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Mystics Recap After the Win Against the Sparks 70-80 · The Stop and Pop

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  SPEAKER_02: Mystics get the win against the Sparks, 70-80.
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  SPEAKER_02: Mystics out-rebounded the Sparks, 43-27.
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  SPEAKER_02: Shakira Austin grabbed 11 boards,
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  SPEAKER_02: Kiki Iryofen had 8, Sonia Citron had 6, and Cody McMahon had a career-high 9.
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  SPEAKER_02: Here's what Kiki and Coach Johnson had to say about the rebounding tonight.
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  SPEAKER_02: Congratulations on the win.
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  SPEAKER_02: You had 43 rebounds amongst the team.
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  SPEAKER_02: How important is rebounding and what kind of skill that takes to go after those rebounds?
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, we have one of the biggest front courts in the league,
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  SPEAKER_01: so rebounding is definitely something that we've heard ourselves on.
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  SPEAKER_01: We also have big guards and just getting those second chance opportunities.
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  SPEAKER_01: We want our guards to shoot the threes and we want them to feel comfortable
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  SPEAKER_01: that they don't make it.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're there to get the offensive rebound.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then on the defensive side, we want to limit teams to just one possession.
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  SPEAKER_01: So that's definitely been an area of focus for us.
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  SPEAKER_02: Going back to Cody having a career on nine rebounds.
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  SPEAKER_02: You guys had a total of 43 rebounds.
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  SPEAKER_02: So how important is it for the guards to also get on the boards as well?
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  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, we talk about that a lot in terms of sometimes the best defensive play will be
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  SPEAKER_03: for our bigs to hold off the other bigs.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's not always true.
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  SPEAKER_03: We want them to grab those rebounds when they're in that area.
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  SPEAKER_03: But sometimes they're boxing out themselves and The perimeter players are open there
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  SPEAKER_03: to make some plays.
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  SPEAKER_03: It's also exciting to see Cody grab defensive rebound and kind of go coast to coast.
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  SPEAKER_03: So that kind of gets her going as well.
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  SPEAKER_03: So it's an advantage for us,
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  SPEAKER_03: and we certainly want to see her continuing to attack the glass on
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  SPEAKER_03: the defensive end.
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  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
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  SPEAKER_02: Sonia Citron also dished out eight assists.
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  SPEAKER_02: Here's what she had to say about her playmaking lately.
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  SPEAKER_00: Eight assists again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Could you kind of walk us through what the difference is between how you're able
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  SPEAKER_00: to see the game or facilitator type role than maybe earlier?
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think being in a more facilitator role is what's allowing me to get more assists.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I just think my teammates are doing a great job of,
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  SPEAKER_01: for example, Kira,
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  SPEAKER_01: Kiki, all of our posts just do a great job of rolling, rolling hard and being open.
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  SPEAKER_01: And same thing with our perimeter players.
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  SPEAKER_02: The Mystics will host the Toronto Tempo on Wednesday, August 19th in their next game.
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