Caitlin Clark, Christie Sides pregame Fever-Aces — playoffs, corn maze, Taylor Swift tweet, election

Caitlin Clark Caitlyn you've been a star of the Iowa State Fair two butter sculptures and now you're in a field in Iowa as carving you know it was a baze corn thing is that weird to you and or is he just think the whole thing's cool I thought it was pretty cool I mean I grew up as a kid obviously from the state of Iowa so like you go to the pumpkin patch you go do those type of things in the fall corn Maes are a lot more difficult than people probably think if you've never done one like it's very easy to get lost in there kind of scary if you're not with people um so I mean I guess if I have time after the season ends maybe hopefully I can get there it's in Indiana correct yeah it's north yeah okay so yeah pretty cool I I I didn't think it was weird I thought it was great detail I'm impressed I don't know how they do that um especially you're you're not cutting it down from above so um pretty talented honestly go Christine Kaylin um you liked a an Instagram post last night uh from Taylor Swift they got a lot of attention and I'm just curious if if you could tell us what that post meant to you and if you are in fact potentially going to endorse kamla Harris thank you I think for myself is you know I have this amazing platform so I think the biggest thing would be just encourage people to register to vote um I think for myself as the second time I can vote an election at age 22 I could vote when I was 18 so um I think do that that's the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have and that's same thing Taylor did um and I think continue to educate yourself um with the candidates that we have the policies that they're supporting um I think that's the biggest thing you can do and that's what I would recommend to every single person that has that opportunity in our country go Scott next kayin what excites you about this opportunity tonight and and Friday getting kind of that playoff feel against a team that's done it the last two years and you aspired to do yeah obviously this is a team that probably you know this is the team that everybody kind of looks to in this league um and as they should with the back-to-back championships um four Olympians on their team um you know they've done some incredible things and I think the first two times we played them it feels like forever ago it feels like that was like a whole different season for us um and I feel like we're a completely different team than when we played them the first time so um I think for our group is you know understand we're a different team now but so are they like they've had chances to improve as well they have more experience under there but um so I think the confidence for us is certainly built and is at a completely different place than it was the first few times we played them obviously we were a young team I don't know how many games in we the second time we played them but the first time I believe it was our sixth or seventh game of the season so um and I'm the last of a West Coast trip for us so I think for us is just find confidence and the the time we've put in the work we put in um where we've improved um so I think that's that for us and like these are two huge games for us um we're kind of almost viewing it as like a mini playoff series in a way like kind of having that day in between um obviously for our group that I don't think anybody on our team has much playoff experience maybe other than tamy and Lou um maybe I'm missing a couple others but um I think it's a good opportunity for us to see where we're at again go Carolyn in the back and then we go Chris on far left okay if I can ask you two questions the first one's about your game you are an amazing score especially that left shooting a three amazing passer but throughout your now pro career what else have you added to your game man I haven't had much time to like really get in the gym and work other than the Olympic Break um and a lot of that like is crazy I still feel like I've improved a lot and I haven't really had a ton of time to work on my game I think my floater in my mid-range game and that's something that honestly like if you watch highlights from early in my college career like I took a lot more mid-range jump shots early in my college career and then as my career went on I kind of just went around the basket and threes cuz you know those are probably the highest percentage shots um but I think now with how long and athletic Rim protectors are in this league that's definitely an area that I needed to improve um I definitely feel a little bit more Comfort comfortable shooting the floater especially um I've been able to make some since the second half has started um but still like I think that's like another area that I can continue to improve and then obviously defensively like schematically coming from college to the pros like it's a lot different how you guard um so I think that's like another way I'm trying to learn and go back and watch film and improve every single night and then my last question question is about Kelsey Mitchell and how much her emergence of what she's doing has helped you yeah kelsea's been amazing and I think for myself coming in here like her leadership was very evident from the first you know practice I had here um whether it was through training camp where she wasn't even active because due to an ankle injury she was always on the sideline communicating being there especially for myself coming in here and having to learn everything really really fast um she was somebody that was very supportive for me and I think early on it was kind of a work in progress of playing with one another and learning from one another and playing off of each other um but I think now um even you know right before the break and then since after the break I think you can tell our chemistry has really begin to Blossom and we're kind of reading each other a lot better kind of that unspoken communication that you need with your teammates on the court I think that has improved tremendously we go Chris on the left and we'll finish up with a special question up front from Alex my question's special too very much so much to be determined exactly over the last four games you could really move move up or maybe slide down are you like the media do you allow yourself to kind of see how this could shake out in potential first round matchups or just go play your game and let the chips fall where they make yeah I think you just play your game I don't think you can like get to into oh if this team wins or this team loses or these two win these two lose like there's just so many possibilities that you can't really start breaking it down I think it takes away um from the focus of the game right in front of you like and I think that's why we were so good coming out of the break is you know we were focused one game at a time we didn't look too too far ahead um I think that brought us a lot of success um we already know we're in the playoffs so um whoever we get we get there's not too much you can do to control that there's really not anything you can