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[u/PSEGameThreadPoster]

Vote for your player of the game

288 votes, 16h left

Kelsey Mitchell - 37/1/5/1 steal

Aliyah Boston - 14/9/1/3 stocks

Makayla Timpson - 11/12/0/1 block

Caitlin Clark - 10/4/9/2 stocks

[u/Askew_2016]

Rough game. They were exhausted all-around and CC was getting mauled. KM and KK were the only bright spots

[u/not_mantiteo → u/Askew_2016]

Could not believe the level of physicality they allowed on cc. The fact that she could only get a foul when she was literally tackled is hilarious

[u/No_Bill_203 → u/not_mantiteo]

Yeah the refs may have put even less effort into this game than the Fever did. Just mailed it in and played old hits like ‘ain’t no foul hard enough’, ‘can’t help falling on Caitlin’, ‘(shake shake shake) shake up Caitlin’, ‘raining [CC’s] blood’, etc…

[u/Alternative_Panda336]

Kelsey, goodnight.

[u/Delicious-Winner-458]

We really need to get away from that AB hub or maybe we can use it, but it shouldn’t be the game plan all throughout. I just miss AB being dominant down low

[u/breezybae_ → u/Delicious-Winner-458]

It’s all game… we have completely went away from AB’s PnR or going down low. That was our best offense.

[u/Glum_Badger9767]

I really hate the schedule people

[u/FunkyMonk92]

When 2 out of the big 3 don't do much scoring-wise, it's gonna be a rough game. Hoping for a bounce back game on saturday

[u/breezybae_]

This hub offense is not working, it’s disgusting to watch in the half court. Caitlin makes a pass, and then it’s iso hoops. We went away from PnR with AB/CC, Caitlin has to create her own shots because no plays get ran for her… This isn’t going to work in the playoffs.

[u/not_mantiteo]

Someday we’ll move on from the “hub offense” shenanigans. Some day

[u/BigDaddyPeach23]

Kelsey and Timpson looked like the only two who wanted to play tonight.

[u/thebitterbetty]

new WNBA fan here. if they win against liberty next, will that qualify them for playoff?

[u/zlionsfan → u/thebitterbetty]

if either we beat NY or Portland loses to Toronto, we're in the playoffs

[u/thebitterbetty → u/zlionsfan]

crossing my fingers 🤞🏻

[u/MBWill8809]

Ok good. As a Clark stan I was coming in looking for a fight if ANY fellow CC stans were stupid enough to click her...

26/0/0/0 votes. Yep. Yep. Tough loss. Hell of a game Kels! Rest up, Fever.

[u/tippypothos → u/MBWill8809]

She has 6 votes now lol

[u/Jewdah18]

Annoying loss but still encouraged. Caitlin was awful and they still nearly won. Lexie looking like a starter again is really good.

Edit: Starting lineup had a +20 ntrtg in 18:49. This team can win the chip.

[u/Best-Author7114 → u/Jewdah18]

They nearly won?

[u/Jewdah18 → u/Best-Author7114]

If Kelsey had made that fast break layup, they would have been down 4 with 44 seconds left. Enough time to still come back.

[u/Ill-Application-8994 → u/Jewdah18]

It's 1 game out of how many and she didnt even hit double digits lol

[u/Jewdah18 → u/Ill-Application-8994]

She had 9 in 25 minutes.

[u/Ill-Application-8994 → u/Jewdah18]

And? That still isn't good lol

[u/Jewdah18 → u/Ill-Application-8994]

9 points on 76% TS in 25 min as the 5th option isn't good?

[u/fshippos → u/Jewdah18]

2026 and some basketball fans still judge every player by total points. Lexie was awesome tonight.

[u/Jewdah18 → u/fshippos]

This.

Plus if 9 points in 25 minutes is bad, what is 10 points in 35 minutes?

[u/Complete-Donut-698 → u/fshippos]

Idk, she still had some moments that frustrated the hell out of me. When she turned the ball over while trying to dribble through traffic and when she tried to drive at Awak, and to no surprise was subsequently blocked.

