Monarchs Mojo and the Sting

Goodness gracious was that an ugly game. As ugly as that game in Charlotte sounded. Don't know what it is about the Sting and whatever it was they do that just makes the Monarchs play stupid basketball. 20+ freakin' turnovers?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I mean c'mon now. :eek: They could not make good passes to save their life tonight. And how many times did we see a Monarchs player catch the ball and then drop the ball between their legs to a Sting player.

Nice to see Kara getting her offensive groove going again. Two games in a row for her. Brunson was 3-3 from the floor and that seemed like a good sign to me, she still was a monster on the boards.

Was there any particular reason why Ticha did not finish the game?

Was there any particular reason why this trio of officials #$(ed major wind as much as they did. I'm getting sick of this nearly night after night. Did they fire all the decent refs before the season started? I don't think I've seen a group @ ARCO that I did not yell at from my seat for some stupid mind boggling call. Most of the time the officials are making multiple mind boggling stupid calls. I loved that they wanted to wait until someone got hurt or was about to get hurt before they would call a jump ball. :rolleyes:


After this craziness that was the first half of the season for the M's...they find some modicum of consistency and find themselves 4 games over .500 and in 2nd place in the conference. :eek: :confused:

Now its time to regroup, refocus and get back to work on Saturday and see if they can continue to fight their way back to the top of the conference. Eh...not that I'm going to hold my breath on this, but its a good goal to have nonetheless. They are getting closer to something good. I'm tossing the weirdness of tonight's game out as a fluke related to playing the Sting because its clear that the Sting have some sort of mind control powers which make them forget how to pass and/or catch the ball.
 
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I know what you mean MBF...what a crazy, sloppy win! Looked like everyone was jet lagged, & ready for a All-Star break. Kara's shot is starting to look smooth, & no hesitation in shooting the ball! The turnovers were not good & aganist top teams we will not win. Well lets just chalk this up to a win & expect better play to come...
Loved Brunsons energy, she was hitting the boards hard. Erin was getting roughed up, we might have to bulk her up some. One things for sure, she's always smiling & giving 100%.
 
I just looked at the box score, and everyone, except Tanty, had at least one turnover....:eek: I kept thinking, Nicole stop dribbling!!! She had 5 turnovers....just pass or shoot...preferably shoot, but we can't have everything. The usual hot potato offense kept this from being a higher scoring game.

Tan seemed to be more aggressive too. She was just pawing at everyone. And she did have 5 fouls....

The officiating, once again, was more than peculiar....on both sides....There were a couple of Monarchs walking, but the Sting was called for fouls. And that time Darling tried to call a timeout, and Ticha snatched the ball for a layup. The ref was right there....that should've been a timeout. And I thought if a player was injured and had to have assistance, that team either called a timeout or they just sent in a sub to continue the game. But they waited for Darling to have the bandaids put on....what was up with that??

Anyway, yes it was an ugly win....I hope they can get their composure together come next Saturday....I'll have to TIVO the game since I'll be out of town.
 
I didn't see what happened with Darling and why they were all just kinda standing around while Ticha slapped the ball away. I figured something dumb must have happened with the officials. But she was calling a time out?!?!?

I was trying to figure out why they were waiting for the trainer to perform what seemed like minor surgery on her FOR-EV-ER and we all just sorta sat around and waited. I figured since she was the FT shooter they couldn't sub for her. So I guess they also aren't required to take a time out for her either. But I have no idea....this was the 2nd group of officials I felt were just making stuff up as they went along.
 
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