Diamond DShields, Lindsay Allen, and HC Teresa Weatherspoon!!

Diamond Shields Lindsay Allen and head coach Teresa Weatherspoon speak after Chicago loss to the Washington Mystics check out the video One points off those turnovers I know obviously film will probably show um what went wrong there but just your first ass assessment on what you think went wrong not being able to connect um I think for us uh we just got a bit rattled um they came out and press with the ball they were aggressive they were assertive they were the aggressive and the game usually favors the aggressors um and we were just with the ball which is unacceptable um so we just have to be better I think it starts with me as a point guard to take care of the ball better to start the game um and then kind of spir from there but yeah we were just do this with it tonight and then what did you Lindsay or Diamond what did you guys see on that last offensive possession with 30 seconds left um we were trying to get the ball into the post uh Mi because she had a smaller guard on her um but the communication just wasn't there I think it's loud um I'm under the weather so I'm losing my voice I'm trying to talk going is trying to talk from the sideline um so we just couldn't get that communication and then we just try to make something happen from there like ball SC try to get downhill um just not enough time go to stepen questions for players only two quick questions for linday so it really feels like youve been kind of feeling your way out in terms of scoring with the starting group or play can you kind of speak to what you're seeing how you find your thoughts with that group um I think our BS do a good job of setting screens and rolling hard um and so from there I'm just able to read the ball screens well whether I have the PO pass to the coast or whether it's a jump shot for me um but just kind of trying to read the defense you know get the defense playing in rotation get them playing in Closeouts that's when we're at our best that's when everything after their best honestly so if we can keep doing that um get the ball into the post they get doubled they kick it out we swing it Swing Swing whatever um just keep that in our offense kind of that's how we been successful that's how I've been successful can you speak to what you from with the stared group I think she a lot of opportunities as far as cuts and post ups and quick touch passes like you just got to speak to the she yeah for sure um Nick just provides a lot of just everything for us um she's physical she's quick she's strong um she can guard one through four basically uh she can shoot the three she's strong enough to take the contact and finish the contact get into the basket um so she's really able to force the issue for us you know when we need to get downhill and get our feet dirty in the paint um so she's staying aggressive in that and obviously you know when we get to um our kickouts and our swing swings you know she's ready to shoot and she's ready to just read the game she's a smart basball player as well but she's also just a great teamate like she wants respects for everyone on this team um she doesn't K scoring she doesn't K going on she's going to take hard no matter what jul your uh for either of you guys uh four of y'all's last five games have ended in the clutch what do you feel this team needs to do to be able to to execute and kind of grow in those moments grow up you know it's a it's a it's a challenge that you will always face right as a young team um being faced with multiple opportunities to to come down into the clutch moments of the game and you either find ways to win those games and grow and mature as a team or you don't and you just continue to learn and get ready for the next opportunity growing pain suck uh but it's part of the process we have a really young group um and so all we can do is continue to go back to the drawing board with Coach um learn from it watch film continue to develop continue to mature um you know and and prepare ourselves for the next opportunity because they'll continue to come and present themselves and then Camila tonight love the team and assists and it seems like that pyo game with her kind of passing out of the elbow is really developing uh just kind of what do either of yall see in terms of her vision and how utilizing her at that spot can kind of open up the rest of the offense yeah um Can Has great vision um you know it helps that she's su7 can see over almost everyone but at the same time she's unselfish and she's willing to pass it back out and she's willing to look for the Cutters and look for the high L with angel or Izzy whoever it might be in the game at the time so um she's constantly looking for it and she's just trying to figure out get it feel for the game kind of read when she could take it one onone or when she can finish through or when like you know there's a guard cutting or there's a that side a weak side that's open so um she's J um Diamond when you talk about the youthfulness of this team going back to 2018 your rookie year that was a year you guys failed to make the playoffs when you think about um that hurdle going from from that team and then the next season you guys do what's the Poise required in this moment late in the season um you have a handle on on the final playoff spot but but not by much what Bo is required right now yeah I mean to your point like I've been there you know um it sucks you know getting to the last few games of the season and knowing that you don't have a chance at all making playoffs playing those games is really hard you know so for us um I think it's all about perspective um and a lot of that you don't get without experience um so we're learning a lot of hard lessons right now um I try to do my best as a leader to come in and try and instill that on the locker room and on the team um but again some of that has to be learned through experience My Hope Is that we can get a grasp on it now um and continue to make a play off push because we really do have a special group and I really do believe in what we're capable of if we do get to match up with some teams in the playoffs and it could be really exciting but we have to we have to figure it out now third row on your left hey Diamond uh despite the loss you guys as a team looks really good offensively during stretches overall as a team you shot above average of what you have in the season three-pointers were significantly above average and you yourself shot your highest season efficiency how that the offense has looked at stretches what can you attribute to just being on the same page there and how do you kind of put that into the offense maybe looking a little more lackluster yeah I mean um I just you know found myself in a position throughout the year just trying to take advantage of the opportunities that are given um you know sometimes it's on the defensive end where I have to be more assertive um and tonight it was on the offensive been a bit more K me out um you know so just trying to do what the team needs from me honestly um you know I've been working on my game I've been in the gym um you know and U I'm still very confident in who I am as a player um so in the opportunity I get to go out there and show that you know I'm just trying to make use of it any more players this question for Diamond um obviously during the Championship season just a few years ago you know the team wasn't in the greatest position either during the regular season so how have you been able to vocalize the importance of like every game matters