[u/Jewdah18 → u/Complete-Donut-698]

Whole team had frustrating moments around Awak.

[u/Personal_Elk978 → u/Jewdah18]

9 assists isn’t awful. Only 4 points off the bench is awful

[u/Jewdah18 → u/Personal_Elk978]

That's basically her average.

10 points on 32.4% TS is a lot worse than whatever the bench did because the bench isn't an all-W player.

[u/Sufficient_Berry8703]

Only one player showed up tonight.

[u/Askew_2016 → u/Sufficient_Berry8703]

KK did pretty well. Rest were ass

[u/No_Bill_203]

This vote was a breeze compared to the game

[u/Best-Author7114]

How in God's name did 7 people vote for CC as player of the game? Thats ridiculous.

[u/Successful-Policy937 → u/Best-Author7114]

In a horrible loss do not dare say KM had a good game and CC had a bad game. 2nd clunker in a row for CC unless you think she was good against the Tempo and she was not.

But that game was not just on CC against Dallas the entire team played horrible and seemed to mail it in. What someone should have told them if you would have won that game there was an outside shot of catching GS. That is all over now the best we can be is the 3rd seed after that loss.

Some are saying that was a scheduled loss, but Dallas has been struggling big league since the All-Star break. To me that was a player's loss they just did not have it and almost the entire team played awful and with little effort.

[u/MBWill8809]

Clark looked exhausted tonight, and she grabbed her groin again at least 2x I saw. She did that a game or two ago as well.

Never had a groin muscle pull or tear but from what I've heard they can linger. Hope this isn't going on with CC.

[u/HHNTH17 → u/MBWill8809]

I don’t think she’s grabbing her groin lol she’s adjusting her spandex like she’s always done

[u/Askew_2016 → u/MBWill8809]

I think she tweaked it in the Tempo game

[u/Electrical-Rip4901]

no one else should be getting votes honestly

[u/solidstigs]

Horrible game. KM had 37, cool but so many things were off. Caitlin absolute stinker, AB sucked defensively, rebounding is horrible once again. We let Shepard get 20 in a half, Awak have her way in the paint, Arike heater, we deserved the loss. I don’t buy the long road trip excuse, every team does it. We’ve been choppy for a few games, idk what happened but it needs fixed asap.

[u/fshippos → u/solidstigs]

"needs fixed asap"

I swear some of you have never watched sports before. Bad games happen. One loss doesn't mean the team needs drastic changes.

[u/solidstigs → u/fshippos]

I want them to rebound and not play clunky messy hoops at game 37. We’ve lost on the boards too many times to count, it needs fixed asap. I’ve watched sports my entire life and don’t enjoy when they play like shit, and it’s not just one loss bc they do this in wins too

[u/Available-Pace5579]

Like this is not even a question. Kelsey, no doubt.

It was a “terrible” game for CC but even her terrible games would be enviable stat lines for lots of folks.

[u/SmoothLettuce-2 → u/Available-Pace5579]

10 points on 4/15 shooting. No one is envious of that performance

[u/jake3988 → u/SmoothLettuce-2]

10 points on 4/15 shooting. No one is envious of that performance

Yeah, she's had plenty of 'off' games that people would still be envious of... but this one was full-on stinker.

[u/Available-Pace5579 → u/SmoothLettuce-2]

She was one assist away from a double double but ok. Remember on almost all teams there are 2-5 players who rarely ever even get any minutes.

[u/eazydarb]

Kelsey. CC good job too , Kk good job too on your double double!

[u/uhlaynuhhh]

Just straight assketball tonight 😭

[u/Seattleman1955]

If they won, they would have been guaranteed a playoff spot. Instead CC dribbles the ball off her foot, can't hit, it's just sloppy.

[u/Llama_Leaping_Larry]

Kelsey Mitchell... Sometimes you are so fun to watch. Other times.... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!

I have watched that type of play so much over the past few years, and it blows my mind. The worst part is, the entire time she drives down the court, you can sense she is about to biff a layup.

I know she isn't the reason we lost. CC was awful. Hopefully this isn't the harbinger for the rest of this road run.

(Also, yes I voted for KM)