Proper officiating completely changes this game. When one team is allowed to constantly foul you the entire game... it absolutely impacts the outcome. It's insane how bad the officiating is. Fever were mugged the entire game... and even the flagrant foul elbow to the face isn't called. The Fever players sucked but the REFS sucked more
You gotta realize that the refs of the old WNBA are as corrupt and thuggish as some of the players. This league needs a new commissioner who comes in and CLEANS HOUSE, top to bottom. Because the amount of utter bullshit that has rained down on the best rookie this league has ever seen is revolting.
Yeah Fever players stunk it up last night. Guards are tired. Posts just won't rebound and can't score. Aces have a better bench to help Aja. Not like we can guard Aja anyway. lol
@@volfancp I would start Temi on her from the beginning, Aja made Boston disappear and Aliyah got called for a number of touch fouls,Temi at least can control a rebound and Aliyah has to take that open mid range shot because many times much closer to the basket Aliyah can't get a shot off
👆👆This is the real story of this game. The Aces have a deep bench that is heaps better than the Fever. As you noted - the Fever starters actually outscored the Aces starters, but the problem is that once you get past that starting squad to the bench, Indiana has basically nothing.
this is the reason why Christy Sides has to be fired right now, she just know how to coach, just what are her credentials when it comes to coaching a basketball team, just how long has she been a head coach.
For a ref to effectively influence (fix) a game, it's not calling phantom or frequent fouls on the opponent. You can get away with that only so much. Timing and breaking the momentum, the opponent's flow, with a foul call are more important and effective. Add long reviews of obvious plays to ce the opponent. That's how it's done. CC felt this effect stating the game "felt choppy." "Hard to get back into the flow."
Early signs of what was going to happen when Fever played Seattle. A ref watched the game and noted all the fouls on CC and those she committed. He counted 18 fouls against her, with only four called. And that is the game where Vivians punched CC in the throat and all those cameras failed to catch it for some strange reason.
I'm the last person to blame a game on reffing. I hate it, especially when someone blames a loss on one call that didn't go a certain way. That being said, this is one of the most incompetant displays of officiating I've even seen in professional basketball. The dagger for me was when a Vegas player (don't remember who) jumped 2 feet backwards to draw a foul on a rebounded layup, one of the clearest displays of offensive intitiated contact. I truly believe that being a ref on the floor in real-time is hard to understand, but that was one of the more minor displays of aggregiousness I saw...again, I despise blaming a game on the refs, and this was a rough game shooting-wise for both teams, but this game was also one of the worst officiated games I've ever even seen, period.
@@bobjenkins3rd Yup.. To not see it on the floor is one thing, to not see it in the review is straight incompetance. I just don't understand...I honestly just don't understand...
Last night is why I stopped watching women's basketball before CC. It's not basketball, it's mugging and definitely one sided. This "physicality" started because it let less skilled players compete when they should be getting crushed. International basketball evolved this way so European women might sniff a victory against US
They wore CC down (multiple players guarding her physically). I love the Fever and we have had a great season. However, the reality still is their post players cannot consistently deliver rebounds (offensive or defensive) or more importantly points to relieve pressure on Kelsey and CC. The Aces, Lynx and Liberty have WAY better benches!! Aja didn't have a GREAT game, she was good. The difference is Aja's team mates score and rebound, taking pressure off her. We still don't have anyone on our team that can guard Aja one on one. That is just a Fact! I'm happy we are in the playoffs, but if we draw Aces, Lynx or Liberty in first round we are going home early. I think we win one game, but not a series. We have to upgrade the bench this off season to become a championship team. Go Fever!
Fever are young, and learning valuable lessons. I don't think anyone was expecting miracles this season. For as young as the team is, they have outperformed the skeptics. It takes time to build a championship level team, especially after being the worst team the last 2 years.
The refs are not supposed to help Jack ass that is the problem they finally started calling her out on the push offs. This is what the playoffs will look like get used to it
I am trying not to believe these WNBA games are not influenced by gambling and outcoomes "influenced" by coaches and refrees. I have no other explaination for the officiating of games and the crazy coaching decisions, league scheduling, awards bestowed, injuries, etc. It defies incompetence, inexperience, or low IQ as an explanation.
Kelsey Plum is one of the worst at putting her hands on opposing players when she’s trying to play defense. This was another one of those games where let’s guard/grab CC the entire length of the court. Terrible officiating.
@@WJV9 Dude... can you read a box score? Her +/- was -3 in 3 minues... Who should Sides play? You guys hate every Samuelson minute, you guys hate Wheeler... and Hull was in foul trouble... So please, what wouldve been the right decision? She tryed something to throw in a player the Aces didnt expect. Didnt work, cause the entire team played just bad. There are just games like that. But whoever wants to blame those 3 Wallace minutes and Sides for the loss... sorry I dont take you seriously!
Taking CC out early when they were actually scoring was a mistake. Then she put god awful combinations of players in to totally destroy the teams rhythm and go down a bunch of points.
I said after the Minnesota game, “If you thought the refs were bad tonight, wait until LV comes to town. CC is messing up the MVP narrative.” Hopefully but doubtful Friday will be better. I’m beginning to believe the Fever need a camera dedicated to focus on CC to show the fouls not being called. If there is not one, there definitely needs to be a referee review board, not just CC’s games, but all games.
The rules In basketball, a defender can use their hands on an offensive player in certain situations, but there are also some things that are considered illegal contact: Post-up position A defender can use their forearm or one hand with a bent elbow to make contact with an offensive player in a post-up position with the ball in the Lower Defensive Box. Momentary contact A defender can momentarily place their hand or forearm on an opponent, but this is not necessarily illegal unless it is constantly repeated. Illegal forearm An illegal forearm occurs when a defender uses their hands or forearms to make contact with an opposing player, affecting their movement or shot attempt. Illegal use of hands A defender is guilty of an illegal use of hands foul if they slap, hack, or smack an offensive player with the ball. Two hands on the player A defender is guilty of a personal foul if they place two hands on a ballhandler or dribbler Forearm in the post at max, but no reason to use ur hands on the offensive player if you've played before, hands out and up and slide ur feet. Not to mention if 2 hands are placed on the offensive player at any time it is and should be called a foul.
If they are going to allow hands they need to keep it open for both sides. Otherwise it's a completely unfair lopsided game and that's just irritating. Let plum out hands on her the whole time, but don't call Clark for a push off drop step.
WNBA isn't real basketball, those players grab, push and hold the whole game and refs rarely call it. CC pushes off 7 to 10 times per game (mostly because they are holding her).
Why would CC go for the layup if the refs are never going to call a foul? It is not worth it when the refs are playing for the other team. MIchael, if I can fould you without ever getting a call from the refs, then I can win every time.
