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@csmith5420 : On the other hand, the coach has nothing with all the turnovers her players are committing. It's ridiculous that this is a professional basketball team...
AB getting called for a foul when she wasnt even near the ball set the tone, then fingers to the eye (with fingernail extensions), the score bench messing up the clock was a momentum killer 3 times, always in Indianas hands. Its hard to beat the other team AND the officials.. well done girls!! Come back and kick some ass!!
Fingernail extensions should be banned during basketball games. They could take out a persons eye or scratch a cornea and end a persons game, if not career.
I am happy the Fever got this far let alone the regular season. They should be proud of their efforts and it's not over yet...they have heart and determination. GO FEVER.
Why was Carrington allowed to play with 3 inch fingernails? How do we know it wasn't intentional? She has targeted Caitlin since beginning of the year. Should be an absolute WNBA rule to trim your fingernails
Go Google when Jewel Lloyd got hit in eye when they played the Fever and played through and made no excuses as well and they won the game. CC knows that. She named all the things about fouls, clock shot but knows you got to still play hard. Mitchell spoke truth. Here's a clip ua-cam.com/video/e1CmNCursLM/v-deo.htmlsi=kXLCLIQPDB9mNRvc
Not really. These athletes don't make excuses. You're confusing athletes with this new generation of fans. This new generation of fans are the ones that make excuses and cry and complain and rage all day. Caitlin has never showed any of the same characteristics of her "new" fans. That's why she's awesome!
@roee78 Punched in the eye and poked in the eye are two different things dude. Poke yourself in the eye and Try shooting a ball with one constant watering eye.
The Fever is a young team. Talent up the ying yang but inexperienced as a team. They are a big defensive player away from going deep into the playoffs. That said I believe that they can come back.
I love Kelsey's perspective, that's an encouraging sign of the senior leadership in the locker room. CT took the Fever to the woodshed today. That being said, I think the Fever will bounce back in game 2 and bring a game back home.
Refs were horrible, Sides is not a moral builder nor a post season thinker, you gals did get it together for next time y’all are awesome, y’all have the most exciting chemistry in the league and can go all the way don’t let this loss get ya down, raise hell about those damn artificial nails they aught to be illegal.
Both Lexi (3 pointers) & Aliyah (mid-range) were not taking open shots... out of low-confidrnce, fear, or what? Playoff games can be overwhelming, I'm sure. You girls got this, just believe it!
Lexie hasn't been shooting enough 3's for many games now. It's like she only has courage to shoot when she is literally shooting like 90+%. She misses one 3 and thinks, I shouldn't take many more.
Was a blast watching the game. Dude announced her shooting percentage after every single shot. Who does that? Was almost as worse as listening to Joe Buck!
The shooters seemed reluctant to fire from the 3-point range. Even though the % was problematic I woul have preferred them to keep taking the shots. This is what Maybrey did and she won the Sun the game. Sun defence was very good.
@@kreyzee69 if only they awarded the Fever championship 🏆 trophies for UA-cam views. But since they don't, enjoy your season finale Wednesday . While the true fans of the sport can go back to watching and discussing the game without the millions of posers .
@@bowling4clarity817 yeah, maybe i'm not a true fan because i only learned to watch WNBA because of CC and for sure if the Fever lose on wednesday, the W will be back to its old self.
I can't believe she put Samuelson in when Hull picked up her third foul. Coach had so many other options. At 6'4", Samuelson doesn't rebound, defend, or look to shoot the ball. It's four on five when she gets in!
@@The-Bayou-Barbarian I agree with that last statement, she is not a confident shooter most times. However she was the only one playing the game, everyone else was lousy.
@@Potatoed9 I think they played but it hard when the defensive scheme is poor, you help off of poor shooters not Bonner special if she gets hot and marberry can shoot and CC let her get that 1st 3 and it was over after that no reason to help off of her!!! UConn has some awful shooter help off of them don’t let the other get off!!! Thomas foul her she is an awful free throw shooter have a game plan… marberry make her run around she an awful defender!!!
I think that Caitlin's vision was impaired after the shot to the eye. Caitlin, ever the competitor, soldiered on, even though her vision was shot. I could hear the sniffling in this interview. She needs to see a doctor before the bell rings for the next bout. With the claws that Carrington and some others sport, it's amazing CC's eye wasn't lacerated.
Stop the excuses. Fever did the same thing earlier in the season to Jewell Loyd. Poked her in the eye, and she came back in the game with a swolen, red eye and put up nothing but buckets to win the game.
