Purple Reign's Keys to WNBA Finals Victory over Detroit Shock

Purple Reign

Purple Reign

Starter
I kind of figured that due to the overwhelming fashion that the Monarchs defeated the Comets and the Sparks that they would go into this series as the overwhelming favorite. I was going to make my first point that the Monarchs will be the favorite, so change your mindset from underdog to champion.

But I have found that based on the experts from both WNBA.com and ESPN.com that the Shock are slight favorites. Therefore the Monarchs go back into another series with a chip on their shoulder I hope.

Here are my keys to victory:

MATCH AND EXCEED "THE BAD GIRLS" INTENSITY AND PHYSICAL NATURE OF PLAY
The Shock pride themselves on physical play and intimidation. That is what Bill laimbeer preaches. In fact I believe the Shock will go into this series looking to maim and amputate. So it is up to the "bigs" of the Monarchs Yo. Rebecca, DeMya and Erin to match Cheryl Ford, Ruth Riley (although she is soft), Kara Braxton.

KEEP CASH OUT OF HER GAME
The national media is raving how Swin Cash is back after her one good game against the Sun. I am not buying it at all. I have never seen Swin Cash play a good game against Sacramento. Between Powell and Maiga-ba, they have to keep her in the 30 to 40 percent shooting range.

KEEP TWEETY OUT OF THE PAINT, MAKE SMITH DRIVE TO THE BASKET
Deana Nolan is by far the most athletic player in the WNBA. She is incredible, Allen Iverson like. But like "The Answer", Nolan is a volume scorer and is streaky from the outside as can be. Make her prove that she can shoot every single game. Do not give her a lane to turn the corner and go to the basket. In fact this is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Detroit. God bless K-Law, but she nor Ticha has the foot speed to keep up with her. MAKE HER SHOOT JUMP SHOTS!!! At the same time, Ticha should play up on Katie Smith and do not give her a jump shot. She is not the prototypical point guard. Force her to create and hope for turnovers.

YO MUST SHOW RILEY THAT SHE IS THE BOSS
I would feed Griffith the ball every single time down the floor and run the offense through the post. Make Detroit double team, and Yo must look for shooters. Riley can not guard her one on one. This is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Sacramento.

BENCH PLAY IS CRUCIAL
The Monarchs must get more from Bueschler and Brunson. In fact the "X" factor is Rebecca Brunson. She is our Cheryl Ford. A combo of Becky and Walker should create fits.

GET ONE IN MOTOWN
It seems like the Monarchs have cured their road woes of the regular season. They can not come back to Arco down 0-2. The Shock are 16-3 at home this year, so it will be tough. But somehow the Monarchs have to enter Arco with one win in order to make this happen. it is not impossible down 0-2, but i would not want to be in the situation.
 
MATCH AND EXCEED "THE BAD GIRLS" INTENSITY AND PHYSICAL NATURE OF PLAY
The Shock pride themselves on physical play and intimidation. That is what Bill laimbeer preaches. In fact I believe the Shock will go into this series looking to maim and amputate. So it is up to the "bigs" of the Monarchs Yo. Rebecca, DeMya and Erin to match Cheryl Ford, Ruth Riley (although she is soft), Kara Braxton.

During the last meeting, and the physicality that was doled out in that game? The Monarchs front line can bring it and be equally as nasty. Brunson and Pierson I thought were about to come to blows, and B gave nary an inch of ground, and she’s the less outwardly nasty of our three primary front line players.

KEEP CASH OUT OF HER GAME
The national media is raving how Swin Cash is back after her one good game against the Sun. I am not buying it at all. I have never seen Swin Cash play a good game against Sacramento. Between Powell and Maiga-ba, they have to keep her in the 30 to 40 percent shooting range.

Nail on the head, it’s been a while since Swin has played well against Sac. I think perhaps when we saw them during Laimbeers first few games at the head coach she lit into us. But I don’t recall her doing anything since then. We don’t really want Swin shooting close to 40 either, keep her in the low 30s. and shooter jumpers like everybody else. If she’s higher than the low 30s we’re letting her drive and get underneath the basket for rebounds/putbacks too much.