Stop crying Caitlin Clark was pushing off all game and only got caught for two Aaliyah Boston sets illegal screens every time nobody calls it stop it the check for the reps must have bounced, this is what the playoffs will look like
Aces know what they are doing. They know CC and her squad are Team USA and WNBA champions in the making. They know how the whistle blew. The Fever is a force. Look what they needed to resort to in order to stop them. The Fever will adjust. 🔥
Caitlin Clark is sick. She subbed herself out of the game and went to Narnia again in the first quarter and also at halftime. She was seen coughing with Kelsey Mitchell slapping her back late in the game. In the presser she sounded hoarse as well.
@@bigman7570 Let every team beat the shit out of you physically almost every game, grabbing, holding, etc. and see how you hold up over a season. Players have bad games. I once watched Steph Curry go 1 for 13 from three point land in a game. CC is still human. Aja didn't have a great game, but her bench help is soooo much better!
@@volfancp stop it y'all try to over inflate all this Clark is fouled all game talk. In the last few games Kelsey Mitchell, Clark and Aliyah Boston have all had multiple 25+ point games, Lexi Hull the hottest 3 pointer shooter right now so they have talent. Aja Wilson was playing injured and still put up 28 points, 12 rebounds , 3 blocks and held Boston to 6 points so yes she did have a great game
With all due respect, Ive watched every Fever game this year and Ive never seen an opposing team be this aggressive with CC! I think there were so many fouls that the refs were overwhelmed!
For a ref to effectively influence (fix) a game, it's not calling phantom or frequent fouls on the opponent. You can get away with that only so much. Timing and breaking the momentum, the opponent's flow, with a foul call are more important and effective. Add long reviews of obvious plays to ce the opponent. That's how it's done. CC felt this effect stating the game "felt choppy." "Hard to get back into the flow."
They got the #1 draft pick 2 years in a row for a reason. The dream sucks. Caitlin has been working miracles with Kelsey and when her shot is off, the team has no chance. Then you put bench players in against one of the top teams and this is the result you get. It’s a miracle they didn’t lose by 20+
You are 100% right! The Aces, Lynx and Liberty all have way better benches that can actually score and rebound. Fever have had a great season, but we will be going home early if we draw one of those three teams in 1st round. We might steal a game, but not a series. We just aren't deep enough this year with quality talent.
She ended up having zero effect, but everyone kept missing other than Hull and KM they had to try someone else. Their bench is sad compared to the Aces.
The referees are killing the product this was a pretty much unwatchable game with such great players on both teams. And for Becky to go out and say they hack Caitlin for 40 minutes is pretty disgusting too. We've seen this girl get fouled and butchered all year often with no calls at all for her. The game can be so much better in women's basketball please more Dallas and Indiana games. This was a slug fest tonight.
Here is the problem. Because they were pushing her, putting hands on her and anything else they should not have been doing, and the refs letting them do it, I don't want to watch the WNBA anymore, not even for Clark, and she is the only reason I have watched any basketball. I now understand why the W has not done well all these years. And something else no one seems to have noticed, A'ja got better from her injury very quickly. Could it have been she wanted to break the scoring record in Clark's house? As a woman, I can attest to the fact that we really are that petty. I have just lost all interest in the W. I hope you all still enjoy it. I am not the kind of person that believes because I don't like something, everyone else should follow suit. Just like I am not going to start disliking someone because they liked a tweet, or is voting for someone different than me.
One the issues some pundits noted was that with CC drawing so many new people and eyes, the WNBA would also be exposed for the bush league it is in reality. Physical play in the WNBA means cheap shots and hard fouls which are not called. Some have always called the WNBA prison yard basketball riddled with toxic personalities at all levels and sports reporting. CC upset the establishment, and they want to go back to being a bad product where their positions are safe.
My 4 years in the military were some of my best employment years. I would much rather work with men than women. Men have a disagreement, deal with it, and in 20mins it's back to work as usual. Women can hold grudges for years.
To be fair CC missed 3 or 4 layups while being fouled and never got the calls. Plus she just couldn't get the ball to fall, that happens. They, Vegas were really physical and the referees ignored it all night. That being said their foul shooting sucked tonight as well except for Caitlin.
No one on the Fever wants to bang inside and rebound missed shots (offensive or defensive)> We need a Kamilla Cordoso desperately and a Tiffany Hayes type player.
She basically stands on the corner and shoots 3s. Her 3 pt percentage has been terrible since the Olympics break. She is 2/10 on three points shot. 20% three shot shoot success rate. I would rather see her setting high picks for CC. Her three point shoot at the corner has been useless. At least she has the size to set pick for CC or other players.
We better hope Aja isn't better on Friday. I love CC, Kelsey and the Fever but we don't have anyone to guard Aja Wilson and our bench is non existent (no consistent scoring or rebounding). We are going home in the first round if we draw Aces, Lynx or Liberty.
"As good a defense as I've seen...." except the defense was illegal and borderline dirty all night... it should been checked by the officiating, which then loosens up that "great" defense
As per usual, the Fever's worst enemy, is their own coach. She seriously started Smith over Temi. Good job trading off Celeste Taylor too. I know some middle school kids who play better than the Fever bench. But hey, let's toss in Katie Lou and Wallace with Clark.
That Refereeing last night is what turns some people off of watching. You either call it the same for both teams or do not call anything. Not call crap on one team and not call the same on the other team.
They used to hand check Jordan also and once they put a stop to it, he became unstoppable. I am not sure how the WNBA will respond to it, but if I am Caitlin Clark, I demand my teammates do it to me in practice and figure out how to beat it. Also, if it is ok for Caitlin to be defended that way, Indiana needs to do the same thing to Ace's best players or whoever they happen to be playing. Call it tit for tat.
The league needs to stop it. That game was ugly to watch on both sides. No one is tuning in to WNBA games to watch wrestling matches! The Lynx are a good example of playing basketball the right way. CC doesn't need to adjust,. If the WNBA wants to keep these new fans, they better clean up the garbage physical play.
Mick… It’s hard for C.C. to play her game when Sides keeps screwing around with the rotation. She should have started the game with the lineup that won the Dream game… Clark, Mitchell, Boston, Hull, and Temi.
It’s obvious Caitlin was tired all her shots were short. Possibly the overtime game left her fatigued. Remember how her shooting was off before Olympic break. She had open shots just left them short. Other players were also missing.
Also Christie Sides needs to do a better job of protecting her players. Hammon wouldn't have let her players get hacked all over the court like that without getting a T. Sides is too nice to the refs.
CC’s game was reminiscent of the ones that Allen Iverson would have from time to time. Tough shooting nights happen. And don’t think the Aces having to listen to the drum beat of CC for MVP didn’t give Aja Wilson and the rest of the squad some extra incentive. Time to regroup and win Friday night.
If CC shoots her regular %, the Fever win. If the refs called that game fairly, the Fever win. The Aces were good but not overwhelmingly so, I think we see a different Fever on Friday.
Mick, the reason they dictated where CC should go, is the screens fo her are being set in the wrong places with too many teammates close to CC and the ball. I know you play the game, and I did also. CLEAR OUT ONE SIDE, and let CC go 1 v 1. No one on the Aces can stop her alone, if she has a little space. Now, you don't do this every possession, but at least until they start to double up on her, and then she will deliver to the open teammate. KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Last night Aces let her shoot (when they weren't being physical with her) and would not let her find open team mates. I think that will be strategy in the brief playoffs. Let CC go one on one. If she scores 40 , so what, as long as you shut down almost everyone else.
