Indiana Fever vs Dallas Wings FULL GAME - 3rd QTR Sep 1, 2024 | Women's Basketball | WNBA 2024

P going six of n satu was one of five and that's been a problem for Indiana 50% of their opponent Opps opponent points have been mid-range inside that's going to be 3 seconds let's check in with sioban her it little update here at halftime yes I was able to talk to head coach Latricia tro after the half and she told me hey Indiana Fever have seven offensive rebounds and that just won't cut it she says the team needs to play better defense and Nancy and Ron she says Hey when we execute and play together we're Unstoppable and they're coming off obviously their best three- game stretch and best game defensively when they played Minnesota on top satu with three on the shot clock nothing but the bottom of the deck satu was one of eight Nancy in the first half that's a good sign for the wing it's a great sign but the fact that they put the ball inside it makes the play regarding s to drop down and and hedge and Jab and then you kick it right out and you get a three Boston tries to take it on mowan who goes down hard then they Tire up that'll be a jump ball and a r you know and and the coaches preach to TI maau and kot brown for that matter you got to grab the ball you got to hold on to it or keep it up high right or keep it up high and grasp it bring it down low you're going to cause problems all right we're going to do that this is going to be the Ron Thulin drill tomorrow and the the Dallas Wings basketball camp we're going to rebound and we're going to keep it high and it's your it's your play 7even years doing the NBA with yub I was in a basketball camp every day with him Mitchell outside and she's got another three her second of the ball game to move to 18 for the game when a player is in this type of Rhythm it's unbelievable and they have to keep firing Dallas has got to pass the basketball they can't afford to go one shot and go the other way Smith on the follow Second Chance [Applause] point but still the pace of the game is good and you know in the first half by and large both teams are getting the ball up the floor off the rebound within 3 seconds that's good ball movement and Shu another three here second and the half nice pass from TI she knows and when you keep your head up as a big you can see the the big coming at you Clark no here is Howard Howard one on Three going to wait for the truth talking about their passing in the second game against New York just a week or so ago they were averaging less than one pass in 50 possessions that had to change and it did the last three games and this is playing so well right now and oh my goodness The Olympian for Germany satu sabali what a shot she has she worked on that for so long Ron eight in the first half six here in the second check that yeah that's right six in the second Smith spins got it Smith doing her part she's got 14 in the ball game well the fact that the fact that the wings have doubled up pretty much the fever in three-point attempts mean how about arque just tied her career high Nancy and three-pointers made oh that's seven for her and you know I was looking to see what the adjustment was going to be uh for for Coach sides and this team CL comes back at answers I saw the adjustment just now Clark 15 to go along with her five assists obviously hands down the favorite Rookie of the Year for good reason you know I love where the game of basketball is in the W the read and react most teams are similar in how they play you know Concepts and Concepts become plays Howard needed that and here comes J Sheldon Clark trailing that's going to be a hard foul are they going to look at it I think committed against Kaitlyn amazing yeah I mean there's been five in 32 games but you you it's a very physical League there's talented athletes across the board and Casey Sheldon is one of them case sh Jason Sheldon saying that I think I can help this team even more than I've done she has really come along the last couple of weeks of the season lead is seven biggest lead of the game for the wings biggest lead for Indiana has been four tough defense on Clark that's a tough shot can't get it arque sneaks behind Smith up ahead flash off face to suu and takes it herself what a move by Natasha Howard from three getting everybody involved here is Hall has it poked away nice defense satu on top Smith they close they show the double Boston no nice job maau pulling that her ninth rebound this great defense in this quarter by the Wings doing a great job marks got it the lead is nine biggest lead for either team this afternoon that's going to be a kick ball that's not as good as the kick that arque had a couple of years ago yeah she had a good one but I thought this was FC Dallas my fa I wasn't sure what game we're at but so I want to get back to the defense uh LT doing a great job with her basketball team making sure they're going over screens at the appropriate time Howard with a rejection that's her first of the ball game there you and I were chat you know when I walked in here before the game there were just hundreds of fans lined up oh yeah what Caitlyn Clark has done for the game is is generational and I just as a as a baller to a baller I just want to say thank you to you Caitlyn Clark absolutely for just lifting our game up you and so many great players but what you're doing you're going to make all these women multi-millionaires one day like tiger did like Michael Jordan did and we shouldn't hate on her we should celebrate her not tolerate her arque to pull up no offensive rebound shotu can't get it up ahead Clark beautiful pass to Mitchell you talked about it at the open you're going to continue to see this throughout the season hey by the way if keeper make the playoffs you do not want to play this team in a series a short series that is going to be a problem with Boston with Smith with Hall with Caitlyn and arque got a new career high in three pointers made her eighth of the game she's got 30 in the ball game her six 30-point effort today and then Mitchell fouled by arque they're going to replay it arque cannot believe Dallas Wings bench and Mitchell once again two free throws to make one now they get the ball Wheeler's got not wheeler but Mitchell has the most beautiful shot you know lefties always have whether you're bowling or pitching or throwing a football Le these just have that smoothness about them what is it well this is going to be doctor yeah I have no idea now this is going to be the flagrant one it was ruled arque is just in a groove right now I know she didn't even want to sit down because she just wants to be out there because she's having this career game in every big game arque just lights up TV because people get to see how great she is and she's so young and she's [Music] hungry and arque they're going to have to sit her down we don't see arque actually kind of that you know we know with her relationship with Kobe now Indiana with