Kamilla Cardoso, Lindsay Allen & Teresa Weatherspoon REACT to the Sky's close WIN at the Sparks

MAA arguably your your best performance maybe of the Year 15 points 14 rebounds um how have you just grown more comfortable game by games and specifically coming out of the Olympic break just listen to my coaches my teammates they show me love and support so it just made me confident to go and do what I do and Lindsay as the PG the the leader of this team how have you seen um Cam's Game grow um and also what was the message going into the fourth quarter um yeah for it's just all about her being active you know her length is something that we really rely on a lot and so when she's active um when she's defending hard when she's running hard she's posting up hard every possession it really makes a difference for us um as you can see so uh just keep doing more of that really and then the message into the fourth was just be more disruptive on defense like rebound be more disruptive make sure we're getting back on defense um because we had a couple League outs from them um but just our disruption on defense is huge for us like every game any more person coach uh there there was a point where and players as well um any of you can answer this question there was a point where you guys were down by 10 what was the mentality what was said that you guys were able not to just give up but to continue to press forward and be able to get the victory that you guys are telling today yeah for us it's just about keep playing hard and continuing to play hard every possession um continuing to move the ball stick with what's working and that was going in the paint whether it's us driving or us passing to the post and then just share the ball like a couple possessions there Dana drove she kicked to me I kicked to Rachel we got a three we got to stop we came down we got a layup just little stuff like that that can get us going it can help our defense get more set when we know that you know we got to make and then we can get back and get set how does a win like this help you all moving forward especially for the next game mentally as well as physically can you repeat the question sorry how does a win like this help you all moving forward mentally as well as physically the things that you can take the learning lessons that you take from this game to move on to the next to try to obtain another win yeah we just want to um continue to become who we're supposed to be as a team um continue to do like our just keep with our standards um to non-negotiable as we want to be and just continue to like ramp up as we get closer to the playoffs and uh trying to become playoff team and then MC noise there so you know anytime we play well we get wins it's obviously better for us standings wise but also seeing how we did it seeing how we fought back obviously we don't want to get down 10 late in the game but just seeing our response from there was important um La what stood out to you about your guys's the inside game today seemed like you just really as a team collectively got to the rim pretty easy um I think for us just like not being denied in that you know for the guards it's important for us to like play with pace and get into the paint um and keep keep pressure on the defense but also for the Post it's important for them to kind of like seal down there get the ball and then just finish just work on like finishing strong um knowing that they can finish over anyone um they're very talented players and I think they really had like a mindset coming in today to just keep pounding it in and keep finishing and getting offensive rebounds and going up again and I thought they started the game well doing that and that set the tone for us for the rest of the game linday it like the veterans really kind of led the way in this game is that something that you guys had planned out or is that just kind of the way working out in obviously back to the bo yeah I think we were all disappointed in how we played on um Thursday whatever day that was against Phoenix um just in our effort in our intensity um our disruption on defense just everything across the board so we wanted to just come out everyone and just play differently have a different energy um obviously knowing what we can get against La um but just be a different team and bring you know who we're supposed to be out there on the court last one in person then we'll go to zoom real quick coach was there something you players questions for players only first if that's okay thank you all right we'll go to Mike on Zoom questions for players only first please hey guys congrats on the win uh my only question is for Camila obviously you know prior to the break you had been playing basketball from you know late August early September all the way to July so mentally what what did this break mean for you to be able to reset and just process everything you've gone through over the last several months um the break was really good for me just to like rest my body and get ready to come out here and do what I can do in the second half all righty thanks Mike all right thank you players coach I think you guys outscored Sparks something like 26 to 12 in the fourth um did you see something that made you go into your bigs because it seems that um Camila and um Angel both dominated both had double doubles and they were pretty much Unstoppable in for them well as actually we are we're inside outside team and um we found something working and we wanted to stay with it our bags were extremely aggressive uh tonight uh they found their way um a lot of Misses that we we know that we could make they never lost confidence um so they really demanded the ball and in that demand our guards did a heck of a job of punching at the end allowing our bigs to go to work and we played off of that thanks thank you just seems like a tremendous one for you guys like you've been in the situation before and hav't