CC missed a lot of shots because she was tired. The Aces wore her down with the beatings, holding, etc. That and she played 45 minutes on Sunday. The Fever rely on Kelsey and CC way too much. They have got to make serious upgrades to their bench this off season if they want to win a championship in next 2 years.
It almost funny, but really sad, when you can score 16 points with 6 assists and still say CC was having a bad game. For 75% of the WNBA that would be a great game. She was the #2 scorer and #1 in assists on her team tonight and still she gets shamed. Thank God I never got to her level when I played basketball, that's a lot of pressure to put on a 22 year old woman.
Cc missed 16 of her 22 shots , that’s horrible! She never takes 22 shots when you want her to and tonight she takes 22 freaking shots and 16 don’t go in,,, wtf!!!
The Aces are a complete team. The Fever needs 2 or 3 more players. You can't usually go from worst team to first in one season. They picked up Caitlin at or before half court, as usual, and there wasn't enough offensive scheming with current players to help her.
@@AllanteHarvey@AllanteHarvey I think they've been awesome, but you can't expect one of the worst teams last year to beat the best teams every game. The Fever still need a couple more upgrades. I didn't blame the refs and I didn't point fingers.
@@AllanteHarvey She is a great player if you are paying any attention to her history and stats! She's rivaling Wilson this year and without all the extra help. She's getting picked up at or before half court the entire game... including the last 10 seconds of this game. If she isn't great, why do that? Why throw 2 or 3 players at her every chance they get? She's only a rookie!
This game meant so much to the Aces that they had to develop a specific strategy (against the team that was rubbish at the start of the season). Not only that, but when they did get on a run you could see by the players reactions how much each basket meant to them. It was like a final to them, and they won it with a little help from the "Sides" line. That is a total tribute to the Fever and Caitlin Clark.
Sides clearly gave up winning the game and gave Wallace minutes. Honestly should have given the entire bench minutes to get them some PT before the playoffs.
Funny how coaches say they aren’t worried about CC or she isn’t a threat yet there only game plan is to shut CC down and they immediately are on her all over the court.
Crazy they are now asking Caitlin questions about who she is going to vote for president. A 22 year old young woman who has lived in a gym and entire focus for one year has been on playing in the NCAA since practices in 2023 then NCAA tournament the Draft then WNBA. Not like she has been deeply focusing on who to vote for... Only reason asked question was to try to upset her fan base. Upset Republicans or upset Democrats. Upset people who think women should support a woman. Just ask the athletes about basketball and stop trying to trap them to say things to lose fans over politics, religion, etc.
They left Boston wide open!!!! The coach has to recognize the strategy and make adjustment She is open in the paint for easy jumpers and wont take it 🤷♂️
It reminded me of hack a Shag,if anyone remembers. The Aces committed several fouls that were not called. Hopefully the Fever figure out a different game plan. The Fever shot just didn’t fall except for Mitchell.
It's going to be this way in the playoffs. Teams are going to be super physical with CC and Kelsey to wear them down. No bench scoring or rebounding. Smith, Tami and AB could average 10 to 15 points a game if they were willing to rebound the misses from the guards, smh Dantas and Katie Lou don't like contact.
Yeah she can say that but she had arguably one of if not the best team in league to do it. Too be honest it look like they barely contained Caitlin not really hacked Caitlin.
Becky Hammon yelling at refs and got the calls to go her way. Horrendous. While Christie Sides just stood there and watched and didn't fight with the refs on those calls
One has to wonder if the refs and the aces worked these tactics out before the game. The WNBA is getting to be not worth watching. Caitlin Clark needs to move overseas.
Strange to watch how the refs let the Aces grab players around the waist and legs and push and shove... Kelsey Plum is so different than I thought before started watching all the games this year... what creeps you out about her? Listened to some of her interviews and Plum has said that the vets were very hard on her especially, the first two years. She said that one game she thought she was going to blow past Diana Taurasi because she thought even back then Diana Taurasi was slower and she was younger... but Diana Taurasi tripped her and threw her to the floor. When Caitlin broke Plum's record Plum was supportive and congratulated Caitlin and said that she hopes when Caitlin comes into the WNBA is better to Caitlin than the treatment she received... so now cannot figure out if Kelsey Plum has just tried to adopt the tougher style of Diana Taurasi and style of players on Connecticut Sun so it looks creepy and unnatural when Plum acts like that... or maybe, has that always been Plum's style even in college? Anyone know?
@@MikoManII they are still protective of their rookie. She came with a good amount of hype given her jersey and merch sales as well as all the Martin jerseys and shirts I saw at the game last night.
There was nothing new to Aces strat. Seen it many times done by my old Knicks. Teams adjust. By sending in their second and third stringers to do the same, to your stars. Sides made no adjustments.
It’s like the other coach knew that Smith and Lou where the weak points so they forced the ball to them and then those players missed missed missed missed turn over missed missed
It really was amazing how a 6'5" MVP/Champion can somehow just stand at the free throw line and shoot wide open jump shots so many times in a single game. It's almost like she was invisible out there. Biggest girl on the court, but somehow the defense consistently lost track of her.
NO, it is the on court muggings and her and Kelsey carrying this team almost every night. They need consistent HELP! The Aces, Liberty and Lynx understand that.
Do the refs also receive a 100 k bonus from the City of Las Vegas? This clear benefit of having the referees in your pocket was on full display in this game.
What do you think teams will do in the playoffs? Sides had no strategy, the Aces had a strategy. Remember Sides won coach of the month last month. Against the top teams she has no plan and cannot adjust in game. She is an ast at best
I paid like $1200 to go watch Fever against Dallas a week ago but these refs are the reason this will be my first and last WNBA season. I am over them absolutely trash every game. Fever going to be 1st round exits especially with this feed the Center crap A'ja averaging 2.8 blocks pull her out of the paint if you want to drive.
Yep, all that hacking CC frustrated her today. On top of that frustration, running Sides sabotage defense. When you are getting beat up in mid-court and on half executed screens will definitely give you “sticker-shock” to drive to the basket only to get more hacked.
Clark is driven to win even if playing go-fish. I think she see the game plan and knew it was not a plant to succeed. She was taken out early and the lineup was not witnessed since sometime before the mid-season break. When sent back in she missed a three pointer and laughed (not normal). Then she was fouled with a hard hit to the head (a flagrant foul) not called again! Twenty percent of all flagrant fouls this year against Clark. This does not take into account the obvious flagrant fouls NOT called. The skewed refereeing in this league is laughable. They have tried their absolute best to try to injure Clark with a season or career ending injury while trying to make it look like "a basketball play". The NBA you would be fined or there would be fights by now!!!!!!!!