KEEP TWEETY OUT OF THE PAINT, MAKE SMITH DRIVE TO THE BASKET
Deana Nolan is by far the most athletic player in the WNBA. She is incredible, Allen Iverson like. But like "The Answer", Nolan is a volume scorer and is streaky from the outside as can be. Make her prove that she can shoot every single game. Do not give her a lane to turn the corner and go to the basket. In fact this is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Detroit. God bless K-Law, but she nor Ticha has the foot speed to keep up with her. MAKE HER SHOOT JUMP SHOTS!!! At the same time, Ticha should play up on Katie Smith and do not give her a jump shot. She is not the prototypical point guard. Force her to create and hope for turnovers.

Lawson’s job is to score in this series and play as passable a level of defense as she possibly can. Then mental image of her getting broken down by TJ in the LA series is seared into my brain. Agree if they can keep Tweety from the basket that’s a good thing, but when she and Katie go streaky, they just go streaky from anywhere they want to get shots. Re: Katie Smith WORD!!! I’m at a loss how the PG matchup goes to Det in Lieberman’s mind. I mean shoot, Smith is not a freakin’ PG. Its within Ticha’s capabilities to slow Smith down in the PG slot and make her think or cough up the ball. Ticha can mark Powell too. Haynie? I’m not so sure, but she’s going to have to get down and go to work..and I mean HARD this series. I’m guessing Maiga and Haynie will be joined at the hip in rotations or Ticha is going to need to play 40.

YO MUST SHOW RILEY THAT SHE IS THE BOSS
I would feed Griffith the ball every single time down the floor and run the offense through the post. Make Detroit double team, and Yo must look for shooters. Riley can not guard her one on one. This is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Sacramento.

Oh Riley knows Yo is the boss. She not nearly as much of a non factor against Yo and DeMya as Dydek is, I’ll grant her that. But she’s not someone who I think has ever intimidated or denied to the extent she should have until the Finals in 2003. Yo has shown that she can pass out of the post when her cutters and shooters make themselves available to her by moving and not standing around. Walker certainly has skills at the high post.

BENCH PLAY IS CRUCIAL
The Monarchs must get more from Bueschler and Brunson. In fact the "X" factor is Rebecca Brunson. She is our Cheryl Ford. A combo of Becky and Walker should create fits.

This next week and a half would be a GREAT week for a Brunson breakout. I heard that Lieberman gave the PF matchup to Det. Uh…ok..maybe if Pierson plays well behind Ford’s minutes. For exactly the reason you gave PR, I don’t think its that much of a slam dunk in Det. Not only do we roll Walker and Brunson in that spot, but the Bueschwacker as well. I expect Brunson to light it up, she likes Detroit almost as much as Mabika likes seeing us. But if Buescher can come out and give us 5-8pts-3/4rebs to go along with whatever we get from Brunson and Walker, I think that combo counters whatever the Shock get and neutralizes their net effect. Maiga staying under control and out of foul trouble? It’s a good thing. A lil Sho-Time? Kim Smith making it off the bench and producing? Gravy.

GET ONE IN MOTOWN
It seems like the Monarchs have cured their road woes of the regular season. They can not come back to Arco down 0-2. The Shock are 16-3 at home this year, so it will be tough. But somehow the Monarchs have to enter Arco with one win in order to make this happen. it is not impossible down 0-2, but i would not want to be in the situation.

Absolutely critical that they steal at least one in Detroit. Agree that its not impossible to come back, but the odds fly out of their favor and they lose control of what they can control. Down 0-2 makes they have to win 2 straight just for the right to send the series back to Detroit. That has zero advantage written all over it, if they couldn’t take one in the first place.

Whiz’s rotations…..I’m going to toss this out there because this is an area where Whiz admits readily that he slipped a little bit this season. If he recognizes earlier/better when combinations aren’t working and finds the right pieces in the right situations, I think this swings in his favor. He’s got a lot of tools in his arsenal, if he plays them effectively and they produce when called, it’s all very very good.

Darling Nikki…who can forget the damage she did against LA in game 1 last week, or even better…the utter destruction offensively she unleashed on Detroit last season at ARCO? She needs to spend one more week connected to her inner shooter. Yeah, she’ll be called upon to check Swin, but Nikki P needs to rise up and assert herself for at least 10 days. Make them respect her as a scorer and for goodness sake BE A SCORER. I don’t care if she wants to make a cameo late in the game, doesn’t matter. But she has to be a scorer in this series. Join the double digits scorers club a couple of times. Especially on a night when Kara is equally lighting the nets up. And maybe too when Kara’s shot might be off. Which pretty much equals, every game. Again, I know Powell has been streaky but so has Cash, so I am perplexed as to how Detroit got the edge from Lieberman. Who comes in behind Cash? Maiga-Ba at least has shown she can score.