a chance to pull within one or even tie it up CLK inside can't be grabbed Here Comes Natasha Howard Sheldon getting the majority of the playing time most she's had in the three-game win streak that's going to be a foul as Natasha Howard flies out of the pack fouled by Clark that'll be her second personal and arque is going to come back into the lineup again already a career-high eight three-pointers made third for arque and and really great awareness of you know by coach traml because you don't want to keep somebody who is so hot and playing so great on the bench when they've just been crushing it Boston Alissa Smith her third satu looking for her 20th Point good hustle arque can't come down with it Indiana will have it you know what arque is a really fantastic rebounder for a guard but she is a two-way player she plays so hard on the defensive end 12 bow run now for Indiana trying to expand on that arque tough B away can't get it Smith rips it away her eighth board two away from a double double for Nelissa Smith Smith 13 double doubles last year she's got seven this year here whistle and a foul see the one thing that Caitlyn Clark of many things not just one she dribbles at the defender so the defender's instinct is to step up and help the minute you dribble at the defender you go back door and there's no help if you have Shooters on the weak side oh great play and it ends up in Caitlyn clar getting her 19th Point that's a great out of bounds play because on the other side it was an open an open Corner the corner was not filled with the player Howard faces up on Smith backs are down Clark showed the double Jeffrey Smith Blows the Whistle calls the calls the foul you know we keep talking about the IQ and the EQ the you know intellectual intelligence of reading how the defense is playing you don't if there's young players out there don't play the play play the game good point play the game and read what is in front of you and coaches will want you on the floor now Christie sides wants a little explanation from Jeffrey Smith Jeffrey joined by Tim Green the crew chief Sarah Williams well they're going to call that a flagrant I think or was at a defense of 3 [Applause] seconds now they're seeing offensive foul Kel Mitchell and arque has got 31 and Dallas will have the ball out once again you just got to take advantage of these these opportunities because this game is so tight arque by the way had a 40-point game against Phoenix back in May how about that maaan again and you mentioned it the other night against Minnesota she missed at least five or six from right underneath yeah those are the ones she's just got to got to put down how about that defensive play from mque that's a great play cuz she came all the way over if I'm correct from the weak side to help on that back door cut Indiana but that's only five here in the third they had nine in the opening half which led to 12 points for Dallas 206 to play here in quarter number three yeah we really haven't uh seen aiyah Boston get involved in this game and she's part of that big three here's a great example for Natasha Howard she has not had the big scoring that she's had the last three games but the aggressiveness she just showed basically saying I'm going to I'm going to go in here and I have to go to the line but I'm going to make something happen well she's going to do whatever it takes to win whether it's setting that screen on the curl just now for sat two she's she's really a selfless player you know she knows had a win she's done this before fouls going to mayam Boston and that'll be her third personal foul visit Dallas wings.com you know I look at uh Katie L Sam Samuelson who's in the game played at Yukon won the National Championship in 2016 with Gino second all time in threes made so that right so now we've been talking for a while now that the three-point shooting has been a struggle in this game for the fever and that's where Christie goes okay I got to put another three-point shooter on the floor well Dallas did a great job against Minnesota three-point shooting they came in hot Dallas really guarded the three-point uh line well in that context well you know that was one thing that uh coach trell said to us is that you must limit their threes that's a bad turnover there you saw the Natasha Howard two time all defense defensive player of the year we saw a couple of great plays in that Minnesota game we just saw one there Howard rebound dtis here's Clark with a minute and a half to play in the third an entertaining third and Dallas is going to have it the hustle play by our and you can get to that eighth spot it's never easy because you've been pushing the boulder up the hill but you can do this it's right in front of you if you're the wings closing in on a minute to play here in the third Clark Sheldon tracks are down D tough call away 13 no arque pulls down the rebound arque seven rebounds and 31 points arque nice job boxing out by Mitchell and she looked like she may have got a little hit in the elbow a little [Music] bit Howard with Sheldon Clark will commit the foul so important on those handoffs or the dhos dribble handoffs if you are the person with the ball you can't keep the ball out with space cuz the defender is going to step in front you have to have it tight so the the defender hits you and you hand the ball off and they can turn the corner here's a good coaching move they're going to bring in Matty seagis because they want the 40 seconds plus the commercial time between quarters to give somebody a rest and probably is going to be Natasha or satu yeah probably probably what what are you what are you betting here I'm going to go with the S we'll see Natasha at theine line last three games she shot 58% and his average 23.7 it's going to be satu sitting down once again you win Ron live squirrel finds an a cour every now that now they're going to tape up the right elbow of Kelsey Mitchell hey we mentioned that Rick carile was here coach car with the Pacers coming and supporting have you been watching them by the way because when the game's going he's nervous yeah yeah he's at the edge of his seat sitting next to car BB wife of Greg bip but he's he's kind of like he's coaching the game well one of the great things of many about Coach Carlile is that he is such a supporter of women's Athletics and the W and this guy is the president of the NBA players the coaches association oh that by the way sorry coach car but in her off seon during the Olympic break Caitlyn Clark worked on her floater just inside the lane we all lamented that she didn't have a floater she now has a floater how about Clark she's got 21 of the ball game and there's colani from the [Applause] outside Brown final six seconds Clark Sheldon has done a nice job Clark for three no the follow at the buzzer what a play by timy F benley boy that was a great hustle play we're going to take a look at it again you talk about a hustle play that's exactly what it was