Wallace and KAtie Lou both had some wide open shots and missed by 2-3,feet. Just awful. Temi should have played close to entire game and guarded Aja. She actually held aja down somewhat. CC shot terrible. Mitchell shot well, and Hull played really well. Hull did not get enough of minutes either. I don’t even know what else to say. One of the worst games by far by Fever. It was embarrassingly bad.
Temi can't stop Aja and she doesn't score consistently enough. Temi is tall, but Aja just too good a scorer. If she would at least get Aja in foul trouble it would help our case.
That was the worst called game I have ever seen. The Aces got the golden whistle. CC had a bad night shooting. I believe she let the bad reffing get in her head. What was Sides doing with the rotation? Her substitutions killed early momentum and didn't improve.
The game was so sad...why bother to watch on Friday when we all know the refs are going to give the game to the Aces? Why does no one do anything about the refs??? And I can see how CC and others are so demoralized because of the decisions made by Sides.
Caitlin had a bad game and didn’t play with her usual fire and confidence! Sides is a terrible coach and should have been let go at the Olympic break, Smith is terrible once again, Wallace (why was she on the court?) and Katie Lou has lost it and yet the coach keeps doing Chrissy things! Absolutely ridiculous!
The guards for the Aces are aggressive and good defenders. It's a bad match-up for the Fever. Aces didn't allow many fast break points by defending the outlet pass on missed shots. The Aces and the Suns can be a problem for the Fever due to their style of play. It will have to be a well coached game, and the Fever has to establish a half court game to win in the playoffs.
I understand the fouls not called for Indiana and it's a shame on those referees. Yet Indiana was making stops in the first half and not scoring from them on the other side. You can't win a game against top teams doing that. You add the refs help and it's over.
That's the reason this team needs and enforcer. When teams are fouling your teammate and refs don't call, a couple of hard fouls force the refs to call the actual fouls
Caitlin was off, ab was in foul trouble, the fever need at least 2 of them to go off and sides can't call a timeout to save her life. Katie Lou is just out there.
Looks like they giving her the ‘superstar’ treatment which is the biggest compliment they can give CC. It’s just gonna make her stronger in the long run.
Ref's are not trained very well or the fix is in . Sides needs to be sidelined she is to slow to adjust , CC is being isolated and Sides is not adjusting . When are the REFS going to be called out at the PRESS postage . Make it the issue and cop the fine .
Proper officiating completely changes this game. When one team is allowed to constantly foul you the entire game... it absolutely impacts the outcome. It's insane how bad the officiating is. Fever were mugged the entire game... and even the flagrant foul elbow to the face isn't called. The Fever players sucked but the REFS sucked more
What the refs did was intentional.
You gotta realize that the refs of the old WNBA are as corrupt and thuggish as some of the players. This league needs a new commissioner who comes in and CLEANS HOUSE, top to bottom. Because the amount of utter bullshit that has rained down on the best rookie this league has ever seen is revolting.
Yeah Fever players stunk it up last night. Guards are tired. Posts just won't rebound and can't score. Aces have a better bench to help Aja. Not like we can guard Aja anyway. lol
@@volfancp I would start Temi on her from the beginning, Aja made Boston disappear and Aliyah got called for a number of touch fouls,Temi at least can control a rebound and Aliyah has to take that open mid range shot because many times much closer to the basket Aliyah can't get a shot off
Same rigged league as nba
The Aces bench scored 30 while Fever bench scored 11. This is the problem. Fever starters actually out scored the Aces starters by 8 points.
👆👆This is the real story of this game. The Aces have a deep bench that is heaps better than the Fever. As you noted - the Fever starters actually outscored the Aces starters, but the problem is that once you get past that starting squad to the bench, Indiana has basically nothing.
Good point! The Fever cannot move forward with their existing personnel.
@@jjm152😂😂 talking about Fever starters outscored Aces starters, basketball doesn't work like that
this is the reason why Christy Sides has to be fired right now, she just know how to coach, just what are her credentials when it comes to coaching a basketball team, just how long has she been a head coach.
@@joeylee9809 U a clown bruh; bozo makeup, clown car, clown shoes, and confetti tears. 🤡🤡😭😭
Among the worst reffed games of the year. Bush league officiating. Makes me not want to watch.
They can’t risk Clark getting MVP when she’s supposedly in a race against “rival” AR
The league does not want this girl to shine at all costs
For a ref to effectively influence (fix) a game, it's not calling phantom or frequent fouls on the opponent. You can get away with that only so much. Timing and breaking the momentum, the opponent's flow, with a foul call are more important and effective. Add long reviews of obvious plays to ce the opponent. That's how it's done. CC felt this effect stating the game "felt choppy." "Hard to get back into the flow."
I shut the game off it was so disgusting…fuck it
Early signs of what was going to happen when Fever played Seattle. A ref watched the game and noted all the fouls on CC and those she committed. He counted 18 fouls against her, with only four called. And that is the game where Vivians punched CC in the throat and all those cameras failed to catch it for some strange reason.
@@MrWebster 18 FOULS??!?!?! only 20% called?? Cmon now....
I'm the last person to blame a game on reffing. I hate it, especially when someone blames a loss on one call that didn't go a certain way. That being said, this is one of the most incompetant displays of officiating I've even seen in professional basketball. The dagger for me was when a Vegas player (don't remember who) jumped 2 feet backwards to draw a foul on a rebounded layup, one of the clearest displays of offensive intitiated contact. I truly believe that being a ref on the floor in real-time is hard to understand, but that was one of the more minor displays of aggregiousness I saw...again, I despise blaming a game on the refs, and this was a rough game shooting-wise for both teams, but this game was also one of the worst officiated games I've ever even seen, period.
And that was AFTER a review and it still held. WNBA is a joke.
@@bobjenkins3rd
Yup.. To not see it on the floor is one thing, to not see it in the review is straight incompetance. I just don't understand...I honestly just don't understand...
That was the call that had me irate. Blatant offensive foul.
AB is just a whistle magnet. Commit an offensive foul against AB and you’ll get the call.
easy to stop clark hen fouls and flagrants arent called...
It was night and day between the whistles the Aces got verses the no calls when the fever were getting mugged.
Cry a river and take the L. When they lose is always someone else's fault stop it this is what the playoffs will look like you've had fun for too long
Last night is why I stopped watching women's basketball before CC.
It's not basketball, it's mugging and definitely one sided.
This "physicality" started because it let less skilled players compete when they should be getting crushed. International basketball evolved this way so European women might sniff a victory against US
Yes, the refs gave this game to the Aces. They were constantly fouling CC and none were called.
Yep, the Refs & A’ja ‘SPECIAL WHISTLE’ Wilson won the game
yea the refs made. cc go 6-22 and 1-10 from three keep crying
Yeah the refs were bad but they also didn’t play well! The didn’t rebound on offense and after Clark got hit in the face she was winded
@@dark-boson3697Wilson had 0 fouls! Gimme a break!
Will this happen again on Friday? It’s unacceptable.
They wore Caitlin down guarding her and refs were no help. Refs put lexi and boston in foul trouble.