@Hat5858 If you aren't outraged when your players poke and hit people, don't be outraged now. If Caitlin couldn't play, then she shouldn't have been on the court. As long as she's on that court, there's no excuses. I see none of you mentioned how Clark knocked Dijonai's contact out of her eye.
Flush this game and get ready for Wednesday. This was a winnable game until the 4th even with both CC and KM being cold AF 🥶 if they can manage to get hot and play smart Wednesday they can totally pull it out! 💙💛♥️
The Fever needs to develop their defense game. When the big shooters shots are not going in they do not have much of a half court game, but they are young and had to face a team with a lot of players that have play off experience. They also needed to go to AB more when they realized that they were not making shots. A lot depends on the coach making game changes when the usual game is not working.
It was a tough game for the team. Very physical, plus weird issues with the shot clock. I give you all grace, and I still have confidence in the team. Looking forward to you all learning what you can from studying video, getting some rest, and winning Wednesday so you can play a third game in Indy.
Mirchell went solo roday and 1 on 1. Instead of letting CC or AB set her up. To win All offense has to go through CC. Poor coaching in 3rdQ, Does Sides ever take a time out and adjust to stop the bleeding?
@mellod5615 I'm not blaming her, but her teammates need her to step up. They depend on Caitlin too much. That is why she takes so many shots because her teammates feed off of her energy
Jonathanjoyner- Aliyah needs to step up?? How about CC needs to make some damn shots, she shot a terrible 4-17 and 2-13 from 3pt…and she only had 11pts…last I checked Aliyah had 17 pts, 11 rebounds, I think CC needs to step up and help Aliyah and Kelsey
Hold up, I thought rebounds (boards) didn’t matter, I thought they were irrelevant, that’s what all yall CC fans said went a certain player from Chicago was getting them
@TreyDay-e1k When you make your shots rebounds are less important. What is most valuable to a team win? (A) make a score. (B) assist converted into a score. (C) rebound a missed shot.
You can’t make every shot you take, so if you miss your shot then your job is to follow your shot and get the rebound.. And rebounds are just as important as any other stat, if you can’t rebound a teams missed shots then that team is just gon keep getting rebounds until they score…Quit trying to diminish rebounds because one certain player you CC fans don’t like is great at rebounding….maybe that’s why the Fever lost today, learn how to rebound, and in CC case make shots, she was 4-17 and 2-13 from 3pt = TERRIBLE
First timer vs Playoff experienced team.....c'mon guys, lessons hopefully learned. There's just too many open shots especially by Marina. We look now towards the next game.
This is a best 2 out of 3 series.Only one of the first 3 games are in Indiana.The Sun,only need 1 more win and it's over.Now is not the time for patience.
Its crazy how they still was in that game considering how our back-court played. Theres still hope. Indiana should lose to the Suns... but its actually impressive how much they're fighting.
It's intentional. They really are rough team, using a vicious tactics. And the coach is really for the other team, building her image for a future position in the 🎉W League.
Wrong again...Mitchell has to stay aggressive and get to the rim and draw some fouls.Catlyn Clark need to stop being a one trick pony...unlike Mitchell who adjusted and started getting to the rim, Caitlin shot them out of this game refusing to stop shooting them low percentage threes
Caitlin please start wearing some protective gear- eye protection with padding in back to cushion your head. If the refs aren’t going to do their jobs please be proactive. Three inch fingernails shouldn’t be allowed.
@@johngreystoneCC 👍 to think she’s not elite is crazy. She makes a few of the wide open looks she got and the Fever are up at half and the entire game might be different. She didn’t, oh well, move on to the next one.
experience topped this game. i hope fever can bounce back to win game 2. they need to manage the physicality of the game. at the same time, play good enough defense. make plays/ screens for cc to get her goin. lets go fever!
CC had plenty of shot opportunities and just missed them. It's unfortunate but it is a part of the game. The biggest issue besides misses were they(Fever) allowed to many points to be scored on them. The Fever struggles with defense and rely on putting points on the board to make up for it and they were just bad at both tonight. I look forward to seeing them come back on Wednesday and perform a lot better.
As much as I like Kelsey Mitchell. I would trade her in a heartbeat for a 3D wing who is 6'2 and can guard multiple positions. I think caitlin needs a defensive oriented squad around her. Not an offensive type of squad to succeed in the playoffs.
