SPEAKER_06]: He just didn't want her to go down again.
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[SPEAKER_06]: And big one, like you said, they now have the type breaker over the Aces.
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[SPEAKER_06]: If they would be type sheeting in the playoffs and, you know, that's big.
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[SPEAKER_06]: And they got the type breaker without Caitlin.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, so
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[SPEAKER_06]: It was really good.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Really good win.
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[SPEAKER_06]: So if it came here, I'm really nailing down at three, but I want to give a big shout out to Eric McDonald for that clutch game over three late in the game.
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[SPEAKER_06]: And just her play overall.
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[SPEAKER_06]: And tonight was really, I thought was really good.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Come to expect what you come to expect.
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[SPEAKER_06]: others to play really well and they didn't and Natasha Howard again since the author break I think she benefited from that rest to you know she was playing well that I think she had a couple games where she wasn't shooting as well I think she was tired she rested and man she's she's been huge John a lot of different heroes tonight which is something we like to see we've seen a lot with the Pacers and with the fever but when the game was on the line it was Kelsey Mitchell's game
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Kelsey had the biggest night of anyone.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, I agree with what Michelle's saying that Aries III at the end was probably the highlight moment.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It was the splash.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She actually was the Hala Burton game winner.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But Kelsey Mitchell was consistent all night long.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Played really, really well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Shot really well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And she was aggressive.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, it's the same thing we said about Tyrease during the Pacers run is like when he drives and lays it up, that also opens up his three.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then when you're doing both like you're unstoppable,
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[SPEAKER_02]: And that's what she was doing tonight.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She was really, really good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And we have to make like, we said it in our last talk.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We got to make sure we're appreciating what Kelsey does.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She's so good at it that we almost forget about it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, it's just commonplace, but what she does is really important for the team.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Again, I'm going to go back to Natasha Howard because I thought she was big on both ends of the floor tonight.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I thought this was one of her best defensive games, you know, while maybe since they
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[SPEAKER_06]: The game that didn't count in the standings, you know, for the commissioners cup that they got.
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[SPEAKER_06]: But I thought Howard was really good on both ends of the floor.
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[SPEAKER_02]: How are they really really well?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, and the funny thing is I was putting together my pregame bet and I almost took Howard for like five rebounds because I was like, they had five should be reasonable, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: And she ended up with about thirteen thirteen.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Um, like I feel I felt like she'd have a pretty good night because I knew Alia and Asia were going to be going to be going at it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Look, we those two and they did.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They went out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We definitely got to talk in a little minute about how they would add it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But like I knew those two were going to be going to, which should open up.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Natasha a little bit and it really did and she took advantage.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She definitely took advantage.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She had a beast of a game.
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[SPEAKER_06]: The night two was for defense off help and the way she affected shots.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I really appreciate her on the defensive end of the floor tonight as well as what she did on the offensive and I mean and her defense and in transition too was pretty good.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, the big difference I saw from her tonight that I don't always see is she was sprinting down the court.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like she was sprinting from the defensive end of the offensive end, which I mean, that's that's new.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I don't want to say it's completely new, but it's it's improved over where she has been.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I was happy to see that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And she had a three to touch the Howard had a three tonight, which blew my mind.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't win the Tosh pulled up for that three.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm like, oh, I didn't expect that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then it went in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm like, but I'll take it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, we'll take it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Let's talk about the match up in the middle.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Alia held her own, didn't she?
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[SPEAKER_02]: She definitely did.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think that Asia likes Alia Boston.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I really just don't think she likes her and I may be projecting here and I may be creating something that's not there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't mean it to be like too incredibly negative but like it just feels like there's some sort of like a real rivalry, not like some nonsensical rivalry.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It feels like a real rivalry because you know, Asia got the one where she came over the back and it probably should have been a foul.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And they called it a jump ball and there was there was definitely some tiki tax stuff going on that was getting called on a lea and I don't really want to talk about the rest.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They were bad, but like I'm just saying like you could see that that was getting to.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They got better as the game went on.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I agree I very much agree.