They wore CC down (multiple players guarding her physically). I love the Fever and we have had a great season. However, the reality still is their post players cannot consistently deliver rebounds (offensive or defensive) or more importantly points to relieve pressure on Kelsey and CC. The Aces, Lynx and Liberty have WAY better benches!! Aja didn't have a GREAT game, she was good. The difference is Aja's team mates score and rebound, taking pressure off her. We still don't have anyone on our team that can guard Aja one on one. That is just a Fact! I'm happy we are in the playoffs, but if we draw Aces, Lynx or Liberty in first round we are going home early. I think we win one game, but not a series. We have to upgrade the bench this off season to become a championship team. Go Fever!
Fever are young, and learning valuable lessons. I don't think anyone was expecting miracles this season. For as young as the team is, they have outperformed the skeptics. It takes time to build a championship level team, especially after being the worst team the last 2 years.
The refs are not supposed to help Jack ass that is the problem they finally started calling her out on the push offs. This is what the playoffs will look like get used to it
I am trying not to believe these WNBA games are not influenced by gambling and outcoomes "influenced" by coaches and refrees. I have no other explaination for the officiating of games and the crazy coaching decisions, league scheduling, awards bestowed, injuries, etc. It defies incompetence, inexperience, or low IQ as an explanation.
Kelsey Plum is one of the worst at putting her hands on opposing players when she’s trying to play defense. This was another one of those games where let’s guard/grab CC the entire length of the court. Terrible officiating.
They allow Caitlin Clark to extend her arms on every push off you can't have it one side and not the other stop crying
@@hottrakz - It's self defense!
@@MikoManII Right im supposed to just let them grab my arm and bump me around?
You are a liar
Refs are still sucking up to the ACES........they could simply wear their jerseys, no?
Sides lost her teams rhythm by subbing stupid players who don’t usually play with the starters!! What the F!! Sides lost the game!!
So the 3 minutes by Wallace were the problem?
lol... ok then!
@@Smido83 - They lost 9 points while she was in.
@@WJV9 Dude... can you read a box score? Her +/- was -3 in 3 minues... Who should Sides play? You guys hate every Samuelson minute, you guys hate Wheeler... and Hull was in foul trouble...
So please, what wouldve been the right decision? She tryed something to throw in a player the Aces didnt expect. Didnt work, cause the entire team played just bad. There are just games like that. But whoever wants to blame those 3 Wallace minutes and Sides for the loss... sorry I dont take you seriously!
Taking CC out early when they were actually scoring was a mistake. Then she put god awful combinations of players in to totally destroy the teams rhythm and go down a bunch of points.
@@Smido83 that's the problem with Sides. She can't adjust her strategy to counter the other team's coach. Subbing different players is NOT strategy.
AB gets no calls for and whoever she guards gets every single call, it’s unbelievable
I said after the Minnesota game, “If you thought the refs were bad tonight, wait until LV comes to town. CC is messing up the MVP narrative.” Hopefully but doubtful Friday will be better. I’m beginning to believe the Fever need a camera dedicated to focus on CC to show the fouls not being called. If there is not one, there definitely needs to be a referee review board, not just CC’s games, but all games.
The rules
In basketball, a defender can use their hands on an offensive player in certain situations, but there are also some things that are considered illegal contact:
Post-up position
A defender can use their forearm or one hand with a bent elbow to make contact with an offensive player in a post-up position with the ball in the Lower Defensive Box.
Momentary contact
A defender can momentarily place their hand or forearm on an opponent, but this is not necessarily illegal unless it is constantly repeated.
Illegal forearm
An illegal forearm occurs when a defender uses their hands or forearms to make contact with an opposing player, affecting their movement or shot attempt.
Illegal use of hands
A defender is guilty of an illegal use of hands foul if they slap, hack, or smack an offensive player with the ball.
Two hands on the player
A defender is guilty of a personal foul if they place two hands on a ballhandler or dribbler
Forearm in the post at max, but no reason to use ur hands on the offensive player if you've played before, hands out and up and slide ur feet. Not to mention if 2 hands are placed on the offensive player at any time it is and should be called a foul.
If they are going to allow hands they need to keep it open for both sides. Otherwise it's a completely unfair lopsided game and that's just irritating. Let plum out hands on her the whole time, but don't call Clark for a push off drop step.
WNBA isn't real basketball, those players grab, push and hold the whole game and refs rarely call it. CC pushes off 7 to 10 times per game (mostly because they are holding her).
Since when is pushing a player from the back not a foul.. In fact not a flagrant foul.
Why would CC go for the layup if the refs are never going to call a foul? It is not worth it when the refs are playing for the other team.
MIchael, if I can fould you without ever getting a call from the refs, then I can win every time.
Stop crying Caitlin Clark was pushing off all game and only got caught for two Aaliyah Boston sets illegal screens every time nobody calls it stop it the check for the reps must have bounced, this is what the playoffs will look like
@@hottrakz like a game at the Clark County jail?
Jackie Young travels without being called she did it 5 times today, and Refs looked the other way
To be fair, WNBA refs hardly ever call traveling.
Aces know what they are doing. They know CC and her squad are Team USA and WNBA champions in the making. They know how the whistle blew. The Fever is a force. Look what they needed to resort to in order to stop them. The Fever will adjust. 🔥
Caitlin Clark is sick. She subbed herself out of the game and went to Narnia again in the first quarter and also at halftime. She was seen coughing with Kelsey Mitchell slapping her back late in the game. In the presser she sounded hoarse as well.
I noticed that too.
@@deansouthwick1906😂😂😂 Everytime they lose I see people saying Clark wasn't feeling well, she has a migraine, I think she has the flu
@@bigman7570 Nah she tired of being hard fouled all game then when she tries to push a bit foul against.
@@bigman7570 Let every team beat the shit out of you physically almost every game, grabbing, holding, etc. and see how you hold up over a season. Players have bad games. I once watched Steph Curry go 1 for 13 from three point land in a game. CC is still human. Aja didn't have a great game, but her bench help is soooo much better!
@@volfancp stop it y'all try to over inflate all this Clark is fouled all game talk. In the last few games Kelsey Mitchell, Clark and Aliyah Boston have all had multiple 25+ point games, Lexi Hull the hottest 3 pointer shooter right now so they have talent. Aja Wilson was playing injured and still put up 28 points, 12 rebounds , 3 blocks and held Boston to 6 points so yes she did have a great game
They sure don't want to let her pass that WNBA single season assist record. 😂😂😂
With all due respect, Ive watched every Fever game this year and Ive never seen an opposing team be this aggressive with CC! I think there were so many fouls that the refs were overwhelmed!
Won’t keep watching this league if the refs are going to favor the aces so blatantly.
For a ref to effectively influence (fix) a game, it's not calling phantom or frequent fouls on the opponent. You can get away with that only so much. Timing and breaking the momentum, the opponent's flow, with a foul call are more important and effective. Add long reviews of obvious plays to ce the opponent. That's how it's done. CC felt this effect stating the game "felt choppy." "Hard to get back into the flow."