2days effort just simply wasn’t good enough. No aggression by any other than Kelsey and Hull. Everybody’s gotta want it and do what you did to get here. There’s no sense in complaining about fouls because nobody’s giving us anything, we gotta take it!
They interview two players who had the most points. Nothing personal with clark. Yall love it when she’s interviewed straight after win so why complain?
She’s a PROFESSIONAL baller. Professional level people often have to give account for a poor performance. Most professional ONLY get a meeting when something goes wrong. Nobody interviews a nurse when all the nursing home residents make it to bed safely, but if someone falls, you better believe the nurse has to give the play by play on what went wrong. And the nurse has to put it in writing in addition to talking to people.
Sides needs to find a new job because she sure can't coach!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is N. Smith telling Carrington all of the Fever plays and how they are going to play because it sure looks like it!!!!!!!! Carrington got in another hard foul to Clark again. She has every game they have played each other.
Can't keep having these " I got good shots but they didn't fall down" and go 4-17/2-13 3pt types of games when it matters . If the shot isn't falling , need to be able to find other ways to score . And what was going on with Smith ? Did Dijonai tell her not to play well or she wasn't getting any tonight ? Also, this defense that is basically hope the other team doesn't make their 3's is not getting it done against a team that is shooting well.
I thought they should have pulled Caitlin soon after the attack to her eyes, because the attack got into Caitlin's head and affected her play. Put Victaria Saxton in because she is black, so the thugs in the WNBA won't go after her as strongly as they do a white girl.
This end of the world mentality is draining there are going to be bad games in the playoffs. You expect too much from a young team in their very first playoffs series. They have to look at the film and players need to be held accountable for their part in the loss.
Dewanna 🔒 her down. This is playoff basketball, where the teams strategize to take advantage of your weaknesses. I don’t understand the softball reporter question about playing in Connecticut was all about but CC will be better… But make no mistake CC fans, CC didn’t have a good game and was horrendous from 3. Hull and AB kept you close but this is going to be a hard matchup for the Fever backcourt So what I’m saying is… if they lose, don’t try to place blame… just take the L 😅
idk man. seems like the drop coverage wasn't working for fever not aggressive enough for a team like sun sides should've seen this at the start of the 3rd. and fever should've done a better job on defense transition. wheeler kept killing the offense transition for the fever.
both teams shot about the same percentage all around but suns shot 13 more shots in general and 6 more FT and that was the true difference in final score. that is probably the suns having a stronger defense....it is what it is.
Dantes at the 4 to start. Please. Smith does not play well against Connecticut.....hasn't all season. Please. Don't start her. Am I wrong? Does anyone else see this?
It is about the officiating...today it was, thats not to say the Suns dont have a great team and that they couldnt win without the game being rigged....they could. But it is impossible to overcome refereeing this corrupt. It was embarrassing and totally unfair....the WNBA is a joke to allow this. 1st figging play, coach sides had to use a coaches challenge because the refs called a foul on a play 5 ft away from the play. Next play Carrington purposely scratches CCs eye( the ball was gone). It just got worse from there.
Indiana played without pace. Clark and the bigs looked surprisingly slow and lethargic. And they didn’t make shots. Gotta flip the script to win Game 2.
Christy kept saying “go back and watch”! Why does it seem as if they all must be either on their phones or zoned out during the “go back and watch” sessions. Nothing seems to improve.
It's hilarious seeing people in these comments trying to blame this loss on a player's fingernails and eyelashes for some reason. This is a new low, even for you guys. I guess yall didn't see Caitlin knock out Dijonai's contact.
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Someone needs to ask Sides tough questions. She never uses her timeouts effectively. Very slow to make adjustments. No zone defense plans.
@csmith5420 : On the other hand, the coach has nothing with all the turnovers her players are committing. It's ridiculous that this is a professional basketball team...
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AB getting called for a foul when she wasnt even near the ball set the tone, then fingers to the eye (with fingernail extensions), the score bench messing up the clock was a momentum killer 3 times, always in Indianas hands. Its hard to beat the other team AND the officials.. well done girls!! Come back and kick some ass!!
As for me being a angel RESSE fan i can respect CC for not blaming her eye that's a truthful player
No one cares if ur a AR fan@@KewonJackson
Great point! @@KewonJackson
I agree totally, the intentional attempt to blind Clark to start the game with a no call told me the refs decided the game before the tip off.
Fingernail extensions should be banned during basketball games. They could take out a persons eye or scratch a cornea and end a persons game, if not career.
I am happy the Fever got this far let alone the regular season. They should be proud of their efforts and it's not over yet...they have heart and determination. GO FEVER.