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[SPEAKER_02]: regardless of how you feel about the riffs like you could see that it was getting too early a little bit she was frustrated with it so finally she just said screw it you know they're not going to call it on this side i'm just going to go for it and she started to play a little rough and was grabbing some balls and breaking them away and i was like you know go for it yeah i saw your tweet i think what it is with current
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[SPEAKER_06]: And Wilson, I don't, I mean, I think it's a rivalry, but it's kind of like the big sibling, little sibling and the older sibling never wants to be shown up by the younger sibling and those two are teammates and battled every day, battled each other.
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[SPEAKER_07]: South Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_06]: South Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, Leo is like two years behind Asia, so when she came in, I mean, Asia's mentoring her, but you know, you just don't want.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, you were the one, you don't want.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I know that when I was out there and I could
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[SPEAKER_06]: play tennis with my sisters on the court.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, I think one night after I came up, I had ice bags on my shoulders and my ankles.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I would not let my sister, who was faster than I have beat me because it's just a stupid bed.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I was stupid bed.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's the last person you want to beat you.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's fair.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was trying to figure out why it was like, I was like, why would Asia have such a beef with Alia?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because they were both South Carolina girls.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You would think they would, you know, have some sort of connection about that makes sense.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like I couldn't figure it out, but that makes sense.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But that's definitely a thing like they definitely play to their tough.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Let's talk about the standings guys because again, big win.
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[SPEAKER_03]: We're toward we're at the part of the season where you start to look at the standings and what it means for the playoffs were past the all star game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Not that far away from the playoffs and this was a big one, not as Michelle mentioned for
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[SPEAKER_03]: the tiebreaker, but also in the standings, it gives them a little comfort, a little wiggle room wiggle room.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I agree with that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're also one game behind the dream and like they have the series tied season series with the dream.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So like that one will could matter to if they
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, I mean, and they don't have a ton of wiggle room.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There got three games ahead of Golden State who's in ninth.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So three games is not a huge amount, but it's better than two.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Give me the note.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Let's give another little shout out to TEMPSON who came back in and who heard development, I think is going to be key, especially for if the fever makes a play option going around.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I think that her providing that depth inside, she's impressing me.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I think she's good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't know that she'll be a huge, huge factor this season, even into the playoffs.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But I think her development into next season will be huge.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think she'll play a part.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just don't know how big it'll be.
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[SPEAKER_06]: But to me, I think if you can go, as you can come in, especially when it gets to the playoffs and like that, if you can come in and be counted on for five good minutes, that's your role, five or six to grab the rebounds to play, stop the offense, get put back, or whatever.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I think that is
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[SPEAKER_06]: fulfilling your role and that's contributing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think that's a really good opportunity to segue into the defense and why it played such an important fact at a night to Michelle is the fact that like when we were when the game started they were playing really solid strong defense and they were winning but then after the ref the initial calls were going to get some they almost had to stop playing defense and that's when we could stop those runs right
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I really think that's a key factor that we're like because they lose these runs like two and twelve and two or a two to eighteen or a million or one was as bad.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But you could see that they had stopped playing strong aggressive defense, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So Timson does bring that it didn't, but like I think that's one of the key factors we're going to have to watch going forward about like when they start losing to big runs.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's because they've backed off on their defense.
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[SPEAKER_06]: It's a good point.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Good observation.
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[SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, I mean, I just, I'll tell you what, Stephanie was almost as fun to watch on the sidelines tonight as the players on the court.
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[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, he was really into that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Dude.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I was so happy.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She got that tech.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That tech will make me happier than I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And they responded to it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, yeah, it showed that like, because you could, here's the thing out.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, you could see the players getting frustrated.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You could see them adjusting and like not playing as strong as they could because they were frustrated.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, Steph getting that tech showed them it's not just in their head.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She understands and sees what's happening.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She's supporting them and then they came back and they played tough after that.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I'm sorry, but Asia Wilson bear hugging Alia Boston.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I still don't understand that call.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That one was really bad.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There was one that really, really made me mad against Erie.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think it was Erie.
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[SPEAKER_02]: She's standing there, not moved for a couple of seconds.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Hands straight up in the air, and I forget which, well, right, I honestly don't remember which Ace's player, like jumps into her and shoots, and they call the foul on Erie.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I'm like, what she's supposed to do back, there was nothing, she just stood there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That one made me so mad.