The Fever have no bench.
So they are the professional version of Iowa
Maybe..they need good defender on the post rebounder.@@shauncampbell4371
They got the #1 draft pick 2 years in a row for a reason. The dream sucks. Caitlin has been working miracles with Kelsey and when her shot is off, the team has no chance. Then you put bench players in against one of the top teams and this is the result you get. It’s a miracle they didn’t lose by 20+
You are 100% right! The Aces, Lynx and Liberty all have way better benches that can actually score and rebound. Fever have had a great season, but we will be going home early if we draw one of those three teams in 1st round. We might steal a game, but not a series. We just aren't deep enough this year with quality talent.
Bigs need help and how does having three guards in help anything lucky wasn't a blow out
Still can't believe Kristy Wallace got minutes 😭😭
Why not put in Grace instead of Katie Lou and Wallace??
@Kraze4you143they weren't winning this one. Aja was on a mission with all the MVP talk.
Just thankful it was close
She ended up having zero effect, but everyone kept missing other than Hull and KM they had to try someone else. Their bench is sad compared to the Aces.
She was a joke on display there!
Who is Kristy Wallace
The referees are killing the product this was a pretty much unwatchable game with such great players on both teams. And for Becky to go out and say they hack Caitlin for 40 minutes is pretty disgusting too. We've seen this girl get fouled and butchered all year often with no calls at all for her. The game can be so much better in women's basketball please more Dallas and Indiana games. This was a slug fest tonight.
That game was ugly to watch on both sides!
If you can get away with fouling/hacking. Then why not🤷🏿
Bad Procust is the understatement of the year!
Here is the problem. Because they were pushing her, putting hands on her and anything else they should not have been doing, and the refs letting them do it, I don't want to watch the WNBA anymore, not even for Clark, and she is the only reason I have watched any basketball. I now understand why the W has not done well all these years. And something else no one seems to have noticed, A'ja got better from her injury very quickly. Could it have been she wanted to break the scoring record in Clark's house? As a woman, I can attest to the fact that we really are that petty. I have just lost all interest in the W. I hope you all still enjoy it. I am not the kind of person that believes because I don't like something, everyone else should follow suit. Just like I am not going to start disliking someone because they liked a tweet, or is voting for someone different than me.
One the issues some pundits noted was that with CC drawing so many new people and eyes, the WNBA would also be exposed for the bush league it is in reality. Physical play in the WNBA means cheap shots and hard fouls which are not called. Some have always called the WNBA prison yard basketball riddled with toxic personalities at all levels and sports reporting. CC upset the establishment, and they want to go back to being a bad product where their positions are safe.
My 4 years in the military were some of my best employment years. I would much rather work with men than women. Men have a disagreement, deal with it, and in 20mins it's back to work as usual. Women can hold grudges for years.
To be fair CC missed 3 or 4 layups while being fouled and never got the calls. Plus she just couldn't get the ball to fall, that happens. They, Vegas were really physical and the referees ignored it all night. That being said their foul shooting sucked tonight as well except for Caitlin.
Complete BS. Unwatchable basketball
No one on the Fever wants to bang inside and rebound missed shots (offensive or defensive)> We need a Kamilla Cordoso desperately and a Tiffany Hayes type player.
I cant believe Katie Lou is till getting minutes.
i'd rather they give Berger a chance to play
She basically stands on the corner and shoots 3s. Her 3 pt percentage has been terrible since the Olympics break. She is 2/10 on three points shot. 20% three shot shoot success rate. I would rather see her setting high picks for CC. Her three point shoot at the corner has been useless. At least she has the size to set pick for CC or other players.
Me either. They need to clear half the bench in the off season.
@@BigBisk My thoughts exactly. Wheeler is actually not messing up lately but Wallace, KLS, Dantas, Berger, Saxon all gotta go.
@@BigBisk Wheeler is the highest paid cheerleader in the WNBA
Clark was tired and it showed in her shooting. Short shooting is tired legs, she did play all 45 minutes the last game. Friday should be bettter.
I was there, and she was having multiple people stretching her legs and shaking them out more than usual. Idk happens to the best.
We better hope Aja isn't better on Friday. I love CC, Kelsey and the Fever but we don't have anyone to guard Aja Wilson and our bench is non existent (no consistent scoring or rebounding). We are going home in the first round if we draw Aces, Lynx or Liberty.
"As good a defense as I've seen...." except the defense was illegal and borderline dirty all night... it should been checked by the officiating, which then loosens up that "great" defense
More like “they got away with it” defense lol
I'd take anyone reading this to be coach instead of Sides. Need a new GM too.
Thanks, I accept!
As per usual, the Fever's worst enemy, is their own coach. She seriously started Smith over Temi. Good job trading off Celeste Taylor too. I know some middle school kids who play better than the Fever bench. But hey, let's toss in Katie Lou and Wallace with Clark.
That Refereeing last night is what turns some people off of watching. You either call it the same for both teams or do not call anything. Not call crap on one team and not call the same on the other team.
Hand checking which is illegal in NBA. But Sides has to adjust to how the other teams play defense but Sides don't run plays
They used to hand check Jordan also and once they put a stop to it, he became unstoppable. I am not sure how the WNBA will respond to it, but if I am Caitlin Clark, I demand my teammates do it to me in practice and figure out how to beat it. Also, if it is ok for Caitlin to be defended that way, Indiana needs to do the same thing to Ace's best players or whoever they happen to be playing. Call it tit for tat.
The league needs to stop it. That game was ugly to watch on both sides. No one is tuning in to WNBA games to watch wrestling matches! The Lynx are a good example of playing basketball the right way. CC doesn't need to adjust,. If the WNBA wants to keep these new fans, they better clean up the garbage physical play.
Mick, please ban all these gaslighter AR trolls. They're listening to their "queen" and emulating her shady behaviour.
Mick… It’s hard for C.C. to play her game when Sides keeps screwing around with the rotation. She should have started the game with the lineup that won the Dream game… Clark, Mitchell, Boston, Hull, and Temi.
It’s obvious Caitlin was tired all her shots were short. Possibly the overtime game left her fatigued. Remember how her shooting was off before Olympic break. She had open shots just left them short. Other players were also missing.
Also Christie Sides needs to do a better job of protecting her players. Hammon wouldn't have let her players get hacked all over the court like that without getting a T. Sides is too nice to the refs.
After she got knocked almost the f out. CC was never the same after that.
CC’s game was reminiscent of the ones that Allen Iverson would have from time to time. Tough shooting nights happen. And don’t think the Aces having to listen to the drum beat of CC for MVP didn’t give Aja Wilson and the rest of the squad some extra incentive. Time to regroup and win Friday night.
She didnt stop CC as much as Sides stopped her.
She shot 6-22 STOP, I love CC but you CC worshippers who can't just admit she had a bad game are worse than LeBron fans
You people just love to spread false rumors. Hop off the Fever don't need you conspiracy fools as fans. 🤡🤡
@@RIPJimmyA7Xthe worst fans in sports rn and it ain’t even close
I can’t wait for the league to start calling nba fouls a foul in every wnba. Makes no sense to have different rules in the same association.