Lexie Hull was the only one that played aggressive. No one played as a team. Looked like the Fever from the start of the season.
i have to love Lexie she plays hard every play
😂😂😂😂
@@jsk910Yes she does
Lexy game is entertaining
Why was Carrington allowed to play with 3 inch fingernails? How do we know it wasn't intentional? She has targeted Caitlin since beginning of the year. Should be an absolute WNBA rule to trim your fingernails
That is a serious issue… Without some guidelines…
I agree they shouldn't have nails!!
Needs to trim her eyelashes too
😂😂😂
Lexi did the same thing to Jewel and nobody gaf.🤣
They just played horrible, I haven't seen them shoot that bad for a couple months.
Stop acting like this hasn't happened to a team in the playoffs especially a young team in their first one.
Well the Sun had a lot to do with that.
Exactly @frc2102
Top defensive teams do that, lol
Yep throwing bricks all night. Didn't even recognize them.
Sides sounds better each time
Respects to CC. Most would use that eye hit as an excuse.
Go Google when Jewel Lloyd got hit in eye when they played the Fever and played through and made no excuses as well and they won the game. CC knows that. She named all the things about fouls, clock shot but knows you got to still play hard. Mitchell spoke truth. Here's a clip
ua-cam.com/video/e1CmNCursLM/v-deo.htmlsi=kXLCLIQPDB9mNRvc
Not really. These athletes don't make excuses.
You're confusing athletes with this new generation of fans. This new generation of fans are the ones that make excuses and cry and complain and rage all day. Caitlin has never showed any of the same characteristics of her "new" fans.
That's why she's awesome!
@@roee78 oh my mistake. what about refs ..... they ever use the refs as a cop-out for losing ?
CC can depend on all her _klanbois_ fans to make all the excuses _for_ her...
@roee78 Punched in the eye and poked in the eye are two different things dude. Poke yourself in the eye and Try shooting a ball with one constant watering eye.
Hopefully this is a learning opportunity for the players and, as they said, they come back Wednesday with a win!
Good luck with that.
It was a blow out 😩
The Fever is a young team. Talent up the ying yang but inexperienced as a team. They are a big defensive player away from going deep into the playoffs. That said I believe that they can come back.
I love Kelsey's perspective, that's an encouraging sign of the senior leadership in the locker room. CT took the Fever to the woodshed today. That being said, I think the Fever will bounce back in game 2 and bring a game back home.
Who is CT?
Connecticut @@The-Bayou-Barbarian
@@Todd-w8v UConn Hack Attack ok got it
@@The-Bayou-Barbarian Apologies, that is the 2-letter state abbreviation for Connecticut.
@@deanfukawa3260 sorry I should have caught on
Refs were horrible, Sides is not a moral builder nor a post season thinker, you gals did get it together for next time y’all are awesome, y’all have the most exciting chemistry in the league and can go all the way don’t let this loss get ya down, raise hell about those damn artificial nails they aught to be illegal.
Refs didnt cause all these caitlyn bricks
Both Lexi (3 pointers) & Aliyah (mid-range) were not taking open shots... out of low-confidrnce, fear, or what? Playoff games can be overwhelming, I'm sure. You girls got this, just believe it!
Lexie hasn't been shooting enough 3's for many games now. It's like she only has courage to shoot when she is literally shooting like 90+%. She misses one 3 and thinks, I shouldn't take many more.
Was a blast watching the game. Dude announced her shooting percentage after every single shot. Who does that? Was almost as worse as listening to Joe Buck!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
An off shooting night, but this was not that bad of a game. Sure, a loss hurts. But the Fever will come out scoring more in the next game.
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Tonight's game was a off shooting night for them.
But let me say this Lexi man she was wild she was going crazy on D
So much hustle
The shooters seemed reluctant to fire from the 3-point range. Even though the % was problematic I woul have preferred them to keep taking the shots. This is what Maybrey did and she won the Sun the game. Sun defence was very good.
and why was NO TIME OUT called in the 3rd when they went on a run.
Keep the coach out Wednesday
Exactly!!!!! Get sides outta there
sides cannot come back next season has no idea how to coach
mabrey started hitting shots call timeout slow her down make adjustments on defense none of this stuff is ever done in any game
it is over. case closed. not ready for prime time CC.
So amazing that even if the Fever lost, they have 4x more views on this interview than the interview of the winning team.
