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Can the Spurs Come Back from 0-2 and Olivia Miles Breaks Clark’s Rookie Three-Point Record · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: What's up y'all. Welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit
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  Speaker 1: subscribe and follow us on social at the Daily Play
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  Speaker 1: Joy Taylor. Whoof I can't believe a Spurs last game two? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: they're in a bad spot down two in the NBA
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  Speaker 1: Finals as a series now heads back to New York
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  Speaker 1: for games three and four. We saw all the big
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  Speaker 1: emotions that Wenby went through after San Antonio knocked off
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  Speaker 1: OKC in the Western Conference Finals. Well, Wemby is now
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  Speaker 1: talking about that we need to never get too high,
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  Speaker 1: never get too low. Personally, I think I could have
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  Speaker 1: been better in recovering from the high of the Conference finals,
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  Speaker 1: but I mean, here we are. We can't change the past.
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  Speaker 1: Now we're already focused on game three. I like how
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  Speaker 1: Wemby is always reflecting and bettering himself, and I agree
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  Speaker 1: with him here. Now I'm a little conflicted because I
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  Speaker 1: do really love when players show big emotions. I love
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  Speaker 1: when they are invested. I love when they care, I
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  Speaker 1: love when they cry, love when they yell. I want
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  Speaker 1: to see emotions from a player, and Wemby has openly
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  Speaker 1: said that he is not going to participate in suppressing
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  Speaker 1: his emotions and not to assume too far out into
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  Speaker 1: societal conversations. But I do think we should encourage men
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  Speaker 1: to express more than just anger or happiness when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to the range of emotions that you have access to. However,
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  Speaker 1: I get a little conflicted when it comes to situations
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  Speaker 1: like this. I do think you need to take a
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  Speaker 1: moment and enjoy and celebrate which you've accomplished, But if
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  Speaker 1: the job is not done, then you're in a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a conundrum here. And I think this is what
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  Speaker 1: he's talking about. And I saw a couple other people
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  Speaker 1: talking about this as well, where he was almost too
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  Speaker 1: happy just to get to the finals. And that's what
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  Speaker 1: he is talking about, is never getting too high, never
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  Speaker 1: getting too low. Don't let your emotions of checking off
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  Speaker 1: a box, however big it may be overwhelm what the
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  Speaker 1: next task is. And that is kind of the conundrum
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  Speaker 1: of successes. Do you take a moment to enjoy and
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  Speaker 1: celebrate which you've accomplished when the job is not done,
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  Speaker 1: But if you don't ever celebrate it, there's no joy
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  Speaker 1: in that. So it is very very tricky when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to sports. Your emotions, your state of mind is
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  Speaker 1: so important. Your hunger is so important, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that while there are a lot of factors playing into
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  Speaker 1: why they are down two, that can be part of it.
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  Speaker 1: He hasn't been his best, and when he's locked in,
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  Speaker 1: we know what he's capable of. Now, five teams in
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  Speaker 1: league history have overcome an O two deficit in the
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  Speaker 1: NBA Finals. The last thing to do it was the
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  Speaker 1: Bucks in twenty twenty one, and the Spurs think that
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  Speaker 1: they can be the number sixteen in NBA history to
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  Speaker 1: do that, so it's not impossible. I do think they're
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  Speaker 1: in a very tough spot. New York is absolutely on
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  Speaker 1: fire and they have been playing incredible basketball. I'm actually
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  Speaker 1: surprised that the Spurs lost game too. I was expecting
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  Speaker 1: them to come out with a little more energy and
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  Speaker 1: have a bit of a more decisive win, and they
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  Speaker 1: ended up losing. So they're in a really tough spot.
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  Speaker 1: I'm so interested to see what Game three is. I've
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  Speaker 1: been incredibly wrong about all of this, so at this
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  Speaker 1: point I'm just sitting back and watching. I'd like to
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  Speaker 1: think that they will at least get a game, but
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  Speaker 1: everything is in New York's favor as it heads back
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  Speaker 1: to MSG So much of the WNBA draft hype was
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  Speaker 1: around the Dallas Wings first overall pick Asy Fudd, but
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  Speaker 1: the second pick, Olivia Miles, is stealing the headlines now.
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  Speaker 1: She broke Caitlin Clark's rookie record, hitting eight to three
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  Speaker 1: pointers in the Links eighty seven to eighty four win
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  Speaker 1: over the Golden State Valkyries. She said, it's just a
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  Speaker 1: testament to my mindset and my confidence. It's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of inner work to go and believe in yourself and
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  Speaker 1: constantly remind yourself that you deserve to be where you're at.
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  Speaker 1: The support that I have here to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and hoop and be myself. It just allows me to
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  Speaker 1: be comfortable. But has also found a rhythm after being
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  Speaker 1: ease into the rotation over her first six games as
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  Speaker 1: a pro. The former Yukon Husky has averaged fourteen points
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  Speaker 1: per game since claiming her place in the starting lineup
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  Speaker 1: over the past three games. There're seven rookies in total
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  Speaker 1: averaging double digits this season, and that number has risen
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  Speaker 1: from one to four to six to seven since Aliah
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  Speaker 1: Boston was the only rookie to do that. Averaging ten
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  Speaker 1: points are more per game in twenty twenty three. So
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  Speaker 1: I love the impact that the rookies are having in
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  Speaker 1: the w this year. They've really come in pro ready.
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  Speaker 1: They are contributing off the jump. It's really impressive to
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  Speaker 1: see both of these teams start off extremely strong in
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  Speaker 1: the Links and the Dallas Wings obviously, Dallas has so
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  Speaker 1: many stars and big expectations, and they are as to
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  Speaker 1: the Links and they're both playing up to them, and
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  Speaker 1: the Brookies contributing right away is really impressive. And another
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  Speaker 1: note on Olivia Miles. She hit eight of her eleven
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  Speaker 1: attempts from beyond the arc and finished with the season
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  Speaker 1: high twenty eight points on nine of sixteen shooting. She
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  Speaker 1: also had seven assists and four rebounds. So these girls
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  Speaker 1: are balling. I love to see it. I love to
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  Speaker 1: see when things are properly hyped and they come to
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  Speaker 1: fruition and there's a lot of season left to play,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm excited to see that Asy and Olivia are
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  Speaker 1: contributing right away at a really high level. And I
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  Speaker 1: also think that, you know, the gap between when Caitlin
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  Speaker 1: set the record and now Olivia already breaking that record
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  Speaker 1: is also showing, you know, the evolution of the game
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  Speaker 1: pouring into the women's game as well. While we know
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  Speaker 1: the w is an extremely physical sport still and looks
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  Speaker 1: very different from the NBA in a lot of cases.
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  Speaker 1: Although I do think the NBA over the past two
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  Speaker 1: years has become more more physical and leaned on Biggs Moore,
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  Speaker 1: we know that that is a core of the WNBA
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  Speaker 1: style of play, and it's been a big part of
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  Speaker 1: the conversation for new WABA fans to understand that it
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  Speaker 1: is still very physical. I do think that what Caitlin
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  Speaker 1: has shown and now what Olivia is showing, is the
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  Speaker 1: influence that obviously the three point shot has had on
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  Speaker 1: basketball overall, and just the developments and the strength it
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  Speaker 1: takes to make those shots consistently is really impressive that
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  Speaker 1: it is. It's crossing over from player to players, so
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  Speaker 1: really impressive job by Olivia and by Hazy and lots
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  Speaker 1: of other rookies as well. And the season has been
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  Speaker 1: really exciting. Thanks for joining me on The Daily Play.
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