do to control that um so I think for us it's like go one game at a time we're here to still win every single game and you know once the playoffs come around and whoever our matchup is you'll prepare for that when when you cross that bridge Alex you're up man you young young and to accomplish the Dre and you make such an impact on them I appreciate it I think the biggest thing for myself when I when I show up to these games and I see all the young boys and the young girls I think it is very humbling first of all because I feel like I was just in their shoes and now I get to live out my dream on the biggest stage and um you know you can see the impact 30 seconds has or 10c 10 seconds has or a high five has on somebody's life from a very young age and that's what it was for me so um in a way I feel like I'm giving back but at the same time for me like that's very easy like this is fun this is my job like how lucky am I that I get to do this every single day so I feel like I'm just a kid too having fun with all of them and um I'm just very fortunate and grateful Christie Sides right and this league that um have an opinion and and that is um all power to to them to stand up for things that they believe in right and I just you know it's really awesome to to watch uh women in this league both coaches and players you know voice their opinion on things and feel really strongly about it um you know it's just uh but like you said that's just who we've been um this league we you know we get behind something and we want to um you know show our support and whatever that is Matt we go Jacob yeah hi Christie um for Sunday's game Asia sorry initially not listed on the injury report and then doesn't play um again not listed tonight so what what kind of go into a scout for a team when I guess you don't really know it's kind of up in the air if someone's going to play or not yeah you know we we just planned as if she was going to play I mean that's just kind of what you have to do and then you make your adjustments on whether she does or if she doesn't and um you know they've got so many weapons out there I mean starting with her so um just have to make sure that we are adjusting to whoever that is that they put in to play in that position and then um you know they will change they changed a lot from how they played the other night um with her not playing um but you know if she plays we'll be ready for it hopefully and if she doesn't you know we'll we'll go out and try to do exactly what we're trying to do and that's get better defensively take my coach Jacob then we'll have a special question coming up front coach uh you played the aces at the very beginning of the season I know there's a more recent match up too but you guys have kind of found your stride since then how much are you able to really even take away from those games when you go back and kind of scout those seeing as where you are now yeah yeah I was able to show a lot of stuff that we don't want to do anymore um that we were doing early or not doing early you know that was um after a back toback in the mon you know a really hard month for us and then um long stretch in uh June or July first July 2 I think is when we played them um I mean they're they're they're a great team and um we were really trying to find ourselves um during that time so you know I don't think we're the same team that we were when we played them so I'm looking forward to see how we match up against tonight Al go ahead hi I'm and that's my YouTube channel and is one of the best three point in the right now how you defend you differently you asked about Kelsey Mitchell Lexi Hall Lexi Hull Lexi Hull best three one of the best three-point Shooters Lexi Hull is really shooting the well isn't she yeah I'm going knock on some wood right there so I don't mess that up um Lexi's been um playing great far us on both ends defense she picks up the you know probably the best offensive player of whoever the team is that we're playing on the perimeter and then she's um doing a great job of playing her role as it relates to when Caitlyn and Aaliyah and Kelsey Mitchell are being you know defended really well when when the ball gets to Lexi's hands she's knocking down some big shots far us so she's just playing really great for us thank you Alex we'll get on the back uh Kelsey had one for Coach uh coach kind of looking at this big picture when you look at the standings the aces are the only team in the top five that you guys haven't been able to beat I know you guys face them a lot early on when you were a different team but what kind of confidence does that give you kind of looking ahead at playoffs knowing you've been able to beat almost everyone in the top five yeah they told me today that it's been since like 2010 since the Beavers beat everyone in the league um I was shocked at that number but you know it's um we're trying to play this as kind of like a a practice to um the playoffs right because we have them um right after you know uh the in a couple days so we're kind of playing is like we're preparing for this first Playoff round and who a better team to do that with than than the reigning Champions right um so we're just looking to uh find a way to guard them defend them that's where we're really struggling we're giving up way too many points um you know we find a way to to get stops and then we get to do what we're really good at and that's get out and run um and get the advantage on offense and find find wide open Shooters um but that we can't do that as well if we're not able to get stops and we just um started after the break doing a really good job of it and then we've kind of in the last few games until the end of the Third third fourth quarter really you know really needed to get better on that end of the floor good last one on Zoom Kyle want to go ahead hi chrisy um I'm just wondering about Caitlyn's whole season I mean it seems like every move that she makes good or bad is is under a microscope have you been impressed with her ability to not let that affect her on court play at all yeah you know she's um kind of been going through what we were hit with um at the beginning of this year you know with the new all the new fans and the support she's kind of been going through it a little bit longer than we have so I think she had a little bit more of a scouting report on how to handle it um before we did and then when it landed on us it was um you know she was able to you know she just keeps it moving I mean she's just you know you know wants to play basketball wants to find ways to to win games wants to find ways to she likes to have a good time as well um so now she's comfortable but yeah I I really applaud her for how she's she's handled um all that she's G on you know with this season and you know with our team but also really proud of my other players as well um you know these guys have been through the fire as well and um it wasn't good early and just the way they showed the resilience that they showed um you know it's just been awesome to watch them just keep growing and getting better after really going through some hard a hard month of May and part of June all right