@@kreyzee69 if only they awarded the Fever championship 🏆 trophies for UA-cam views. But since they don't, enjoy your season finale Wednesday . While the true fans of the sport can go back to watching and discussing the game without the millions of posers .
@@bowling4clarity817 yeah, maybe i'm not a true fan because i only learned to watch WNBA because of CC and for sure if the Fever lose on wednesday, the W will be back to its old self.
@@kreyzee69 I hope so .
@kreyzee69 That is because a lot of people like Clark.Including me.
I can't believe she put Samuelson in when Hull picked up her third foul. Coach had so many other options. At 6'4", Samuelson doesn't rebound, defend, or look to shoot the ball. It's four on five when she gets in!
100%
I think Smith is an even more inconsistent fit, but that’s debatable. The Fever need more defense in the offseason.
@@rodfetsch3486 : Smith was not the only option coach had when Hull got her third foul.
@brorick5472 You can say the exact same thing about Nalyssa Smith.Yet somehow,Sides has her start every game.
They should put Wallace for Hull when she pick her 3rd foul..Wallace is small but aggressive to in defense and offence.
If y'all played WITH Lexie and at her pace the job would have been done. She was the ONLY one giving it her all.
Lexi got destroyed by Bonner because she wouldn’t stay home no reason to help and she is never ready to shot it seems like
It's a give away. There's a mole in the team!
@@The-Bayou-Barbarian I agree with that last statement, she is not a confident shooter most times. However she was the only one playing the game, everyone else was lousy.
@@Potatoed9 I think they played but it hard when the defensive scheme is poor, you help off of poor shooters not Bonner special if she gets hot and marberry can shoot and CC let her get that 1st 3 and it was over after that no reason to help off of her!!! UConn has some awful shooter help off of them don’t let the other get off!!! Thomas foul her she is an awful free throw shooter have a game plan… marberry make her run around she an awful defender!!!
CC was like watching UA-cam on 0.75X playback speed. She definitely seemed off, and not just because of her poor shooting percentage.
I think that Caitlin's vision was impaired after the shot to the eye. Caitlin, ever the competitor, soldiered on, even though her vision was shot. I could hear the sniffling in this interview. She needs to see a doctor before the bell rings for the next bout. With the claws that Carrington and some others sport, it's amazing CC's eye wasn't lacerated.
Stop the excuses. Fever did the same thing earlier in the season to Jewell Loyd. Poked her in the eye, and she came back in the game with a swolen, red eye and put up nothing but buckets to win the game.
@@mellod5615not an excuse... Look at that shiner
Stop crying. That's why we love Caitlin because she never makes the excuses that her new fans does.
@Hat5858 If you aren't outraged when your players poke and hit people, don't be outraged now. If Caitlin couldn't play, then she shouldn't have been on the court. As long as she's on that court, there's no excuses. I see none of you mentioned how Clark knocked Dijonai's contact out of her eye.
@Hat5858 Plus Jewell Loyd's eye looked 10 times worse. Get over it. You all should be used to seeing Caitlin lose in big games by now.
I was screaming at my tablet but Sides as usually didnt listen to me n call a to n stop their momentum when they went on that big run uuuug
100% coaching malpractice. Zero strategy, zero adjustments in real-time.
@@tamarastuchlak5509 Sides. Which side?
Great game, defense needs work, Sun is a great team on defense, the pace was off, that happens, next game will be better.
Flush this game and get ready for Wednesday. This was a winnable game until the 4th even with both CC and KM being cold AF 🥶
if they can manage to get hot and play smart Wednesday they can totally pull it out! 💙💛♥️
Agreed. There offensive boards also killed us.
Exactly my thinking too.
@@GeorgeSams-p9cIt's defense 😂😂
Good game young ladies y'all get them next time
The Fever needs to develop their defense game. When the big shooters shots are not going in they do not have much of a half court game, but they are young and had to face a team with a lot of players that have play off experience. They also needed to go to AB more when they realized that they were not making shots. A lot depends on the coach making game changes when the usual game is not working.
It's all part of the journey. You win you loose.
You cheat you lie.
Caitlin saying "crappy" and "sucks" are so Iowan. And I agree, we had a crappy sucky game. 🥰
She needed to add a "welp, we should get going," at the end of the presser.
I didn't know crappy and sucks were Iowan?
@@kwollrab9527 Ha. People say that instead of cussing.
It was a tough game for the team. Very physical, plus weird issues with the shot clock.
I give you all grace, and I still have confidence in the team. Looking forward to you all learning what you can from studying video, getting some rest, and winning Wednesday so you can play a third game in Indy.
