"WNBA Highlights | Los Angeles Sparks vs Indiana Fever | 3rd QTR Full Game - Sep 4, 2024"

in the second half of the season Leah Boston does a great job of setting up Kelsey Mitchell you dribble right at Mitchell's Defender and let her v-cut back door and she's just too quick Carell to switch on to Boston auson just pounding her there on the perimeter Sims off the screen driveing into samelson and denied what a tremendous defensive play Katie Lan Lan on the switch using her length not fouling doing a great job of contesting so Samuelson with a block on one end will now head to the free throw line on the other play five minutes here in the first half Samuelson who is dealing with an illness has not played much for Indiana here out of the Olympic break in fact she scored just three total points since the Olympic break some of that has been the arrival of Lexi hole she has taken a lot of those Wing minutes we haven't seen Christy Wallace much either you know you got to play your role you got to star in your role and I think Katie Lou is you know she started the season coming off the bench she had a starting role now she's coming off the bench again she's a new mom she's dealing with a lot you know her her baby Aaliyah is 11 months old of course dear Hami you know she had two kids and she was back in six weeks so she's a crazy woman and Hami playing at all WNBA level this year here is Hami shot too strong while ping pongs around look at Lexi Hull hit the deck they're going to get her for a foul Hami usually finishes all of that activity around the rim just three for nine for dear Hami the same [Applause] sentence hole has three fouls for Indiana knock clock down to seven Jackson trying to create driving on Samuel shot Off the Mark there's Hami right place right time Hami off that bronze medal in the three on three in the Olympics remember Cameron Brink was a starter on this team number two pick in the draft who was hurt got hurt with an ACL injury 15 games in Cameron brings back home rehab and Cameron we're sing our best to you but hamy got to take her place in the Olympics got to be a leader and for RIA it's like you're going to be an All-Star in this league just keep working and you get encouraging words from a veteran like that who knows what it takes to win really helps bring your team together question and that's what Erica wheeler right there has tried to do for Indiana as well been a mentor here for this group Boston knocks down the free throws Indiana has shot well from the foul line they are 10 of 11 pulled back within a point here [Applause] [Music] and looking inside here is Jackson has the size advantage on Wheeler and Jackson knocks it down pretty stroke I think Ria Jackson is going to be an Allstar in this game I think she's got all the tools she's a high level Elite scorer she's an incredible athlete and she lets the game come to her I've never seen her push or Force anything in the W when the game slows down and you're a rookie that's impressive oh Clark beautiful find to a cutting Boston really nice first half for Boston who has 14 go inside the Hami and try to get her going looks like they're going to their horn set then on the defensive ENT I might blit the first ball screen just to see if Indiana handles it here's tal got caught in the air and turns it over nice hands there by Aaliyah Boston Clark bouncing for Boston and gives it right [Applause] back Sims into hole and gets it to go off balance shots [Applause] here is Boston with all sorts of space Mitchell on the drive turns the corner and gets to the rim forget about it she gets to that left hand so explosive off the bounce I mean incredibly fun to watch I always say this Pat she's like a running back Archie Griffin style if you will shoulder pads over the thigh pads here is talo who shuffled like a running back that's what Kelsey Mitchell always looks like to me when she turns a corner we've seen that speed be such an asset here for this fever offense for Caitlyn Clark as Indiana's offense has exploded here out of the Olympic break Smith going oneon-one attacking Hami and winning the battle Indiana knows it's one-on-one coverage in the post they have great spacing around that one-on-one coverage so if you bring help they're they're all willing passers out of that play here's Stevens lining up a triple and Aire Stevens is knocked down three from out there three triples aay shoot till your arm falls off aay the Sparks have hit four more threes than the fever have here tonight one of the top three-point shooting teams in the league they shoot it third best Stevens is leaving this one short a little bit of heat check there for Aire Stevens and deservedly so there's that Blitz that's the way I would have started CT Miller has his team Blitz and it results in ALA Boston getting away staying after it but you make cin C give it up Boston now with 14 and eight he's finding some room to work down there and on the other end Odyssey Sims able to shovel it there to Stevens and clck will just let it go out of bounds play in the first half looks like they're going right back to it here in the second CLK once again seeing double team it frees up Boston and Boston can't finish underneath Mitchell has the offensive rebound for Indiana Mitchell staying aggressive flips it up flips it in to the right hand Cy Mitchell and we are just going to a little walk to the other end of the court and try this again false start on the inbound I think B start well you had the Griffin references and all the football references so just kind of had my mind on the grid iron penalty on the [Applause] officials be interesting to see