and just not giving up till the end yeah I mean again perspective I've been there um but sometimes you got to go through it to understand um and again we're feeling that right now um we have a young group that really wants to win um but winning in this league is something you have to learn how to do and something that you have to care about and sacrifice for each and every day um and yeah so just trying to get us to Rally around those themes um so that we can continue to make progress um it doesn't happen in one season it takes time um we're we're right at the beginning of of something that could be really special um and again some really hard lessons are being learned early on which is prer um but I still believe in this group and in our ability to to get into the playoffs and that's what we're striving for right nowers can you of speak to what you we talked about few timeson oh yeah she's uh she's been playing well she's been putting a lot of work to come in and do the things that we're asking her to do offensively and defensively I said this from day one she's probably our most personal basketball player due to what she can bring to us on this on the floor she's just taking fullly advantage of what she can do she put the ball on the floor she can get to the rim she can pull upu she's can defense she does a lot of things for us that is keeping us in this race it's just really good to see her playing with a tremendous amount of confidence always talk about it's kind of underrated on offensive side jul you speak to her ability connect a FL she sees the floor very well she's a willing passer you know a lot of times when you punch it into bigs everybody just thinks the big goes scores she sees what's happening she sees what's coming at her and she tries to make the right play uh so she she's a willing passer her vision is good she only only makes the correct butt she wants to play the game the right way Julia harly same thing that I asked the players but just kind of how do you see looking at these last four clutch games where do you want this team to grow the most in those moments well there's many areas to grow from when you're in these moments um these are Big moments to grow from uh and like the our player said it's can be some painful things that you have to go through there's many things that you can learn from and to grow from film tells you a lot especially what we do defensively and those Mis cues that I always talk about we can't have those how we got to have every glass board that comes off the glass we have to have that crucial moments you got to do all the little things right how important details are how important your scatter report is how locked in are you on every little thing that's on the scatter report because it's done for you for a reason that's your cheat sheet so stay locked in on your cheat sheet and then offensively we're going to say this over and over again you cannot turn the ball over you simply cannot turn it over value every freaking possession when you look at those turnovers especially in those clutch moments where do you think kind of is there a through line in terms of a consistent reason why those mistakes are happening no we have to go back and see exactly why those Turles were happening was a lack of movement lack of getting open uh allowing them to push us out of where we want to run our offense so of course the ball was going in different areas and when we turn it over they get steals they're very good so we knew coming into this game we had to Value possessions and unfortunately we had 21 turnovers not very good just those last 90 seconds Mystics on on a 90 run I know film will show you a lot but what what are some things that that you saw outside of the turnovers that led to the downfall just talked about our defense allowed to get down heel didn't switch what we should have switched then offensively you know we didn't get into the office that we were trying to get into and then get into it quickly getting down to the shot clock uh last eight seconds of the shot clock we we don't want to get there we want to make sure that we know exactly what we trying to do and those last 90 seconds that you're speaking about were not our great seconds in the game and then how do you mentally try and keep the team together especially after these four losses that have just come in the last few seconds and that can sometimes cause players to start to get in their emotions a little bit but how do you try and maintain their mentality as strong to end the season well even the lockar next thing I says we got now go back to the board you got to always go back and you got to go back with amount of confidence you walk in here every day with um some of can hurt yeah it really does if you love The Game enough it hurts it freaking hurts and you love it enough you know I got to get back to the to the drawing board we got to come back better that's the way our mentality is we're not down and out yeah we're not happy we didn't win we're not down and out it's not over for US unless we say it's over so it's not over Coach Rachel started tonight again only put up two shots I know you know offense is kind of can kind of go either way at any certain point in time at any game she we expect to see some more shots from her I know you were definitely running a lot of offensive sets for her and a lot team definitely we have to have her ability to score she can score the ball shoot the ball and we need that we need that in order for us to stretch our stretch the defense a little bit to even leave the lane open for our bigs to be able to go to work yeah we're we're we're looking to get her more shots open shots open looks uh so she can really gain her confidence CU she she never lacks it at all but when that ball goes in for you quite a bit and you get some touches and you can see the rim it means a lot so want to get her more involved because it's going to help us to be more successful thank you any more for Coach your um there's been a lot of talk tonight about camil's assist but chilling took four shots and I'm wondering what is your feeling about her over all kind of like offensive profile tonight oh she's playing well do I want her to shoot more absolutely you hear me telling that all the time dominate the paint Bill dominate the paint I don't think there's very many people who can defend her when she decides she wants to the B so I would like her to shoot the ball a little bit more down there be a little more aggressive she's doing a hell of a job for us believe that back to Julia your right on Camila we spoke with her pregame and she talked about how she felt like she was playing a little bit almost scared the first three weeks that she came back from that shoulder injury how do you work with her we talk about wanting her to dominate the paint how do you work with her on just kind of the mental side of of they getting in there and being able phally dominate that space well it's not so much that you have to work with her you just show it to her you show it to her cuz she knows she knows how how uh we need her to be successful for us down there in the pain she gets it like I said earlier she wants to play the game the right way she doesn't want to feel like she's the one taking all the shots but it's necessary for us to be successful down there she gets it she goes to score we want that to be do you guys have any idea if Kennedy will be ready to go Friday uh should can be fine should be F than you appreciate you be sure to like comment and subscribe see you in the next video hoop life family