Mirchell went solo roday and 1 on 1. Instead of letting CC or AB set her up. To win All offense has to go through CC. Poor coaching in 3rdQ, Does Sides ever take a time out and adjust to stop the bleeding?
Mostly seldom........
No one will watch if CC is not in the picture.
Please stop people going to watch . They will have either start.
Let's PLAY AS A TEAM ON WEDNESDAY!
Where are the ref interviews they should explain a lot of these calls and no calls I would have been ejected if I was the coach.
Caitlin never makes excuses. She accepts her role and tries to explain it.
She doesn't because her fans do😂😂😂
Kennethbrooks- I just wish her fans was like her but obviously they aren’t, they are the most arrogant, disrespectful fans of any American sport
Bobby12348- EXACTLY
She can't control her fans!!
Yes, close the space and hands up!! Fundamental. Cannot give up practice 3s and easy layups
Every Fever player looks hesitant and lacks confidence in their shooting. 24% point team average from the field! Something is very very wrong!
Yep, the Suns defense has much to do with it.
@@tom7471 That and it's tough to win on the road.
If they expect to win this next game Aliyah Boston has to be more aggressive. Kelsey and Caitlin can't beat this team by themselves.
Blaming Aliyah when Caitlin built a mansion with those bricks. So nasty.
@mellod5615 I'm not blaming her, but her teammates need her to step up. They depend on Caitlin too much. That is why she takes so many shots because her teammates feed off of her energy
Jonathanjoyner- Aliyah needs to step up?? How about CC needs to make some damn shots, she shot a terrible 4-17 and 2-13 from 3pt…and she only had 11pts…last I checked Aliyah had 17 pts, 11 rebounds, I think CC needs to step up and help Aliyah and Kelsey
@TreyDay-e1k CC is going to have bad shooting games, but who scores most of the points on this team it's definitely not Aliyah Boston
If it wasn't for her, this team wouldn't even be in the playoffs
Make a good coaching call Coach n HELP THIS YOUNG TEAM WITH GOOD COACHING N U GOTTA LET UR STARS KEEP SHOOTING THEY WIL GET HOT
kelsey is a true professional!!
(1) Awful shooting, (2) no boards, (3) no aggressive defense, (4) half-hearted, sloppy screens. Big problems. Game plan: "chaotic hero ball."
Hold up, I thought rebounds (boards) didn’t matter, I thought they were irrelevant, that’s what all yall CC fans said went a certain player from Chicago was getting them
@TreyDay-e1k
When you make your shots rebounds are less important. What is most valuable to a team win? (A) make a score. (B) assist converted into a score. (C) rebound a missed shot.
You can’t make every shot you take, so if you miss your shot then your job is to follow your shot and get the rebound..
And rebounds are just as important as any other stat, if you can’t rebound a teams missed shots then that team is just gon keep getting rebounds until they score…Quit trying to diminish rebounds because one certain player you CC fans don’t like is great at rebounding….maybe that’s why the Fever lost today, learn how to rebound, and in CC case make shots, she was 4-17 and 2-13 from 3pt = TERRIBLE
@TreyDay-e1k Rebounds do not automatically convert to a score. Hitting a basket and an assists do.
This game was off from the beginning. Tough game. Let's go watch film and get back out there and win. You can beat the Sun
The team didnt play as a team. There is something going on that they are not talking about.
It is a safety issue no one should be playing with false nails. They do not belong in any sport.
That I agree with. This needs to be addressed in the off-season. The nails can definitely cause injuries.
First timer vs Playoff experienced team.....c'mon guys, lessons hopefully learned. There's just too many open shots especially by Marina. We look now towards the next game.
The Sun's defense was tough but it didn't appear any tougher than The Storm when you beat them earlier this season. Be patient, good luck Ladies!
This is a best 2 out of 3 series.Only one of the first 3 games are in Indiana.The Sun,only need 1 more win and it's over.Now is not the time for patience.
Its crazy how they still was in that game considering how our back-court played. Theres still hope. Indiana should lose to the Suns... but its actually impressive how much they're fighting.
Fever was not just delivering. A lot of shots were not going in. And CC was affected by her eye issue caused by Carrington, I’m pretty sure!
It's intentional. They really are rough team, using a vicious tactics. And the coach is really for the other team, building her image for a future position in the 🎉W League.
Excuses people get hurt all the time.
These refs are horrible.
