Indiana Fever: Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, Christie Sides press conference after win vs Wings

sorry questions for Kelsey first uh anybody in the room anything Kelsey could you talk about the huge three-pointer you hit with two minutes to go that put you up by four and pl and you had two free throws that put you up what's your mentality in those situations oh man I just try to i' always been a Hooper man I just like to play the game and I think uh for me I'm always on the next shot whatever that is um next play mentality and I think my number was C in got transition play I think for me it's about finding Rhythm and St confident in that Rhythm and you in our Pace kind of like find my spots to get what I want I I mean I had a follow up on Kay on here which is fine but the two of you combined for nearly 60 plus points and both shot 54% each H five threes what is what is going on in the back cour for you two oh I think that me and kayin as well as our group I think we just found a way to um for one understanding no I think our pace is just kind of setting us apart from a lot of different teams because I be like to get you know the ball up and down the court at such a hot pace I think the way that we play just kind of like it just makes our game strive more I think in a way Kelsey the two years for 60 plus points she both hit five threes 54% shooting I mean what's working in the backward between I think just playing fast playing off one another um I think that's probably the biggest thing and you know when you have two guards and both making plays like it puts other team in tough position of you know what to take away who to put on who um so so I feel like we're definitely shooting it well we're playing off each other well we're looking for each other um and we're getting downhill too so I think it's been a good balance of everything my last question for I mean this is your seven games 20110 double double I mean how much do you feel like you've developed as a point guard this pre season game was here till now yeah I think I just understand the game better um more comfortable with my teammates more comfortable on the floor um I think just playing a little more free I think being more aggressive um yeah I think all that kind from more Kaitlyn Caitlyn after giving last to those windy city skyscrapers Friday night what was the biggest Wing D you expected to find today in the shindig get these dynamos from Big D next question tonight broke another record always breaking records came in with 594 points your 595 Point made you pass to catches in front of I mean I think it's it's obviously cool but at the same time like I feel like we play basketball the right way that's just what kind of comes along with it um and it's fun like we've been winning like that's what makes all of this so much better like I feel like we're just playing such better basketball than we were you know even a month ago before the break like it just feels like our chemistry is better it just feels like everything flows a little bit better it just like feels better I think as a basketball player something you can feel when you're out there um you know the flow just seem seems really good you know we're not we're just playing off one another so um you know it's cool obviously there's been a lot of really good players I put on this jersey and you know to be up there with some of them it's it's special so G confidence you guys to try to move in close out be other and lead to yeah I think just one game at a time and now I think we have six straight at home so um you know winning the games at home are super important you can't come let people come in and getat you on your home court and you know we still have a lot of challenges left but um you know we're still fighting to get into the playoffs it's been our goal since day one so um I think just you know take it one game at a time you can't look too far ahead you can't you know let any day go by because every single one matters for positioning and um also like you know these opportunities like they they end very fast it feels like we're just at the beginning of the season and now we're here at the end so not taking it for it's important for the yeah game in 282 um what was your approach coming into this game and how were you able to counter the games with their high power offense yeah I mean it's hard like you know you got definitely gotta be able to score with him and I think you know honestly like we tried our best on defense but I'm I'm really proud of the last five minutes of the game I thought that's when we played our best defense and that's when it really mattered for us um you know and arque I mean she's one of the best players in this league she's going to do what she does um she's gonna make shots she just makes tough shots like you gotta live with it sometimes and you know just get back on and go go down and play offense after she made a basket so I thought it honestly was just the last five minutes of the game we came up with some huge stops we made free throws um you know kelse made some big buckets for us so um I'm just proud of our last you know stretch there where we really dug in and got some critical stops and we kind of able to push us over the edge got two more what was um you know this is back toback wins against two uh very very tough teams um this must be a huge confidence booster how do you plan to carry this moment forward uh going into the final stri season um I think the second half of the Olympic break was the stretch of the season and I think it's a focus some mentality some mindset and I think our group has prepared you know ourselves are requested that break to be in these moments and I think that going forward um we going to continue to keep them main good mates and so we get we tend to like work out and train together on off offseason side and um I wouldn't expect it any any other way coming from a person like that and I think for me personally um I'm focused on my team and what we got going on right now direct record to me thank you everybody bring coach in Next Looking Beyond this season what are your thoughts on the team's potential areas of focus just continue growing um you know throughout this transition