The other X factor…is floor leadership. I give us the edge here. This will be in the hands of our co-captains who have no equal on Detroit’s side. Especially when it comes to the reigning Finals MVP.

She who controls the paint controls this series. Monarchs must control what has been their domain throughout this playoff run thus far.

She who controls the defensive side of the ball also controls this series. I think in the last 4 matchups these teams have had, the Ms have had the better overall scheme. When they’ve laid some offense on top of that the results have been devastating. Can they bring that same intensity and combination for 10 more days? They better…They Run This!!
 
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I read NL's predictions....yeah, whatever.....:rolleyes:

Ticha can take Katie, she's faster. Katie is strong, but I think Ticha will get around her.

Kara vs Tweety is another story. Maybe bring in Sho-Time for a little more defense there.

Braxton really swings those elbows and hips...the last time at Arco, she slammed Bek I think, and it wasn't pretty.

Our bench is defintely deeper, they need to step it up.

The main thing they need, IMO, is to come out with their winning attitude. I watched that Game 3, and Detroit really did come out with a better overall attitude in that game. Conn just didn't seem to have "it". They weren't nearly as engaged in the game as Detroit. If Sacramento comes out focused and ready, they will do it.
 
For Sho to get more floor time, Powell I think has to be offensively effective or we must have broken down their interior defense. I think we're going to see A LOT of Miaga-Ba tho simply because of her size and athleticism. But I like the idea of Sho coming in and playing some minutes picking up Katie Smith @ PG once the ball comes up the floor.
 
Oh...and Nancy needs to stop crackin' on Nicole's defense. Someone needs to send her the tape of the last meeting between these two teams. Cash was a serious non-factor thanks to Nicole's poor individual defensive skills or how ever it was she put it.
 
I think Nolan's game is predicated on a mix of spot-up jumpshots, off-balance jumpshots and slashing. It's hard to contain her, of course, but if Scholanda Dorrell or Penichiero could keep up with her and cut off openings then that could really affect her game.
 
What about the Mojo Nancy

http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm41486US
Swin Cash Meet Turkish Mojo.

Nancy Meet the Turkish Mojo Defense.

Nobody has lit Nicole up. Wassup with this assesment. Cash is suppose to run all over someone? It may be even perhaps but No advantage to Cash.

BTW I think Ticha will get the Tweety Call.

But Agree with everything else.

Slugfest--- Got to love it

Detroit wants it... Come and Claim it




Monarchs 2006
Detroit Don't want this
WE RUN THIS ****
***CHEW***​











 
Some forward thinking analysis..courtesy of Marty McNeal.;)

Marty Mac takes the Monarchs in 4.


Also, I'd be surpised if Whiz puts Ticha on Nolan for any extended period of time because that'd too much energy she'd be expending chasing her around. If he was getting consistent and quality minutes from Haynie, I think Whiz might make that switch, but Ticha is going to log more minutes and she has a better chance of doing that expending less energy picking up Smith in the half court. Kara gives up height and probably strength to Smith, and that's almost worse than giving up speed to Nolan. It's Maiga-Ba who I think will be the key in that Nolan defensive matchup. Its Whiz' best opportunity to get height and speed on Nolan. That might get Smith off the bench if Powell is off the floor when Maiga is in and Nolan is still on the floor. Smith could take whoever is @ SF. I'm curious to see if Whiz goes away from what got him here and give Maiga the start over Lawson. Not sure I'd go away from that, but the more I think about the more tempting it is.
 
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someone needs to tell Nancy Lieberman that it doesnt take individual players being better than the other teams to win..

its takes a team effort to win the championship.

Sac will never get the appriciation it deserves and i feel bad for Nancy because Sac is winning this in 3
 
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Also, I'd be surpised if Whiz puts Ticha on Nolan for any extended period of time because that'd too much energy she'd be expending chasing her around. If he was getting consistent and quality minutes from Haynie, I think Whiz might make that switch, but Ticha is going to log more minutes and she has a better chance of doing that expending less energy picking up Smith in the half court. Kara gives up height and probably strength to Smith, and that's almost worse than giving up speed to Nolan. It's Maiga-Ba who I think will be the key in that Nolan defensive matchup. Its Whiz' best opportunity to get height and speed on Nolan. That might get Smith off the bench if Powell is off the floor when Maiga is in and Nolan is still on the floor. Smith could take whoever is @ SF. I'm curious to see if Whiz goes away from what got him here and give Maiga the start over Lawson. Not sure I'd go away from that, but the more I think about the more tempting it is.
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I'm pretty sure Whiz always uses Ticha on Nolan. I'm having a difficult time remembering the matchups this year, but I'm positive Ticha was guarding Tweety when they matched up last season. She did a great job of keeping the ball out of Tweety's hands to begin with in order to limit her effectiveness. But she'll definitely need some help, she can't guard Nolan for the whole 40.