If CC shoots her regular %, the Fever win. If the refs called that game fairly, the Fever win. The Aces were good but not overwhelmingly so, I think we see a different Fever on Friday.
Mick, the reason they dictated where CC should go, is the screens fo her are being set in the wrong places with too many teammates close to CC and the ball. I know you play the game, and I did also. CLEAR OUT ONE SIDE, and let CC go 1 v 1. No one on the Aces can stop her alone, if she has a little space. Now, you don't do this every possession, but at least until they start to double up on her, and then she will deliver to the open teammate. KEEP IT SIMPLE!
really cause colson ripped her 1on1 lol
Last night Aces let her shoot (when they weren't being physical with her) and would not let her find open team mates. I think that will be strategy in the brief playoffs. Let CC go one on one. If she scores 40 , so what, as long as you shut down almost everyone else.
People fail to realize that sports betting determines games 😂 💵 over feelings and morals 😅
They didn’t stop her because she still got her shots, they just weren’t falling. She just had an off night - oh no!! 😂
CC missed a lot of shots because she was tired. The Aces wore her down with the beatings, holding, etc. That and she played 45 minutes on Sunday. The Fever rely on Kelsey and CC way too much. They have got to make serious upgrades to their bench this off season if they want to win a championship in next 2 years.
CC does as her coaches ask her 2 do. Expressed in previous videos.
It almost funny, but really sad, when you can score 16 points with 6 assists and still say CC was having a bad game. For 75% of the WNBA that would be a great game. She was the #2 scorer and #1 in assists on her team tonight and still she gets shamed. Thank God I never got to her level when I played basketball, that's a lot of pressure to put on a 22 year old woman.
27% shooting is Angel Reese numbers. CC did not have a good game.
It’s so true 😂
@@rcud1 We all know it was bad game for her, but you know damn well AR never gets guarded like that or has the whistle tucked away for her.
@@rcud1Reece has them stats every game 😂😂😂😂
Cc missed 16 of her 22 shots , that’s horrible! She never takes 22 shots when you want her to and tonight she takes 22 freaking shots and 16 don’t go in,,, wtf!!!
They hung on her the entire game and that’s on Sides for not having her teams back.
The Aces are a complete team. The Fever needs 2 or 3 more players. You can't usually go from worst team to first in one season. They picked up Caitlin at or before half court, as usual, and there wasn't enough offensive scheming with current players to help her.
Y’all don’t say that when they win now when they lose they need more help that’s y she not the roty cause she got 2 other stars on her team
@@AllanteHarvey@AllanteHarvey I think they've been awesome, but you can't expect one of the worst teams last year to beat the best teams every game. The Fever still need a couple more upgrades. I didn't blame the refs and I didn't point fingers.
@@persistentintensity no but wat I’m saying is how much help she need especially to be the so called best player as yall say
@@AllanteHarvey She is a great player if you are paying any attention to her history and stats! She's rivaling Wilson this year and without all the extra help. She's getting picked up at or before half court the entire game... including the last 10 seconds of this game. If she isn't great, why do that? Why throw 2 or 3 players at her every chance they get? She's only a rookie!
@@persistentintensitythe Fever were not the worst team last year stop lying
This game meant so much to the Aces that they had to develop a specific strategy (against the team that was rubbish at the start of the season). Not only that, but when they did get on a run you could see by the players reactions how much each basket meant to them. It was like a final to them, and they won it with a little help from the "Sides" line. That is a total tribute to the Fever and Caitlin Clark.
😂😂😂😂 do you actually believe all that you just typed?
Fever need an athletic big that can run the floor, score and play defense
Sides clearly gave up winning the game and gave Wallace minutes. Honestly should have given the entire bench minutes to get them some PT before the playoffs.
Funny how coaches say they aren’t worried about CC or she isn’t a threat yet there only game plan is to shut CC down and they immediately are on her all over the court.
This is going to be the new way of guarding clark just play dirty thanks Becky smh
Crazy they are now asking Caitlin questions about who she is going to vote for president. A 22 year old young woman who has lived in a gym and entire focus for one year has been on playing in the NCAA since practices in 2023 then NCAA tournament the Draft then WNBA. Not like she has been deeply focusing on who to vote for... Only reason asked question was to try to upset her fan base. Upset Republicans or upset Democrats. Upset people who think women should support a woman. Just ask the athletes about basketball and stop trying to trap them to say things to lose fans over politics, religion, etc.
They left Boston wide open!!!! The coach has to recognize the strategy and make adjustment She is open in the paint for easy jumpers and wont take it 🤷♂️
I dont know why the league wants to blow up Aja so badly when CC is there biggest cash cow.
Because the aces have the money and control the wnba only difference only certain players will like a’ja
Caitlin just needs to walk of the court and leave the games when the refs do this it would send a message
I have no incentive to watch now. It’s clear the WBNA refs don’t want a fair game. This bs is ruining what could have been an enjoyable pastime.
Games like this make me lose interest in the WNBA.
Yeah, I just cancelled my WNBA subscription. This is a rigged league. Everything is for the Aces.
@@BayouJack23Bad Product!
@@BayouJack23lol 😂😂😂
It reminded me of hack a Shag,if anyone remembers. The Aces committed several fouls that were not called. Hopefully the Fever figure out a different game plan. The Fever shot just didn’t fall except for Mitchell.
It's going to be this way in the playoffs. Teams are going to be super physical with CC and Kelsey to wear them down. No bench scoring or rebounding. Smith, Tami and AB could average 10 to 15 points a game if they were willing to rebound the misses from the guards, smh Dantas and Katie Lou don't like contact.
She hacked the refs bank accounts too
A side strategy to respond to opponents adjustments is through substitutions. The Fever bench is not there.
Cc just had a bad shooting game but then still did good
That's how threatened they are by CC..imagine a rookie.
right they are threatened but 3-0 against her
Threatened by CC or prepared for CC? Defense is the best offense.
Threatened because they played defense 😂😂
@@Bangs_Theory That's what boring teams are forced to say.
@@johnjohnnston3498that makes no sense shut up
Yeah she can say that but she had arguably one of if not the best team in league to do it. Too be honest it look like they barely contained Caitlin not really hacked Caitlin.
So a veteran team shut down a rookie. WOW never happens
Becky Hammon yelling at refs and got the calls to go her way. Horrendous. While Christie Sides just stood there and watched and didn't fight with the refs on those calls
Do you even watch games? Sides is always getting in the ref's ear what's the matter with you? 🤡🤡
One has to wonder if the refs and the aces worked these tactics out before the game. The WNBA is getting to be not worth watching. Caitlin Clark needs to move overseas.
Strange to watch how the refs let the Aces grab players around the waist and legs and push and shove...
