Rachel Banham, Michaela Onyenwere and HC Teresa Weatherspoon speaks After The Loss To The Fever!!!

Rachel banham Michaela onion with it and head coach Teresa Weatherspoon speaks after the loss to the fever check out the video with energy and you guys have always preached no punching first what what was kind of happening in the second half that you guys weren't able to bring that energy I mean I don't know I just feel like we came out exactly how we wanted to and then we just lost it like I we got to make that adjustment um out of the locker room you know you can't come out the second half like that against a team like Indiana who can score in such bunches and I mean I'm happy with how we started but we have to make it consistent throughout the 40-minute game I mean obviously film will show you you know what is going to be there but like how that's this has been a theme lately you guys you're either you guys are in for like 38 minutes and then it's gone so how do you guys try and find that consistency especially if with a postseason push on the line I mean all that it really comes down to is you have to play through it I mean there's not much practice time um to kind of replicate those kind of situations so we have to learn from game to game as cliche as it sounds um so yeah like you said it's been a theme for probably the last four games in a row we haven't really been able to close it out or we haven't been consistent um so it just has to come from in-game experience with to be able to adjust and make those adjustments a little bit quicker um so yeah just kind of wondering first what was the defensive game plan that you guys were kind of looking at to try to contain Clark tonight and Boston kind of that tandem I mean go over as much as we could um on Bost we know that they're very pick pick and roll heavy team um and so yeah really just go over on her make it difficult make her a passer um obviously she's a good player so she was able to get get a lot of things um for us on us but yeah that was pretty much the plan and then for both of you just when you're looking especially going into a road trip when you're looking at kind of a losing streak like this one how do you mentally prepare for this road trip and and trying to break that desperate we need to play desperate like it has we have to give everything we have every single night every minute on the court it's not going to be pretty we got to learn how to play through adversity that's another thing that we need to grow from we were a younger team but who cares no one cares no one feels bad for us we got to play through it um we got to stop fing um but we got to start playing desperate it has we have to take it to a whole another level of do we want to be in the playoffs or not are we going to just pack our bags and go home let's figure it out right now so we're about to play two really good teams you know mini and Vegas are tough and on the road so who cares no one feels bad for us we got to figure it out we need to go in there and and act different like we got to be desperate for this guys fifth straight loss but obviously unlike the last this is double digits um what's missing what what's missing from this team right now I mean obviously it hurts not having Kennedy too like that's an obvious like missing piece our leading score right um but I think in the locker we discussed like it's defense defense I mean obviously offensively we got to take care of the ball and there's stuff we need to clean up we need to execute better but we're going to win games against teams like this playing defense and finishing possessions um yeah and I thought we just we a lack of effort at times like we played through the whole thing we played through the whole shot clock and then we'd either foul or we would give them an offensive board score and that's kind of unacceptable yeah I don't you no this is really for both of you how do you stay uh I'm sorry how do you stay motivated after a game like this and what message do you like to tell to the locker room going forward I mean we're professionals I mean this is our job so I mean you come to work every day to be better and be the best version of yourself and that should be motivation within itself um you know losing something like this and losing you know five games in a row uh that for me motivates me I think in the locker room it's the same sentiment as well uh I don't want to be a loser we don't want to be losers um and we have we're in a position right now where we can be successful like we are still in playoffs even throughout the adversity and so that I know the people in the locker room are very motivated and we're going to go into Minnesota do our best go to Vegas do the best we can as well and hopefully we have a different outcome if you if you're not motivated getting your ass who then we got a problem then don't put on the uniform because you better feel this in your chest back Julia uh you both touched on this a little bit just offensively it seems like it's taking a little bit for you guys to get into your sets into your action and then you're having to kind of like push at the end of the shot clock what do you think is maybe the motivating factor in that and how do you break out of that especially with Kennedy being a little bit undetermined just in terms of her availability I mean we've kind of implemented um a little bit more of a offense that helps us move the ball because we have had situations where we are a little stagnant and we we have kind of addressed that um you know it's new for us you know obviously having you know rookie B bigs um who you know not really used to coming out of the pain at times and so that's just really a work in progress um like I said it's kind of new for us that that we put that in but we'll get better at it um I think right now that's probably our best offense moving the ball cutting um using the screen and so I think we'll just as time goes on we'll get better at it um uh Michaela you and Lindsay really were instrumental in getting out on that huge run uh at the beginning of the game you all worked really well as a tandem uh helping to fill the void um with uh absence could you just describe like the chemistry that you two have that went into uh that Collective performance tonight yeah I mean I respect your question but I don't really care about how we we didn't win you know that that for me is the most important to me um and so like you said with obviously Kennedy out um we offense has to come from somewhere else um she's a great player we miss her quite a bit um but yeah we just have to be better like I don't really care about the points like I just want to win at this point MH turnovers these last few games have been something that's we haven't really seen this uh level of since about the start of the season I know film will probably show you something but what do you attribute these turnovers to is it just missing passes is it you know bad ball like bad team turnovers what do you think is leading to the uh lack of possessing the basketball um well for me I had three um so personally I have to be better in that and a lot of it for me I think comes from try to get the ball into the post um you know obviously we have really really great bigs and Camila and Angel and put they put a lot of pressure on you know getting the ball into them um and so I have to be better in that in that way and so sometimes it can be that sometimes you know um guards are being physical sometimes lack of communication can come from all over um I think that we did better because I believe in the last game or maybe the game before we had like 20 something yeah so 13 is not great but uh it's better than 23 yeah take it um obviously to you know this is a big game and everything but emotions got a little high especially in the towards the ends of the game with all the uh calls and things of that sort how do you guys stay composed especially as a young team um going through a tough stretch such as this I feel like us leaders and like US Vets have to really step up in those moments we got to really keep us composed I