Quote from Doris Burke's Keys to the Finals:

I would expect Ticha Penicheiro to defend Nolan as she is a better athlete and Powell has to contend with Swin Cash. Ticha is better defender against 2-gaurds than point guards. This might be the series where the Monarchs miss Chelsea Newton more than any other time this year. Ticha is a good defender and understands how to keep people in front of her, contests shots and gets over screens. But it will be a huge challenge for any individual defender to check Deanna.
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She probably did guard Nolan last year because they had Powell running point last year or were sparringly using Smith there after she arrived. Burke is right, this is where they miss Newton because Newton took all the PGs regardless. Ticha typically guarded Smith when she was a Lynx. I don't remember the matchups this season either. I do remember Ticha trying to step in front of Nolan racing into the front court and flying. I just looked to see who started for us @ the SG spot and it was Dorrell both games and I presume she took Smith. ::shrugging shoulders:: Both Smith and Nolan blew up in Det, so I'm not sure the match-up mattered. Ticha may be the best defender on both of Det.'s starting guards. ::shrugging shoulders:: I would just hate tho to give up size and strength on Smith tho, Nolan can't touch if Smith can't see her. Maybe putting Lawson on Smith is the best matchup to keep her in the starter slot. ::shrugging shoulders::

They seriously need solid minutes out of Maiga-Ba this series because I would glue her to Nolan.
 
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I just looked again @ Burke's analysis. Is she qualifying the reason why Ticha has to take Nolan because Powell has to take Cash? I love Nicole as a defender, but there's no way I'd put her on Nolan. I agree Ticha is a better defender of 2guards, but Smith is a 2 guard masquerading as a PG which is why Ticha has guarded her in the past.
 
Matchups for this series
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Small forwards
Swin Cash will be a tough matchup for Nicole Powell. Cash is an experienced defender, and Powell is a good shooter, especially in the open court. Cash was limited to 13 points in two games against the Monarchs this season, while Powell scored 23. Expect Cash to step up.
• Advantage: Shock
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WTH?????? I obviously am missing how this paragraph gets put together AND the final analysis is an advantage to the Shock because everybody appears to be doing this. Nicole...TAKE THIS PERSONALLY!!! Geezus...Shut Swin down again, and light the Shock the hell up Nicole. Your own beat writer is dissin' you now even though you nearly doubled up on Swin productivity in head to head meetings this season.

Ok...I will now try to refrain from talking amongst myself in this thread for at least another hour. ;)
 
The whole prediction thing and matchups can be really misleading. I think with the Monarchs anyone can step it up any time. It was mentioned somewhere, we don't have any "real" superstars, none of our players are in the top 5 of any of the major categories. So you don't really know who's going to go off. Personally, I like that. And when the other teams make their adjustments, someone else has the potential to take up the slack.

Underdog, schmunder dog....been there, done that......:rolleyes:

Besides......We Run This!!!!
 
C: Monarchs: (Yo) 17 pts. 5 rbs, Shock: (Riley) 2 pts. 0 rbs.
SG: Monarchs: (Kara) 22 pts., Shock: (Nolan) 14 pts.
PG: Monarchs: (Ticha) 3 pts. 6 ast., Shock: (Smith) 21 pts. 2 ast.
PF: Monarchs: (DeMya) 17 pts. 4 rbs., Shock: (Ford) 25 pts. 8 rbs.
SF: Monarchs: (Nicole) 21 pts., Shock: (Cash) 2 pts.

To date, in five games, the Monarchs have outscored their Playoff opponents by a total of 84 points!
 