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[SPEAKER_06]: One where, Asia wrapped up Boston.
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[SPEAKER_06]: it was actually kind of funny because you could see when they replayed it on TV the ashes like she's smiling because it's like she knows she got it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: There was some really bad ones, and a new guy's note that I don't like to sit there and... No.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I don't think we don't do much on this part, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But I will say that when the girls seem to realize that we have to just play through it, because they know they can't change it, that's when they moment them shifts.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, the first shift they made was they stopped playing aggressively, then they changed again to screw it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, you know, I said if they're going to get called for the foul anyways, just make it worth your foul, but like, do you got to be careful with that, too?
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[SPEAKER_06]: You got to worry a little bit about foul trouble.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Guys, very favorable schedule coming up.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The next ten games are ten games.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They should be favorite and maybe all of them and they only have two games in the next week, which means Caitlyn gets a chance to.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So coming up on Sunday is the sky and then Phoenix Dallas Seattle Los Angeles Phoenix Chicago Dallas Washington Connecticut before a back-to-back against the links.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The sky game is going to be hyped up, but I don't even know if we don't know if Caitlyn or Angel is going to play in that game, because both are on the injured list right now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It could be the biggest flat down for people that are excited for that one.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But they play in the next ten games.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Sure.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Well, in the fever should be favored regardless of who's playing in that game honestly.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the mercury game will be tough.
22:05
[SPEAKER_02]: I'm Seattle's always tough.
22:06
[SPEAKER_02]: And we've lost twice to the sparks, which we shouldn't.
22:10
[SPEAKER_02]: but we've already lost we're oh and two I guess I'm so far the season right?
22:13
[SPEAKER_02]: The majority of those games should be winnable.
22:15
[SPEAKER_02]: I think the Mercury games are gonna be tough.
22:17
[SPEAKER_02]: I think the Seattle game could be tough.
22:18
[SPEAKER_02]: We can beat them.
22:20
[SPEAKER_02]: They can clearly beat them.
22:21
[SPEAKER_02]: It's just they gotta show up.
22:23
[SPEAKER_02]: How many games was that we rattled off?
22:26
[SPEAKER_06]: I mean, it could be a little tough too.
22:29
[SPEAKER_03]: Well yeah, a lot of the games are tough.
22:30
[SPEAKER_03]: They're just all winnable.
22:32
[SPEAKER_02]: They're all absolutely wonderful.
22:33
[SPEAKER_02]: I say we come out seven and three or six and four and I'm really happy right like I don't want to go five and five.
22:39
[SPEAKER_02]: I definitely want to be that.
22:42
[SPEAKER_02]: I want to be above five hundred man the Connecticut Games made me nervous because I think Connecticut's got nothing to play for and they just want to be hurting people.
22:53
[SPEAKER_03]: They're interesting games, John.
22:55
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, that's fair, but I'm just saying, like, as a fever fan, and if I was in the front office, I would just tell Caitlin to sit that game even if she's healthy.
23:03
[SPEAKER_02]: I'd be like, you know what, why don't you just take this one off?
23:05
[SPEAKER_02]: We'll say you need this.
23:08
[SPEAKER_06]: I'm not so sure that's not what they should do anyway.
23:11
[SPEAKER_06]: When Caitlin, I know she's going to be on a minute thing, but I think they got to see how many games they're running, watch her, and to maybe give her
23:22
[SPEAKER_06]: a game off here or there before the playoffs, even though she missed so many.
23:28
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks guys so much.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Always appreciate it.
23:31
[SPEAKER_03]: You guys didn't believe me last night when I was saying we'll talk after a fever win.
23:35
[SPEAKER_03]: I mean, John kind of went with the, but Michelle was very skeptical and I called it, guys.
23:42
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks so much to John and Michelle for joining me once again, especially to John who was at the game and
23:50
[SPEAKER_03]: Hudson Bad traffic on the way out and still made it.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Always appreciate his time and Michelle, of course, we say it all the time because it's the truth.
23:59
[SPEAKER_03]: She is the best.
24:01
[SPEAKER_03]: And thank you so much for listening.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That was the day, yeah.
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