think we could have done a better job of that like we all were just kind of like losing our minds at the end and frustrated and like we can't control that like the refs are human wasn't great not even going to get into that cuz I can't afford to find um I can't um but I really think US US veterans have to just like really step up and be composed in those moments because you can kind of see how it snowballed really quickly um so we got to be better in those moments of trying to like cut it down because I mean I don't know how many I they shot it felt like 300 free throws in the fourth quarter I don't even know if I cracked a sweat because we were standing at the free throw line the whole time but we got to be better theet have to step up and keep us composed but even through that it's just a level of consistency and I get it like refs are human I do understand we're trying to do the best we can but there's at times it feels like there's no consistency and so as a player it's hard when you're when you're just there's fouls every single possession and so like you said in the fourth quarter it felt like it was like what happened I don't even know what happen but they're calling a foul you know so that yes I do agree with Rachel like we have to be better we have to be as leaders have to help be held accountable for that but it's just like there's a level of consistency that it's just it's just not there so that's just the one thing we're just asking like okay call whatever but at least be consistent on both sides yeah thank you guys how do you get them more involved in a game like this and where do you feel like maybe that was missing we have to be a little more intentional just like our guards just told you here we have to get the ball inside that's who we are the ball must go inside it has to go inside to our our our bigs they are dominant in there it it helps when they dominate the paint then it helps us on the outside it gives us an opportunity to have perimeter game uh they understand how important that is and and what it means to Our Success offensively and just to follow up on that do you feel like that was coming from Angela and Camila not like getting to their spots was it from the guards not like looking for them just where do you think that lack of I probably have to go back to the film and see but there was a lack Rhythm and flow to try to move the ball and be able to get the ball inside to them from the right person you might not be the person to make the pass but who is so let's get the ball to the right person to make the pass inside and then we play off of that that's who we are that's what we do and that's when we become a better team at this point in the season what is this team missing what are we missing what are you missing fifth straight loss this one by 19 points after four by no more than four points what is this team missing we have a lot of things that we need to correct and it starts on the defensive side of the ball we are a defensive team offensive runs and if we're not getting stops we're not being disruptive we're allowing teams to get shots where they want it how they want it when they want it ball moves swings from one side to the other whether it gets to the second side even the third side it's very difficult to defend that it's very difficult so we have to be better on the defensive side of the ball all five players all five players all right you got to be disciplined when you're guarding the ball you can't allow anybody to get be behind you you keep the ball in front of you when you're closing out which is probably the most difficult thing in the game of basketball you got to be able to close out and be able to defend those people who put the ball on the floor so that's defending off the bounce and then those who can shoot it you want to be able to make sure you're out there to contest and contain and then be able to do both it's an approach it's an approach it is nothing more than an approach and defense is a will and a want too it's a desire and defense is the hardest damn thing you gonna play in this game the hardest thing you gonna play in this game is to defend and you do so under control without fouling in that third quarter we sent them to the line over and over and over over and over and over can talk about whatever the referee did and then that it's what it is what it is on that and I'm I'm like Rachel I don't need to get fined I don't need to get fined so I think that's enough tells you enough of what I think about how it's refed coach spoon you guys opened up the game and you guys have really preached punching first and that just wasn't there in the second half I know film will probably show you something but what kind of what did you see where the energy was lost in that second half I can't really tell you till I take a look at that film but like you said that energy we came out with in the beginning that's exactly how we have to play you have to punch but you can't punch once you got to keep punching like we always says 40 minutes to this game and you're GNA have a team like that who have runs but now we have to remain composed and poised enough to break the Run that's the game the game is just like this but once the team get on the Run how do you stop it how do you stop it you execute your offensive stuff you get back you get defensive stops and then you heard your guards say that the veterans just need to step up here on this team with this being such a young team what do you ask of your veterans how what is it that they can do to kind of show these rookies and these young players what to do to win basketball well in times like these this this is the the most important time to show the example of leadership the most important time because of you know sometimes it get a little chaotic out there and chaos is happening but you got to gather your troops gather your troops and the way things are refereed you just have to make your adjustments as well as well as I do as a coach I have to make my adjustments as well so that was the first time all season your team's allowed 100 points in a game what makes the fever so tough to defend well just like our player sat up here and said if this doesn't sting nothing stinks plain simple it's been it seemed like there was a concerted effort to take more threes tonight was that something that you guys were planning on initially coming into the game or was that something that kind of I missed the beginning I'm sorry oh it seemed like you were the team was taking more threes it seemed like that was a concerted effort tonight was that a game plan coming into this or something that kind of was felt out through the game well we're we're a team who says if it's wide open we want to take it you know and if it's not we want to put pressure in the paint you know punching it in and then playing from there but if you're wide open we want you to get your feet set and knock it down and just so happened Lindsay really got it going and some things can become very contagious and then everybody else start knocking down threes and that's that joy we play with that fun we play with the energy the effort we played with but that same energy and effort from the time that ball came in on the floor in the first half first quarter has to be second third and fourth uh hi coach um people have mentioned tonight the sort of lack of poise in the second half and lack of effort maybe on defense how much of that is connected to Angel having to sit long stretches of the second half had four fouls I got to protect that you know and whoever steps on the floor we trust and believe that they can get the job done as well uh so when Angel has four fils I'm not going to leave her out there and then I don't have her at all for the fourth quarter so everybody else have to step up defensively as well everybody it's not one person it's everybody it's everybody you can include me on that coach do you have a favorite comfort food that you eat after a loss I don't I love this game that much appreciate you guys be sure to like comment and subscribe see you in the next video hoop life family