A'ja Wilson, Tiffany Hayes and HC Becky Hammond speaks after The Las Vegas Aces Win Over The Dream!!

Asia Wilson and Tiffany Hayes spoke quickly before getting the hell out of the arena and head coach Becky Hammond speaks on Las Vegas Aces win over Atlanta Dream check out the video you've talked a lot about how important the defense is for you guys communication is a lot of switching on for yall tonight just from your view how did you feel the defense say 72 points is pretty good okay 72 points is pretty good so uh feel like pretty good on the defensive end um yeah we held him to 20 our third quarters are a little shaky and we kind of held him to 20 in the third quarter so that's pretty that's pretty good but we still have work to do we're not perfect um but at the same time I'm very pleased at our defensive uh mindset today and we're just going to keep growing uh keep what Becky always says put bottle it up and open it when we needed and that's going to be the next game so I think on the defensive end we pretty we did a decent job thanks yep see you I didn't get to hear any tip comments no she talk about her double double next time get that knee up and compression I'm send Jer Matthew do you have a question for Becky I can start um Becky congrats on the win I wanted to know what was the reason for sits you used to listed his agress what did you see where you thought you needed to agress Jackie tonight and getting a performance like this from tip in her replacement how important are performances like this gonna gonna be from the others as we go down the stretch here I mean for Jackie it was she wanted to play I wouldn't let her um because sometimes these athletes you have to help save them from themselves at times and I know she had some aches and pains and I just thought the rest because she really didn't get any you know over the break and then when you come back already kind of dinged up a little bit it starts to to compound um so I made it a executive decision to to sit her she's not happy she's still not happy with me um but that's all right we'll get through and um there's just isn't another time to get her rest so I felt like this was the only time where you know we could the two days after Dallas she gets today and she's going to get tomorrow um to try to get some of her burst back um she's hurting and I just said sit that's all that was uh two for you if I can had into this game you were asked about the possibility of clinching a playoff birth and you were like I do not care we just need to focus on the game does that perspective change at all now that it's done out of the way is there any situation where you care about the standings I mean not really I mean we have been better on the road than we have at home I mean if you want to look keep it positive uh I mean I feel just like our our we have so much better basketball in front of us and so a we have to pull and grind and execute and you know it's it's been a climb this year like I told them y'all want to get on the mountain top but there's no chairlift you gotta climb and so when we are taking steps and and to me it's about it's it's not so much about the losses it's can can we learn from them and do better and we have to have carryover when there's correction so um I mean great we're in the playoffs great but I don't care I care about Phoenix next and then uh secondly Chelsea gra after the wings uh game you kind of talked about Chelsea's confidence increasing a lot today we saw some C stuff like there was almost a generational like behind the back pass how do you and then a smoked layup I'm GNA get Sid for that all day I'm G get her but I guess how have you come seen that grow and what's that process like coaching her through this return as it stands now look I think she's doing great um at the end of the day it's never been her athleticism it's been her mind in her eyes for the game and her feel for the game her energy and joy for her teammates um um and tonight you know she didn't shoot very well but she had timely ones she hit big ones and so that's kind of that's why you roll with her right like she maybe missed I think she was over for going into and then finally hit a shot and then hits a big one um one at a time that we needed one so that's really who she is she likes those moments we've all been witness to it and it's just nice to see her getting back to you know that confident and and able to execute and able to jump and all those things that you need to do to play basketball she she's she's doing great when you consider you know surger she's not in a year out of surgery not even close so she's doing wonderful coach if we were walking down the hall we wondered if Asia Wilson's 25 15 turnovers game been done before it's been once by Asia Wilson against Atlanta on July 12th this year when she had 33 points 18 rebounds five blocks zero yeah I mean that woman is something else she's cut different um the turnovers her care for the ball amongst not she in traffic all the time she gets double and triple team and I mean I don't know she had like Spider-Man hands or something like the ball just sticks she don't she doesn't C that thing up easily and um she's just to me since I've been a part of this league