The refs were not the ones missing all those shots.Had Clark even made half the shots she missed.They would have won.
Glad Indiana season will be over come Wednesday
Mitchell must "STOP DRIBBELING THE LEATHER OFF THE BALL!"
Especially underneath
Mitchell looked like the old KM from the first 12 games. Dribbling and everyone just watching.
Mitchell is the reason yall are even in the playoffs lol
@Leo6933
Mitchell is only good and contributes when she plays "Iowa" ball, not when she plays "Sides" ball.
Wrong again...Mitchell has to stay aggressive and get to the rim and draw some fouls.Catlyn Clark need to stop being a one trick pony...unlike Mitchell who adjusted and started getting to the rim, Caitlin shot them out of this game refusing to stop shooting them low percentage threes
Caitlin please start wearing some protective gear- eye protection with padding in back to cushion your head. If the refs aren’t going to do their jobs please be proactive. Three inch fingernails shouldn’t be allowed.
The refs were one sided
KK was brutal. She showed she has a long way to go to be elite. I just hate that she cries about everything. She needs to grow up
@@johngreystoneCC 👍 to think she’s not elite is crazy. She makes a few of the wide open looks she got and the Fever are up at half and the entire game might be different. She didn’t, oh well, move on to the next one.
@@johngreystonego away troll
@@johngreystonethe fuck is KK?
When they put hands on you fall down may get a penalty called!
I like how they didn't make excuses. They admitted to playing poorly. That's character.
Have a blessed night 🙂
Caitlin I believe by next year you will be faster and stronger! I'm Team Caitlin Clark all the way!!
Cc and Indiana was not ready for the game. Maybe CC is satisfied with the season and don’t care anymore. She looked like it
She isn't feeling well.Did you watch the video.She is sniffling a lot.Sounds like a cold.
experience topped this game. i hope fever can bounce back to win game 2. they need to manage the physicality of the game. at the same time, play good enough defense. make plays/ screens for cc to get her goin. lets go fever!
If your offense if your best defense, you got to make every shot count.
Body language. Sides not into CC right now.
let’s go fever team ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
ouch! Caitlin's neck crack at 5:40... she needs a good massage!
I volunteer to give her one.
CC had plenty of shot opportunities and just missed them. It's unfortunate but it is a part of the game. The biggest issue besides misses were they(Fever) allowed to many points to be scored on them. The Fever struggles with defense and rely on putting points on the board to make up for it and they were just bad at both tonight. I look forward to seeing them come back on Wednesday and perform a lot better.
As much as I like Kelsey Mitchell. I would trade her in a heartbeat for a 3D wing who is 6'2 and can guard multiple positions. I think caitlin needs a defensive oriented squad around her. Not an offensive type of squad to succeed in the playoffs.
Nah! You trippin,they definitely need Kelsey plus CC only scored 11 pts
Notice Caitlin leaning away from Sides?
Play Fever basketball not Sun basketball. You allowed them to take the confidence out of the team cmon now. RUN N HAVE FUN!!!!!
They were all missing shots.
🔥💗🏀 Fever
Fever needs to win Game two or they’re eliminated.
they really need to work on their D. ngl im a fan of Mabrey too and I was happy she left the Sky and was able to have an impact.
2days effort just simply wasn’t good enough. No aggression by any other than Kelsey and Hull. Everybody’s gotta want it and do what you did to get here. There’s no sense in complaining about fouls because nobody’s giving us anything, we gotta take it!
I blame the refs. 💯. It’s hard to keep good moral when the refs call everything against you
They were out played on D and couldn't hit their shots, can't blame the refs.
I noticed during the game the commentators were interviewing Sides while the game was going on. What the heck was that?
common practice i guess
annoying actually
They usually interview during the break and what you are seeing has already been done.
@@casilatino No they literally had a headset on her while she was crouched watching the action.
Why do they interview Caitlin after she has a bad game? She doesn't want to answer questions after an eye poke and bad performance.
Coach does not protect or support her
They interview two players who had the most points. Nothing personal with clark. Yall love it when she’s interviewed straight after win so why complain?
CC was still responsible for 40% of the fevers' points by scoring and assist.
She’s a PROFESSIONAL baller. Professional level people often have to give account for a poor performance. Most professional ONLY get a meeting when something goes wrong. Nobody interviews a nurse when all the nursing home residents make it to bed safely, but if someone falls, you better believe the nurse has to give the play by play on what went wrong. And the nurse has to put it in writing in addition to talking to people.