how the fever responded here they've felt at times kind of stuck in second gear but they've shown lips of breaking out of it they've taken better care of the ball here in the second [Applause] half first driveing on Clark feeds it back for Hami Hami with a crossover driving into Smith leaves a shot short defense there by Alissa [Applause] Smith Arc with nine points seven assists here so far Clark crossing over and dropping a three clar Clark so smooth oh and it's Clark with a steal Clark Off to the Races Sims given Chase she won't get there it's just a different energy in the building when Caitlyn scores Little Five O burst from Caitlyn Clark as Jackson throws up a wild shot guess who with the rebound we're on triple double watch just so you know Clark looking for more Clark off the screen bounces for [Applause] Boston AR with 14 points seven assists six rebounds here is Hami on the other end spinning and drawing the [Music] foul as dear Hami knocks down the first Boston couldn't finish on the other end a chance for Indiana to go up Seven there Hami here headed to the free throw line Clark 14 points six rebounds seven assists Pat she does have one triple double she's the only rookie in the history of the league to have a triple double July 7th against New York 19 12 and 13 Mar still seeing two bodies opens up space for Boston here's ho on the drive puts on the brakes and had it knocked away good hands there by Hami and nurse a little too far for deer on the other end the Sparks give it back so Kurt Miller blitzes the first possession of the game no more blitzes in the first half but starts the second half with exactly what I thought he might do is show a few more blitzes and what it's done is because Indiana has not seen a lot of that lately it does throw you off Rhythm a little bit not that they don't prepare for it because they rep it every day and practice he's such a master tactician it's always a chess match I think you got to change the rhythm of the game at different points in the game and there's lots of ways you can change the rhythm of the game sometimes it's a timeout or a substitution sometimes it's changing your ball screen cover could be the pace that you play with there's many ways you can do it but you have to change it can't play the same all the time Sims the switch on to Boston driving on Boston and draws the foul just the second on Aaliyah Boston here tonight Boston one rebound from a double double this is what La does well they're second in the league and drawing fouls so they're very much a downhill get you in isolation look to attack and that's Odyssey Sims game she averaged 17 points on a hardship in Dallas here she's averaging just under 10 points a game last week Sim so the 11year vet more than capable of nights like this he going to had some momentum there a five-point lead it's been responded to a four-point run by the Sparks Clark being watch by nurse Clark on the drive far hangs and Banks it home so much better going downhill when she goes to the right and she gets her hips equal or past her Defender really can't stop ton turning on Lexi hle shot too strong and the fever fumble the rebound really good 4 trying to establish leu in there the fever have a couple bodies on her really good switches there good communication by the fever not clock down to five Sim's going to have to hoist from way outside and once again this one is off of Yu thought Lexi hle might have gotten that one last instead it's fever ball really good job defensively a of switches on mismatches that the LA Sparks created on the Indiana Fever defense but the communication is what you're hoping for right there especially from your defense particularly when it's in front of your bench where your bench can help you on that Clark Kelsey Mitchell Aaliyah Boston each sitting on 16 points here so far tonight as Indiana holding on to that slim three-point Advantage Mitchell to switch on to Lee here is Clark launching Box by [Applause] nurse Sims using that Steven screen she snakes behind it when she creates this mismatch for azer Stevens it's a really well-designed play by Kurt Miller and Indiana likes to ice those ball screens on the side of the floor on the one of the sides so they're trying to keep the ball on the same side when there's that much space to snake behind you put a lot of pressure on the defense in the second level now the switch on to Stevens Mitchell putting on the moves Mitchell on the drive drops it for [Applause] Smith we were still shooting over 50% from the floor haven't been able to shake the [Applause] Sparks inside for Jackson poked Away by Mitchell wheeler giving Chase Jackson way too strong Sims has it on the other end nurse is open that three ball won't fall now it's wheeler turning on the Jets wheeler going coast to coast and Wheeler drawing the foul that's kind of a signature Erica Wheeler play we haven't seen a whole lot of this year obviously play in lesser minutes with Caitlyn Clark now in the mix but when you talk about Erica wheeler in her prime that and Wheeler knocks down the first look play just six minutes in that win over Dallas on Sunday second fewest of the Season played over half the game in Chicago of a matchup based decision for Christy sides wheeler wed two Boston the offensive rebound thought about going back up out to Clark Clark on the fake Clark on the drive behind the back to B extra pass it's wheeler put it on the Highlight [Applause] Reel oh the unselfishness from the fever on that play giving up good looks for Great Looks Indiana back up five and nurse with a silencer he a nurse three triples Clark trying to answer you bet w