which is 99 um you know little Hiatus in the NBA for eight years but come back to this league I don't know if we've seen a season like she's doing right now I I don't I mean somebody can look up some stats but I can't recall um somebody who has more steals blocks assists points and rebounds than turnovers and it's not even close it's it's not like oh she barely has a few more Steals and assists or a few more uh or turnovers or or a few more blocks than turn like it's substantial substantially more um she's just a beautiful player to watch Becky too if possible you uh you took a timeout early in that second quarter with the team of 2 96 to that point Atlanta has shot 50% from the field they shot 31% the rest of the way did it ever really feel like the team settled in on defense um you know we were kind of figuring out on the Fly I thought like what uh we adjusted and looked at at halftime helped um true to form of our opponents they go in at halftime and get all over their players to hit the boards and they did and the offensive rebound started to become a little bit of an issue for us again in that second half um so it's just basic stuff that that we need to clean up um but we were we were mixing in some defenses which we haven't done as much of um because we haven't been solid in our base a lot of times so you unless you're really airtight in your base um it's hard to throw junk out there so we were mixing things up a lot just trying to make looks difficult and then we got a rebound that's another problem with junker you know playing his own or doing what mixing up defense is um the blocking out part um so I still feel like we have a lot of room for growth there uh super excited to see tip have 10 boards like that's huge for our guards to get in there um and give Asia some help and then you know just everybody chipping in and doing their part it's not about who gets the rebound it's about us getting the rebound and then you kind of just spoke about it a second ago but one home game over the next six outings does that change the method or philosophy trying to build some consistency to close the season no like I said ear I mean we've been crap at home so we're we're happy to get these home WIS but the road has been better better for us in ways um than than our normal home cooking um that being said I think it's it's you know I think we're one or two raindrops away from making it flood we just got to kind of like get through it's like that final push through um until we start really kind of flowing and so it can seem kind of like stuck in mud at times feels that way I know it does for me and for them so that that dig down factor of being solid on both ends of the floor when it gets like that that's really what I'm looking for at the end of the day home away I'm I'm looking for solid up to standard ACES Basketball uh before we finish up in the room let's jump to Mike B yeah um coach you mentioned what what a is doing I mean you actually played against the three players who were three time MVPs with swoops and LJ and and Lisa Lesley and I just wonder when you when you look at historically comparing um Asia has a chance of probably right now is is by far the front runner of joining them as a three-time MVP what that means historically for for a player to to do something like that I mean I guess that I mean history is history right and I think think um I just don't want to I felt like last year you know yall know how I feel about last year um just crazy efficient she's been doing this for two years in a row now just crazy efficient and um it's just I I just don't want it to be lost on people how special this woman is um and in what she's doing like you may not see it you know you're talking about three players over what is this league you know you know 27 28 years old three players um and and she's in a conversation for a third MVP um and ain't even in her 30s yet uh and every year that I I've worked with her I mean I remember my first year uh flew her down to um San Antonio to get a workout we go in we're working out and I'm like wow you can really shoot like like deep and she was like yeah I was like all right well I never really see you shoot that I was like but as soon as you develop that like you're going to be unguardable because if you get that consistent she's so fast and her second jump might be quicker than her first jump um just getting off the floor um she just becomes a whole handful and then you know come back next year and now I'm like asking her to bring the ball up more like everything that I've ever asked her to do she just goes and and does it and makes it so look easy it is not easy what she's doing she makes it look easy and that's when you know you have a special player Steph Curry shooting threes he makes it look easy that stuff is difficult that he's doing and and I think it's a similar just special generational Talent thank you last question on the back coach a lot of fans were asking about the back of your jacket anything special in regards to the details on the back of your jacket not really it means living or Alive living um no I just likeed it all right thank you everyone be sure to like comment and subscribe see you in the next video hoop life family