Part of the SacBee's analysis:
...Swin Cash will be a tough matchup for Nicole Powell. Cash is an experienced defender, and Powell is a good shooter, especially in the open court. Cash was limited to 13 points in two games against the Monarchs this season, while Powell scored 23. Expect Cash to step up.
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I don't know who was posing as Swin Cash tonight, but the Swin Cash described in the above-mentioned SacBee article sure didn't show up at all in Game #1! :)
 
I think Bill Laimbeer is an idiot. He is not motivating his players, but rather, he is de-moralizing them. He takes Swin Cash out (a little too hastily - IMO) and belittles her on TV with his microphone on. He fights with Cheryl Ford and her response is something like, "You want to take me out of the game." If he doesn't turn things around (himself, especially), I predict you will see a team that continues to have bad vibes on the court.
 
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I think Bill Laimbeer is an idiot. He is not motivating his players, but rather, he is de-moralizing them. He takes Swin Cash out (a little too hastily - IMO) and belittles her on TV with his microphone on. He fights with Cheryl Ford and her response is something like, "You want to take me out of the game." If he doesn't turn things around (himself, especially), I predict you will see a team that continues to have bad vibes on the court.
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I missed the whole Cheryl Ford exchange. When did that take place?

MATCH AND EXCEED "THE BAD GIRLS" INTENSITY AND PHYSICAL NATURE OF PLAY
The Shock pride themselves on physical play and intimidation. That is what Bill laimbeer preaches. In fact I believe the Shock will go into this series looking to maim and amputate. So it is up to the "bigs" of the Monarchs Yo. Rebecca, DeMya and Erin to match Cheryl Ford, Ruth Riley (although she is soft), Kara Braxton.

GAME 1: SUCCESS
The Monarchs came out and busted Detroit in the mouth. Not only did they match the intensity, they exceeded the Shock intimidation. Brunson stood up against Ford, Griffith stood up against Ford. Riley retreated the entire night, and Nicole "KA"-Powell and K-law shot the entire starting lineup into Shock.

KEEP CASH OUT OF HER GAME
The national media is raving how Swin Cash is back after her one good game against the Sun. I am not buying it at all. I have never seen Swin Cash play a good game against Sacramento. Between Powell and Maiga-ba, they have to keep her in the 30 to 40 percent shooting range.

GAME 1: SUCCESS
Cash - 11 min, 0-2 FG, 0 FT, 1 reb, 0 assist, 0 POINTS!!!

This is why I try so hard not to pay attention to the national media. Because they have a tendacity (ESPECIALLY IN THE WNBA) to latch on to the obvious. because they are so lazy to do their homework, they figured that Cash was as good as her last performance. the bottom line is she is not that good anymore. She is not the same player she was at UConn. She may be pleasing to the eye, and have a lot of flair in her personality, but that never ever translates into good basketball.

KEEP TWEETY OUT OF THE PAINT, MAKE SMITH DRIVE TO THE BASKET
Deana Nolan is by far the most athletic player in the WNBA. She is incredible, Allen Iverson like. But like "The Answer", Nolan is a volume scorer and is streaky from the outside as can be. Make her prove that she can shoot every single game. Do not give her a lane to turn the corner and go to the basket. In fact this is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Detroit. God bless K-Law, but she nor Ticha has the foot speed to keep up with her. MAKE HER SHOOT JUMP SHOTS!!! At the same time, Ticha should play up on Katie Smith and do not give her a jump shot. She is not the prototypical point guard. Force her to create and hope for turnovers.

GAME 1: SUCCESS/PARTIAL SUCCESS
Nolan - 6 FG's, 1-2 FT's, 14 POINTS ON 14 SHOTS
Smith - 4 of 6 in 3 pointers

But because Smith (along with Ford) was the only player on the floor that was keeping the Shock in the game, I will give that partial success. But i would rather give Smith her shots and keep Nolan in check, then to allow Nolan to go off and open up the floor for everybody else.

YO MUST SHOW RILEY THAT SHE IS THE BOSS
I would feed Griffith the ball every single time down the floor and run the offense through the post. Make Detroit double team, and Yo must look for shooters. Riley can not guard her one on one. This is the biggest mismatch on the floor for Sacramento.

GAME 1: SUCCESS
Riley - 15 min, 0-1 FG, 0 REBOUNDS, 1 block, 2 TO, 4 FOULS
Griffith - 26 min, 17 BIG POINTS, 5 boards

'nough said.

BENCH PLAY IS CRUCIAL
The Monarchs must get more from Bueschler and Brunson. In fact the "X" factor is Rebecca Brunson. She is our Cheryl Ford. A combo of Becky and Walker should create fits.

