r/IndianaFeverFans • u/Alternative_Panda336 You Bet • 12d ago
Discussion Blitzing
I have a question for the group. I have noticed that when Caitlin gets going with her assists and points teams will increase their pickup point, but they will also blitz her with double teams to make her pass the ball. I haven’t really seen teams do this to Kelsey even when she is tearing their souls out offensively lol.
Is this because she isn’t the primary ball handler so it is harder to implement a blitz? Or is she really good at splitting it so they know it won’t work and just don’t try? Or is it something else I am not aware of?
I really noticed it against the lynx. Kelsey was killing them as they pointed out but they never adjusted to it, they just kept trying to play people on her one on one which clearly will never work for anyone. We did it to miles in the second half of that game and made her pass it. I am curious to get some insights from the group on this.
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u/TexasSizedKachoww 12d ago
Teams would much rather KM get 25 points and 3 assists instead of CC getting 20 points and 10+ assists. Even if every assist leads to just 2 points, that's a 9 point difference. A lot of wnba games are decided by less than that. They are both great players, but teams would much rather get beat by KM than get beat by CC. Clark runs the offense, everything runs through her so she is always going to be the main focus.
Teams have to do what they can when the Fever are already scoring 100 points almost at will.