AT- man these CC superfans are the worse
Sides needs to find a new job because she sure can't coach!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is N. Smith telling Carrington all of the Fever plays and how they are going to play because it sure looks like it!!!!!!!! Carrington got in another hard foul to Clark again. She has every game they have played each other.
The Fever had an awful shooting while the other team can't miss.
Send Smith back to Indiana! ASAP! Why would she suit up and play for the other teams benefit?
Can't keep having these " I got good shots but they didn't fall down" and go 4-17/2-13 3pt types of games when it matters . If the shot isn't falling , need to be able to find other ways to score . And what was going on with Smith ? Did Dijonai tell her not to play well or she wasn't getting any tonight ?
Also, this defense that is basically hope the other team doesn't make their 3's is not getting it done against a team that is shooting well.
She literally rarely has a game like this, stop
Caitlin always DOWNPLAYS her poor shooting which is annoying.
@@eldowns379exactly
I thought they should have pulled Caitlin soon after the attack to her eyes, because the attack got into Caitlin's head and affected her play. Put Victaria Saxton in because she is black, so the thugs in the WNBA won't go after her as strongly as they do a white girl.
This end of the world mentality is draining there are going to be bad games in the playoffs. You expect too much from a young team in their very first playoffs series. They have to look at the film and players need to be held accountable for their part in the loss.
Sides should have called timeouts. Geez..
Dewanna 🔒 her down.
This is playoff basketball, where the teams strategize to take advantage of your weaknesses.
I don’t understand the softball reporter question about playing in Connecticut was all about but CC will be better…
But make no mistake CC fans, CC didn’t have a good game and was horrendous from 3. Hull and AB kept you close but this is going to be a hard matchup for the Fever backcourt
So what I’m saying is… if they lose, don’t try to place blame… just take the L 😅
they were probably nervous, hell i was nervous and i was just waiting for the game to start 😬😁
Start Saxton next game.
idk man. seems like the drop coverage wasn't working for fever not aggressive enough for a team like sun sides should've seen this at the start of the 3rd. and fever should've done a better job on defense transition. wheeler kept killing the offense transition for the fever.
I hope Caitlin will have a doctor check her eye. A fingernail can be a pretty nasty thing.
Mitchell did great. Caitlin n the rest needed to adjust by charging the basket more n maybe foul some of those tall girls out
A practice coach not game coach.
Watching their games, one can see that they need to spend more time in the paint. Both on offense and defensive rebounding.
both teams shot about the same percentage all around but suns shot 13 more shots in general and 6 more FT and that was the true difference in final score. that is probably the suns having a stronger defense....it is what it is.
Dantes at the 4 to start. Please.
Smith does not play well against Connecticut.....hasn't all season.
Please. Don't start her.
Am I wrong? Does anyone else see this?
Caitlin’s sick. She’s got a sinus cold. Could have thrown her off. Seen her getting on the bus with cold capsules.
Who ever was supposed to guard Mabrey, I think took a lunch break..
Chicago killed us when they gave Mabrey away for nothing
It is about the officiating...today it was, thats not to say the Suns dont have a great team and that they couldnt win without the game being rigged....they could. But it is impossible to overcome refereeing this corrupt. It was embarrassing and totally unfair....the WNBA is a joke to allow this. 1st figging play, coach sides had to use a coaches challenge because the refs called a foul on a play 5 ft away from the play. Next play Carrington purposely scratches CCs eye( the ball was gone). It just got worse from there.
Indiana played without pace. Clark and the bigs looked surprisingly slow and lethargic.
And they didn’t make shots.
Gotta flip the script to win Game 2.
Sides is right! Cannot allow the team to get hacked, bodied abd flagrant fouled.
I see a lot of moving picks from the opposition.
We win next time go fever ❤
Christy kept saying “go back and watch”! Why does it seem as if they all must be either on their phones or zoned out during the “go back and watch” sessions. Nothing seems to improve.
Take some timeouts stingy Sides.
First question.. trying to give her an excuse. The commentators said she had a black eye during the game. I still haven't seen the black eye.
Caitlin has the sniffles. Don't get sick, girl!
❤ Sister Friends officiating about as good as it get. Stop stressing your game. Let the coach worry. 😊
We all know Sun is going to move on Fever learning
and that's what u can take from it and they have to make some changes in personnel
next year
It's hilarious seeing people in these comments trying to blame this loss on a player's fingernails and eyelashes for some reason. This is a new low, even for you guys. I guess yall didn't see Caitlin knock out Dijonai's contact.