Indiana Fever Media Availability | August 23, 2024

Aliyah Boston me if I'm not internet set this bow bow bow come from something did you start for bow bow bow is just the energy okay that's just the energy and you bow bow bow and I really just run with it is a shoulder required part no that's I beat it is now cuz I've added it absolutely felt like it help you energy doing it a couple times every game yeah I think it's just like it's just Good Vibes I mean when people hear it they like smile and then they try to get a little shoulder action Ino so it's it's pretty nice play making the last game and really the last couple has looked a little more improved what have you kind of attributed that to um I think just continue to make the right reads out of the short role and um honestly you can't really get those assists without your teammates making shots so I think they're doing a great job just hitting their outside shots and making teams um have to play them a lot more just how have you seen The Vibes of the team change kind throughout the F yeah I think we've just grown a lot and I think that just like winning makes everything better um and I think just being able to continue to build that chemistry up um we've won some really big games we're in a good spot right now during our season so I think we're just excited to get on the court and play again saw that you were with Dawn early in the week yeah just wondering the story behind that Vis and how that went yeah um I went to South Carolina had to do some stuff and so I made a little pit stop coach sty I surprised the entire staff and some of the girls and so it's really nice cuz South Carolina's always home for me let's stands out to about what Head Coach Christie Sides Minnesota's been doing recently in the challenges yeah I mean they shot the heck out of the ball the other night against Vegas um Courtney Williams had an excellent game you know we didn't have car they didn't have carer when we played them the last time so that changes you know some some of the things they did against us last time we just have to be ready for it but you know she's G she's a great player she's going to you know get hers we just have to make sure someone else isn't you know Courtney Williams is also good got to make sure we keep her in Che what's it like mentally to have the long break then play two quick games and have to sit again for a week yeah it's challenging I wish we would have played you know already um but that's okay cuz we were able to get some good practice in for a really good Minnesota team um just want to keep that momentum that's all I keep talking about this whole this whole week is just use that as momentum um knowing that we still have a lot of work to do has a been able to get you to do this shoulder po thing that she keeps doing I thought I was on the one the First videos I kind of hit it early I mean I'm not trying to be in the in the in the dancing videos with be what does that take from a defensive perspective you anticipate putting two on her a lot how do you think that'll take yeah I think it's going to be some different matchups some some different people taking an opportunity to guard her um changing up our schemes on her um just just trying to make it really difficult when she when she catches the ball she's very dangerous when she catches in that hot post area mid post area she has that little Fade to the middle when she gets to the middle and Fades on you really tough so just trying to change it up far make her catch it where she's not as comfortable pass playmaking she just talked about in her short improvements how have you seen that improve for her and what kind of was a Catal changing she approach that yeah you know last year when she got here I was really you know I think we were all really impressed with the uh her ability to pass the basketball um it's just gotten better now you know with Caitlyn handling and and them two in pick and rolls um with the amount of you know the attention that those guys um that take on from everybody else ab's done a great job of seeing the open we do also do a great job of like showing these guys like how teams are going to play them where those opportunities are going to be and where to look Aaliyah always seems to be like you know a positive person how does her positivity personality just affect team oh gosh I mean you know from the time she's she Ste foot here with us I mean she's just a a solid presence a great leader um always positive wants to win more than anything and I mean those are the kind of players that we want here um across the board there's been lots of talks cohesion of the team in these last two games how do you think that you grown as a head coach um in the beginning of the season to now especially because you your staff at time over the break you come together F yeah I think for myself um it was more about the that first part of the Season where we took so many um so so many hits early and you just had to really figure out like who I was as as a coach how I was going to it was all about trying to get these guys to show back up and keep the same positive effort and energy every day and um that was my focus I have a great group of Staff um that was doing the same thing they do they're great at what their their specialty is so they're able to focus on that um but yeah also being able to spend time with my staff not in a gym um off the court outside of the office um it's it's just good for for just team just the chemistry of everybody what a percentage of your Tik Tok knowledge comes from Leo would you say I have zero Tik Tok knowledge I don't even have a Tik Tok I don't have a Facebook I don't have I don't have none of so much stuff you know what that's I and I I love her for that I love her for that I hope people get a good kick out of it