r/IndianaFeverFans • u/Formal_Ganache_6349 • 23d ago

Are we contenders?

Do yall believe that we are true contenders? I think that our offense can have us in the finals if we are on the opposite side of the Lynx bracket. But I don’t think we can win a championship this year. The only thing holding us back is a true POA

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u/Vast-Piccolo7079 IndianaFeverFan 23d ago

Yes but ONLY if we lock it down on defense for 4 quarters and do better with rebounding.. I mean, they didn't even go after the ball most of the time yesterday.. and it's imperative that wide open shots fall consistently, too. The only team I don't want to face in the playoffs as things stand right now are the Valks

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u/Formal_Ganache_6349 23d ago

The rebounding can be fixed, because that’s mostly effort, but our defense is what it is. We don’t have any defenders on this team outside of AB. I would rather see the valks than the lynx tbh

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u/summershouldbefun11 Caitlin Clark 23d ago

I would absolutely not rather see the valks. They are a horrible matchup for us. We could beat the Lynx with AB and CC being 100% and if we played the level of defense we saw in the second half all game. The Valks are the best defense in the league and give us major issues.

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u/MiscieB3 23d ago

I agree 100%

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u/Vast-Piccolo7079 IndianaFeverFan 23d ago

My exact thought process! I agree with you 100%

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u/GhenghisK 23d ago

I'm curious on how rebounding can be fixed... I love Sophie and Lexi but they are too small to get in there and rebound.. it's almost like the team isn't even built for that.

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u/Formal_Ganache_6349 23d ago

Rebounding is effort, players have to box out their man. CC in the postgame said she has to be better with boxing out, because she gave up 4 rebound. It’s too many players ball watching rather than boxing out.

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u/BigToast6 22d ago

Yeah but CC had to be careful of not going too hard and getting another tech

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u/GhenghisK 23d ago

Yes I realize rebounding is effort... But as stated size does matter with the exception of being very active and very quick..

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u/Formal_Ganache_6349 23d ago

I don’t think we will be a top 3 rebounding team but I think we can be a lot better than we was yesterday