GAME 1: SUCCESS
Monarchs Bench: 15 points, 15 rebounds
Shock Bench: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assist

But what distinguishes the benches is the quality, quality, quality minutes from Kristen Haynie.

Haynie: 17 minutes, 4 rebounds and 5 BIG STEALS. She was outstnding tonight. haynie came in and gave Ticha big blows in blocks of minutes, and the team did not skip a beat. She controled tempo and was extremely active underneath the basket.

GET ONE IN MOTOWN
It seems like the Monarchs have cured their road woes of the regular season. They can not come back to Arco down 0-2. The Shock are 16-3 at home this year, so it will be tough. But somehow the Monarchs have to enter Arco with one win in order to make this happen. it is not impossible down 0-2, but i would not want to be in the situation.

GAME 1: SUCCESS

Sacramento 1, Detroit 0 :D
 
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I think Bill Laimbeer is an idiot. He is not motivating his players, but rather, he is de-moralizing them. He takes Swin Cash out (a little too hastily - IMO) and belittles her on TV with his microphone on. He fights with Cheryl Ford and her response is something like, "You want to take me out of the game." If he doesn't turn things around (himself, especially), I predict you will see a team that continues to have bad vibes on the court.
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I kind of like Laimbeer's style but, given my personality, you're probably not surprised... :D I remember one possession in the first half after Swin Cash lost the ball out of bounds and, when she ran back up the court, she looked at Laimbeer and said, "My fault." Laimbeer looked back at her and said, "We know it was your fault!" I was sitting on my couch saying, "Damn, that's harsh!"


... I said it with a smile, though...


And then, the way he hung Cash out to dry in the press conference? Man!
 
Alright...game 2 is going to be the mother of all body blows this Monarchs team will have had to withstand all season. The Shock players have been dogged out publicly and will need to respond. The game becomes a must win for both teams.

If the Ms stay out of foul trouble, get better finishing from Brunson around the basket (why does this come and go for her?) and a continued precision aerial attack from Lawson and Powell, they can take this street fight on Friday.

Agreed, very solid minutes from Haynie. She was very active defensively, which I'm not sure we've seen from her all season. That was vintage Haynie from '05.

Stay composed and play within your game plan. Stay relentless 1 through 11.

ARCO will be ready....ARCO will be more than ready...

Monarchs Playoffs 2006 "WE RUN THIS!!"

Shock Don't Want It 'Cause Monarchs Run It

::Chew::
 
::sigh::

Alright...game 2 is going to be the mother of all body blows this Monarchs team will have had to withstand all season. The Shock players have been dogged out publicly and will need to respond. The game becomes a must win for both teams.
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Uh...they held up until that 4th...Now they gotta come home and handle their business.

If the Ms stay out of foul trouble,
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Eh THAT didn't happen well, at least not with DeMya but that wasn't the problem today.

Get better finishing from Brunson around the basket (why does this come and go for her?)
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Haven't checked the box score but I don't think we had much good finishing around the basket in this game.


and a continued precision aerial attack from Lawson and Powell, they can take this street fight on Friday
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They didn't so they didn't.


Whiz' rotations.
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He left a struggling group out there too long. Maybe it was because they were defending better than they were offending (not likely but I'm stretching to understand what happened) but when they were getting jumped the lapses on both sides of the ball were evident. When he did make changes it didn't get much better. But I thought still thought he waited too long.

Stay composed and play within your game plan. Stay relentless 1 through 11.
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Hmmm for roughly 3 quarters I think they had composure but then they got jumped and looked like the Monarchs team we saw in the regular season and faced a defense they could not impose their will upon.


ARCO will be ready....ARCO will be more than ready...
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Yep, the place will be rockin' on Sunday, and now on Wednesday. We will help them finish this.


Monarchs Playoffs 2006 "WE RUN THIS!!"

Shock Don't Want It 'Cause Monarchs Run It

::Chew::
 

Stated my opinion in the other thread

But agree with MBF,

Rotation Sucked Big time in the 2nd Half. Hey coach, a little offense and we would be up 2-0 in this series.

I kinda laid it on Ticha, but She is the one that has to make Detroit PAY if they sag. She has to ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK.

If not... She has to sit and watch Haynie and Kara play point.

I have to go Eat but once I have some food I will be able to contribute in a more positive and constructive way. The Bay Bridge Closes in 3 hours. Maybe Detroit will fly into SFO and get delayed.

That is not nice, but hey it is the Final...

We STILL Run This...
***CHEW***​
 
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