***CC22 and the Fever mega thread***

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CC with just those 2 early turnovers trying to push the ball up the floor. Boston the only other one with a turnover in that 1st half.

Good job of taking care of the basketball, and Fever are moving the ball. Also, in all fairness, there's a lot of tough contested shots being made in the paint on both sides.

Aja still benefits greatly from being the tallest player on the floor, even though she is competent handling the ball long enough to get downhill from the wing/elbow.

Been fun watching Aliyah go at her and the Aces defense like she's got something to prove tonight.

Nobody else from the Fever has been demonstrably bad tonight outside of some poor help and angles defending screens, and opening their hips to let downhill drivers get around them for layups. Even Caitlin was guilty of that the first time she got backed down. My guess is she let up a bit to protect her back. After that first back down where she held her ground, you could see her open up a little the second time like a business decision was being made.
 
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Too many of CC's threes are fading back or to the side.
It's also crazy the difference in how much effort she has to put into her 3 pt shots now just to get the WNBA ball to the hoop compared to her freshman year in college.

That aspect has nothing to do with how she's being guarded.
 

hawkeyewx

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Sophie is swishing threes. She has to get that shot up quickly, but, unlike CC, she is getting set and aimed straight at the hoop, which greatly helps. We rarely see Sophie fade when shooting.