Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell after Indiana Fever blowout win over Chicago Sky

coming in hot wow opening the door like you don't know what we're gonna do we don't know what we're gonna do it just happens it's just basketball I thought minus the first six minutes we were really really good um I don't know what they scored out I I think I had 21 at that point when we called timeout and then after that I thought we played pretty good defense so I'm proud of us nobody panicked um we kind of just settled in into the game but we definitely need to get off to a better start chelse see this offense almost seems frantic at times watching it from a distance but you all seem to find the focus when the shots start to go how does that Dynamic work like it's just a level 12 with uh I think it's a a matter of our chemistry um we've really taken time as teammates to really get to know each other on and off the on and off the court and I think it serves to what you see now and I think even though it might look a different way to you we've already established what our chemistry is and how we want to play and I think um for us we got an unbelievable chemistry now to where it's unspoken and so you get to see it even if you don't understand it trust me we get it we we understand well and you know this was a big one for us it almost counts towards two when you're in the playoff race of like a loss and a win so um we knew it was a big one but also like we wanted to win the season series with them um that was kind of a focus point and the last time we were here we were up 15 in the fourth quarter and kind of you know fumbled it away so I thought it was another opportunity for us to come in here and show what we're about and I thought we were really good and um honestly like I just had a lot of fun playing like I thought we played with a lot of joy we played at uptempo we shared the ball well um I thought tamy was really good especially defensively when she came into and um that was fun for me to see you mentioned the playoffs um this moves you guys up to six how important is that especially knowing the stretch that you have coming up I you only have three games against yeah I mean I think you can't really look at a team's record at this point in the year I think um you're seeing teams play really well like I think I just heard the wings beat the links the other night Sparks beat the Liberty like it doesn't really matter A team's record at this point everybody's fighting for something and fighting for a playoff birth fighting for seating or positioning so it doesn't really matter you better come into every single game um with the mentality of to win and I think our group has done a really good job of taking it one game at a time and um it's honestly impressive how we started the season and now sitting at sixth place with eight games remaining nine games remaining whatever it is um but you know you have to continue to execute down the stretch and lucky for us we have quite a few of those at home and we've been playing really well at home so using that to our advantage will be important as well when you guys like you said you started the season you have faith you would get to this point you know maybe after you guys play together and head break yeah I mean I certainly did I think I remember saying early in the season like I know there's going to be a moment where we look back on this in the season later in the season and be like you know this one and eight start is like going to help us somewhere down the line and I think this is now that moment um did it stink absolutely like it was not fun um you know I was I was frustrated everybody was frustrated um you know fans were probably frustrated but at the same time like we have a young group we're trying to learn we're trying to figure out and it's a tough transition you know coming from college and then trying to come in here and lead a professional basketball team and be their point guard so um I'm just really thankful for my teammates that like just stuck with me and you know have helped make the transition easy and learning one another and I think once we've really figured it out it's been a lot of fun for everybody on this team it seems in this stretch any combination of five you all have out there you got five scores what's the just the confidence you have in everybody right now put them in the hand points are going to be there yeah I think it we're just tough to guard especially like you know especially when we just playing transition like we're just playing pretty basketball playing fluid basketball we're playing off one another we're just reading each other and that's not something other team can like Scout for like you don't know what we're going to do we don't know what we're going to do it just happens it's just basketball like that's the best way to play basketball like be a basketball player make reads play off your teammates set them up for Success um and I think we do a really good job of finding each other in positions where we know they can be successful um I'm pretty sure we had a high assist number on High made field goals tonight and I think that just shows you know we're making the next pass to get our teammates a good shot and taking the right shots the other night you were talking about how much C you just serve you a better presants but specifically on the court how do you think she's helped you the most on the floor off the floor on the floor on the floor yeah um I mean I think it's pretty similar on and off the floor like she's just been a voice that's been there she's been through this league for what seven years now like she knows what to expect she knows how things are going to go um and I think more than anything like we are just starting to understand each other much better like we could just make eye contact and she knows to go back doors she knows to come get the ball like that just comes with playing with one another so um it's been a lot of fun for me I mean she's she's playing so well right now just as good as anybody in this in this league so I feel very lucky and fortunate to to have her by my side how confident is the team right now coming in hot wow opening the door I mean I feel like we're confident but that's like that's any team in this league when you're able to stack some wins like that's everything right and I think coming out of the break we start with two big wins at home versus Phoenix and and uh Seattle and then we go on the road and we drop one but then we knew Atlanta was a huge game for us and I thought we played really well there so um I'm just proud of our group I think we're really just approaching it day by day even though like you know these games are so important we're not we're not really looking that far down the stretch of what's at the end of SE mber what's in the middle of September it's what's in front of us today and just approaching it like that and um that's how you build your confidence it's just one day at a time but I think our confidence is you know at an all-time high where it's been this all season going back to the offense you guys have had the best offensive raing the league since mid June is that something that you guys envisioned like was possible or I mean during that losing Street beginning season maybe not but just like to reach that height to be able to say you know you guys are the hottest offense right now yeah for sure I think that I think that I think that people fa to real that basketball is something that takes time you don't just come in and you get it right after back I don't know what people expect I'm not gonna hop in their brain and figure out what they expect but this stuff takes time and I think that to see good basketball and see it manifest into what you see now it took time and you know you gotta give yourself some Grace that's why I tell our team like give yourself some fls right now because we could have been a lot worse and to see where we are now I think the sky is theem for us and I think our offense and what you see and our Fierce competitiveness it's just kind of in our DNA and we wanted to kind of like stay like that you know we want to do the right thing the right time all all the time not just sometimes but do it right all the time and that's what you're seeing last one man yeah toward the end of the fourth a rare Miss is that you pointing up to the scoreboard I think it was a fan I was just having fun with the fan nothing to do Witham I love cam Cam's awesome um but yeah I mean I just launched one for fun it was kind of a bomb it was a good airball had to get a good airball you guys pray for me