Kelsey Plum is so different than I thought before started watching all the games this year... what creeps you out about her? Listened to some of her interviews and Plum has said that the vets were very hard on her especially, the first two years. She said that one game she thought she was going to blow past Diana Taurasi because she thought even back then Diana Taurasi was slower and she was younger... but Diana Taurasi tripped her and threw her to the floor. When Caitlin broke Plum's record Plum was supportive and congratulated Caitlin and said that she hopes when Caitlin comes into the WNBA is better to Caitlin than the treatment she received... so now cannot figure out if Kelsey Plum has just tried to adopt the tougher style of Diana Taurasi and style of players on Connecticut Sun so it looks creepy and unnatural when Plum acts like that... or maybe, has that always been Plum's style even in college? Anyone know?
Yeah I liked her last year, but she’s bought into the hazing nonsense. Imagine how she’d feel if someone did that to Kate Martin.
@@BigBisk - Kate isn't getting the minutes, and didn't come with the hoopla ...
@@MikoManII they are still protective of their rookie. She came with a good amount of hype given her jersey and merch sales as well as all the Martin jerseys and shirts I saw at the game last night.
This League is a Disgrace Top to bottom. All year Caitlin has been Abused by League and her own Team.
There was nothing new to Aces strat. Seen it many times done by my old Knicks. Teams adjust. By sending in their second and third stringers to do the same, to your stars. Sides made no adjustments.
It’s like the other coach knew that Smith and Lou where the weak points so they forced the ball to them and then those players missed missed missed missed turn over missed missed
Coach did everything to Stop Caitlyn while Aja Wilson first 5 shots are Open 15ft Jumpers 😂
It really was amazing how a 6'5" MVP/Champion can somehow just stand at the free throw line and shoot wide open jump shots so many times in a single game. It's almost like she was invisible out there. Biggest girl on the court, but somehow the defense consistently lost track of her.
It really felt like CC started letting all the off court garbage get to her.
NO, it is the on court muggings and her and Kelsey carrying this team almost every night. They need consistent HELP! The Aces, Liberty and Lynx understand that.
Loosing and cc doing terrible.. Is the only way the fever have a shot to go far and or possibly win. She needs to fail to adjust.
Do the refs also receive a 100 k bonus from the City of Las Vegas? This clear benefit of having the referees in your pocket was on full display in this game.
What do you think teams will do in the playoffs? Sides had no strategy, the Aces had a strategy. Remember Sides won coach of the month last month. Against the top teams she has no plan and cannot adjust in game. She is an ast at best
I paid like $1200 to go watch Fever against Dallas a week ago but these refs are the reason this will be my first and last WNBA season. I am over them absolutely trash every game. Fever going to be 1st round exits especially with this feed the Center crap A'ja averaging 2.8 blocks pull her out of the paint if you want to drive.
Yep, all that hacking CC frustrated her today. On top of that frustration, running Sides sabotage defense. When you are getting beat up in mid-court and on half executed screens will definitely give you “sticker-shock” to drive to the basket only to get more hacked.
Clark is driven to win even if playing go-fish. I think she see the game plan and knew it was not a plant to succeed. She was taken out early and the lineup was not witnessed since sometime before the mid-season break. When sent back in she missed a three pointer and laughed (not normal). Then she was fouled with a hard hit to the head (a flagrant foul) not called again! Twenty percent of all flagrant fouls this year against Clark. This does not take into account the obvious flagrant fouls NOT called. The skewed refereeing in this league is laughable. They have tried their absolute best to try to injure Clark with a season or career ending injury while trying to make it look like "a basketball play". The NBA you would be fined or there would be fights by now!!!!!!!!
Wallace and KAtie Lou both had some wide open shots and missed by 2-3,feet. Just awful. Temi should have played close to entire game and guarded Aja.
She actually held aja down somewhat. CC shot terrible. Mitchell shot well, and Hull played really well. Hull did not get enough of minutes either. I don’t even know what else to say. One of the worst games by far by Fever. It was embarrassingly bad.
Aces played suffocating defense well and the refs helped. Fever are a young team.22- 23 y old mostly. Aces are in their peak. 27-28 y old.
Temi can't stop Aja and she doesn't score consistently enough. Temi is tall, but Aja just too good a scorer. If she would at least get Aja in foul trouble it would help our case.
Fever don't have a bench to compete with Aces bench. 3 players are not going to beat the Aces, Liberty or Lynx. They roll 8 or 9 deep with talent.
@@volfancp
Temi mostly slowed down Aja. Aja was 3-10 while Temi was on her
That was the worst called game I have ever seen. The Aces got the golden whistle.
CC had a bad night shooting. I believe she let the bad reffing get in her head.
What was Sides doing with the rotation? Her substitutions killed early momentum and didn't improve.
The game was so sad...why bother to watch on Friday when we all know the refs are going to give the game to the Aces? Why does no one do anything about the refs??? And I can see how CC and others are so demoralized because of the decisions made by Sides.
As far as fouls go, Boston getting hosed every game is the most obvious to me. Hull gets shafted a lot too. Almost unwatchable
Caitlin had a bad game and didn’t play with her usual fire and confidence! Sides is a terrible coach and should have been let go at the Olympic break, Smith is terrible once again, Wallace (why was she on the court?) and Katie Lou has lost it and yet the coach keeps doing Chrissy things! Absolutely ridiculous!
The guards for the Aces are aggressive and good defenders. It's a bad match-up for the Fever. Aces didn't allow many fast break points by defending the outlet pass on missed shots. The Aces and the Suns can be a problem for the Fever due to their style of play. It will have to be a well coached game, and the Fever has to establish a half court game to win in the playoffs.
The Aces guards are very physical and the refs allow it. They are talented, but when all else fails they grab, hold and bully smaller, lighter guards.
I understand the fouls not called for Indiana and it's a shame on those referees. Yet Indiana was making stops in the first half and not scoring from them on the other side. You can't win a game against top teams doing that. You add the refs help and it's over.
That's the reason this team needs and enforcer. When teams are fouling your teammate and refs don't call, a couple of hard fouls force the refs to call the actual fouls
They did alot of moving screens
Caitlin was off, ab was in foul trouble, the fever need at least 2 of them to go off and sides can't call a timeout to save her life. Katie Lou is just out there.
Yeah they have no depth
KLS fello off hard. No help
That’s about right the referees let some of them teams and players get by with everything
Looks like they giving her the ‘superstar’ treatment which is the biggest compliment they can give CC. It’s just gonna make her stronger in the long run.
We need to rescue Kate Martin.
I would love to have her on Fever. I think Aces drafted her so no one else could.
Ref's are not trained very well or the fix is in . Sides needs to be sidelined she is to slow to adjust , CC is being isolated and Sides is not adjusting . When are the REFS going to be called out at the PRESS postage . Make it the issue and cop the fine .
Wilson gets 7 Free Throws and CC gets 3 (1 was a tecnical free throw)? CC handles the ball more than 50% of the time. Fake Refs.
Wilson did not get called for a single foul. Make that make sense.
Shoutout to A’ja Wilson and the Aces💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
That what you can do as reigning Champions Great content 😂😂😂😂😂😎👊🏽