quite completed the comeback what does it what does a win like this mean well first of all how did you how did you guys get it done and forward so the most important work for us was together and that's how we got it done we got it done by doing it together and doing all the Small Things paying attention to details game plan discipline was important for us um down the stretch but 40 minutes you know you can you can have such a great start the way that we did but you want to have that sustained for 40 minutes of basketball and then for the most part we did and then we did get down in the third quarter uh we found a way and that was the most important thing too we found a way back to that word together um 20 points given up off of 14 turnovers it seems like there's still like a level that this team has yet to reach in terms of reading each other and and preventing those those little errors there what what do you feel like contributed most to the turnovers tonight I'm I'm okay I'm okay uh sometimes you know when you take a look at those stats but when you see a level of aggression that you want to see as a coach and as a team and what your game plan is and you see them being aggressive and sometimes you're turning the ball over I can be okay with that because we we're aggressive we're doing what we're asked to do and we're turning it over so we learn from where should the ball have gone or what pass should have been made you know we learning from that but we're being aggressive so so we can we can live with some of these things we don't want of course we don't want all the turnovers then they're converting but we can live with some of these things because of the aggression and then just for you I know La talked about it but what stood up to you most about um your guys's inside game tonight wanted them to be dominant that was the message we wanted them to to dominate the message I guess was delivered they went out and they played hard um they played with a desire to want the ball to be a threat for this team and knowing that when the ball players played through them great things can happen when they get touches whether they scor it or they find someone else to school sorry just one more um as far as Camila's um just development goes what what have you seen from her game by game how has she improved game by game um to yeah have a performance like that and then not to be negative by any means but then to end the game with that that six foul on a three-point shot like where does she still need to kind of clean she's going to clean that up but like again once again we're being aggressive she was being aggressive and she had got six of course we don't want to f a three point shooter in crucial moments but Camila was doing exactly what I asked her to do tonight and I'm proud of of her performance I'm proud of how she decided I'm going to be as dominant as physical as you would want me to be but knowing and seeing how important that is for us as we're down the stretch of how good it is for us for her to be that dominant in the paint and it was great to see and as you can tell she's always laughing she's always always full of joy with a big smile on her face uh and today I hope she continues to hold that smile because she played extremely well for us but we want that to continue we have a big one tomorrow so we have to get we can enjoy this for a moment got move to the next one any more person before we go up yep one last question Coach quick question about um Kennedy Carter um her SK set is amazing um what do you think it's going to take to I know she's more than capable of being the player like a repay what do you think is going to take to get her to that level you'll never hear me compare you never hear me do that KY Carter is Kennedy Carter she's just fine she's just fine she's getting her feedback on her like I said earlier her health is more important than a basketball game uh so we're making sure that she's healthy you know we have back toback so we want to make sure she's healthy and feeling well Ken is incredible most definitely thank you thank you we g a mic on Zoom real quick Mike coach congrats on the win uh I know this is such a young team and you know there's so many vocal leaders in so many different ways but Michaela has been amazing both on the court and off the court for the development of Angel and Camila and everybody else and I was wondering for you how important has her presence been for this organization where maybe not in a box score it's going to show she dominates every single night but she's definitely there putting her foot down when she needs to you say Michaela yes Michaela right Mike yeah m i spoken M Michaela from day one she's our most versatile basketball player you know and even when she wasn't U playing you can look over there on the bench and you see who was the most incredible teammate over there on the bench but Kam but Michaela has worked herself into this line up and you see just how special she is offensively and defensively she can guard one through five with the ball on the floor with tremendous power and strength and today she was outstanding with the drive that she made to get to the bucket they were crucial uh she plays a huge part in in our success super proud of her performance today thanks coach I appreciate you any R hes one more was talking I'm not sure the PT even as a rookie being able to um dominate veterans on Spar that's who she is she's a dominant big and all she wanted to do is just get her hands on the ball and be a threat for us tonight and um she took the challenge that you know know we presented for her as a staff and she looked good in in U in her performance tonight whether it was offense or defense and rebounding the basketball for she was incredible threat for us she's only going to grow she's only going to get better and like I said in here earlier she's just a young lady with a tremendous amount of Joy thank you coach