just trying to get to the playoffs yeah I think our our focus is just finding ways to get a little bit better every day taking what we need from this game um because we're gonna face them again in a in a week and a half and you know these guys are just growing together uh building confidence building confidence in each other um um build confidence on the defensive end um I think just some things that are happening that are when we weren't successful at certain things we were trying early and now we're finding some success in those things it just it's just an overall it gives them confidence and when we're making adjustments on the fly to try you know hque and satu just they shot the hell out of the ball today I mean they had some big shots um but we just stayed with it I mean they you know there's some shots that those guys make that you just got to be like hey good shot get on you know now it's our turn we kept matching them with baskets which was good um you know I thought AB came in she you know had a hard time getting started early she came in at the half we went to her but her defense was really good her defense was excellent and then just the other posts that came in were very like Melissa Smith was awesome in the first half I mean she did some good stuff she kind of set the tone for us and then we just kind Flo and Kelsey I think it was 63 points today they've been doing that a lot over after the just what has been working for them how that yeah I think both of them get a lot of open looks or freedom because of each other because of the attention that they draw and so that's allowing them to be open when at times you know last year Kelsey really had to fight for a lot of shots that she was getting but right now if she's open and going into finding a window when the defense is collapsing or double or when the ball goes in the post and there's collaps and she's able to find a window and get her open looks and those Closeouts are hard because you're coming hard to contest her then she's able to get downhill and so between the two I mean just got a lot of confidence right now shooting the ball extremely well could you just speak to your team's offensive capabilities or production rather you shot nearly 53% from FL 50% from three yeah you know we're we're um right now during this time of the Season you can't really keep do a lot of up and down um in practice and so we feel like we did a lot of shooting during that break during the Olympic break more than we had and a lot more game like shots we use our practice guys to come out and put a lot you know it's not just shooting drills we're just getting shots we're contesting every shot feel like all that plays in tune you know not just letting them shoot them like game of horse they're shooting uh contested shots people running out on them so they're focused on that I get one on Zoom Mike vull go ahead yeah coach sides I know you come in every week wanting to win every game but when when you're starting this week you've got four games three of them on the road um to to win all four of those and the way that you won them you you talked about this team's growth but is this one of the most I guess impressed you've been in terms of a weeks long performance by your team one 100% 100% they you know they just have come out they're they're so they're tired right now I mean this has been a five games in nine days I think Ryan um and they they've laid it out there like we just keep talking about emptying our tank um empty the tank whenever you're out in those 40 minutes um just the confidence that they're playing with I mean I'm proud of the the the road games have been hard like the road games have been tough I mean we fought we fought Minnesota and and lost that one by 10 that one could have gone anyway either way um but just to to go to Atlanta to go to Chicago and to keep doing what we're doing we just keep talking about momentum keeping our foot on the gas keep doing what's working and just keep making it about us I feel like they're just doing a great job of that um and again their chemistry with with each other and they're the way they're you know they're talking a lot on the bench which is good the bench players are talking a lot to the players on the floor it's just for a coach watching that it's awesome speaking of Chicago the end of the game came on took a pretty hard foul got a lot of attention from fans may like and you mentioned the streak of games right now these games are getting tougher BS are getting harder how do you how do she respond to what you talk to her about and then what do you think about the response the fans did Diamond the shields after that foul yeah I think you know there's there's been some hard fouls of course there has and the officials have to step up and make those calls if that's a flagrant you know that needs to be just make the call and then we can shoot the free throws throw the the ball in on the side maybe make a three and we've got a four-point swing right um make the call um as it relates to the fans I you know can't control what fans are saying um on these message boards and social media I don't think there's any room for any vile language or hatred or awful talk to anybody I mean this is basketball we're all just trying to play a game 40 minutes and U do the best we can um that that's that's unacceptable for it to to get real personal it's just unacceptable got one on Zoom Matt go ahead yeah hi Christie um for you guys to go from one and eight to now 17 and 16 a lot of that took time a lot of that was team chemistry um but have you noticed anything different in how the team has been handling the travel I mean you guys just played three games or two games in three days and scored 100 in both yeah man I think all that travel we did early I think that prepared us for we kind of knew what was coming I think you know now I think everybody else is going through that a lot of other teams are going through that travel right now and uh we get to to get on that Charter plane and get home and uh and they've earned every every minute of the day off tomorrow that they're gonna they're G to get and then just get right get back and get ready to play an LA team that's playing well too else say anything