Started Kate in H2 because Tip was in the bathroom.
Tip is fearless to play so hard and sacrifice her
body with a broken face. A+.
Guarding Stew and Sabrina. NN slyly avoids any technical game plan talk by saying they were “more physical”. No talk about the trapping or the triple teams or the walling off. But that’s okay. I think most readers won’t want to hear that either.
0.08.4. Sabrina two shots. NO TIMEOUTS. It’s going to be wild.
0.06. KT misses a contested 3. GSV gets it back.
Kate misses a contested 3.
GSV played hard down to the last millisecond. Big ovation of respect from the crowd.
GSV huddles midcourt after the hard fought painful loss, players only.
NYL missing Jones is a big loss, but GSV missing four of its best players and taking them down to the last shot? They win the moral victory but it doesn’t feel great this time. Last time it was proving they belonged and wouldn’t be intimidated. This time it was a battle of peers that GSV knew they could have, should have won.
2.05. GSV runs 325, the high stagger screen play. Guarded well. Tip has to manufacture something, gets fouled.
2.00. Burton with the drive and kick to Kate Martin WHO HITS HER THIRD THREE. UP ONE. Nakase really believes in the hot hand!
But Sabrina gets fouled for 3 FTs. And now being reviewed for an upgrade to flagrant. Oooof what a turnaround.
Rival fan cheers between I think a Liberty cheer (can’t quite hear it) and GSV.
1.48. Sabrina with 3 FTs to go up 2. Should be automatic for her.
1.40. Same play, Burton on handoff, drives, kick to corner. NYL is ready and steals.
1.10. Kick out to Money Martin for an open three, but she’s temporarily out of cash..
0.49.5. GSV aggressively challenging simple handoffs. KT looks like she may have knocked if off Stew. Called NYL ball, but Nakase challenges. If GSV can get this, they can go two for one. Unsuccessful. Worth a try.
6.20. Burke has been silently killing GSV. GSV forms a wall (two players behind initial D) to stop Stew, ball kicks out, Burke punishes. UP FOUR.
Burke with another 2 FTs. UP SIX.
Burton back in. Immediately with the clever if uncertain selection pass to a cutting KT, lost out of bound.
4.48. NYL with the rare unforced mistake,kick out to the corner, no one there.
4.33. BIG THREE FOR KATE. She’s getting all the corner threes she can eat when they help off her on the drive.
KATE WITH ANOTHER THREE. Crowd is a little excited.
3.47. TIE GAME. KT posts up Sabrina, double team comes and KT can’t find the open player. VB swoops in from nowhere to save the ball and almost get a reverse layup. Almost.
We’re in RANDOM ENDING TERRITORY. ALWAYS CLOSE ENOUGH TO HURT.
3.20. Was that a surprise 2-3 zone? Stew gets in the middle and scores.
9.47. It was an inverted PNR for Stew but GSV jams Cloud on the ghost screen pop. Great rotation from Martin to stone Stew.
8.57 Chen and Martin bring the triple team on Stew in the post. Kick to Sabrina (not fair) and defense rotates back but Sabrina sabrinas.
Amihere with the loong recover off the show on Sabrina’s PNR. Chaotic good.
Sabally is the only player NYL has on court that won’t shoot the 3. Cloud not too willing either… misses again.
6.35. MASSIVE 3 for KT. Burton settles the team, calles HORNS n (I forget the number n, I think n=5) but she gets a PNR on one elbow then swings back to KT. I think it usually develops into a dribble handoff for the other corner, but KT has space and says, in the words of the sages, YOLO.
4.30. Tip got Stew on a switch and could not resist isoing. Stew wins.
3.52. Very strategic. GSV starts with a Tip-Kate PNR to get Stew guarding Kate on the weak side perimeter. Tip drives other side, forces help off corner, kicks to KT 3. Miss. GSV 3P% coming down to earth (now at a more Valkyrieish 29.2%
2.45. Amihere playing drop coverage on Marine Johannes. That cannot possibly be the plan. Chaotic evil.
But then powers up a layup on the other side, chaotic good.
1.50. Tip calls out the NYL play “elbow” signalling. But too late, Marine gets the elbow PNR for 3.
1.10. Johannes going supernova from 3 with berserk running one leg sideways 3 that would make Steph Curry feel guilty.
Massive play by Burton to draw a charge on a certain fast break 2. Keep in mind that Johannes is a bench player on NYL. Ridiculous depth.
0.45. Intriguing play, small-small pick and pop Chen-Martin. Why not? Tip guarding Marine like she’s taking it personally.
0.09. Kaitlyn Chen with the steal from Marine!! Sweet “dummy” BLOB ATO to the open Kate, who sails it about a yard too far.
NYL lost another sure basket with Tip drawing a pass-and-crash charge that you could see unfolding for maybe 5 seconds before.
NN: guarding Sabrina, force them in direction they don’t want, be physical. Communicating to defend screens.
Janie: Podz support?
NN. Shadowed Steve in off season. BP introduced himself and it’s great.
NN: Positioning was much better at halftime.
Started Kate in H2 because Tip was in the bathroom.
Tip is fearless to play so hard and sacrifice her
body with a broken face. A+.
Guarding Stew and Sabrina. NN slyly avoids any technical game plan talk by saying they were “more physical”. No talk about the trapping or the triple teams or the walling off. But that’s okay. I think most readers won’t want to hear that either.
I wanna hear it. Why didn’t they adjust and bring offensive help to the trapees?
Kate Martin in postgame echoing the Nakase mantra “control what you can control”. Good sign that Nakase teachings are getting adopted.
The crowd energy was so good! Too bad Martin missed that final 3 that could've tied the game.
We couldn’t push them over the line this time :(
I guess they’re gonna have to know where their defenders are and protect the frikkin ball in the paint.
Q4
0.08.4. Sabrina two shots. NO TIMEOUTS. It’s going to be wild.
0.06. KT misses a contested 3. GSV gets it back.
Kate misses a contested 3.
GSV played hard down to the last millisecond. Big ovation of respect from the crowd.
GSV huddles midcourt after the hard fought painful loss, players only.
NYL missing Jones is a big loss, but GSV missing four of its best players and taking them down to the last shot? They win the moral victory but it doesn’t feel great this time. Last time it was proving they belonged and wouldn’t be intimidated. This time it was a battle of peers that GSV knew they could have, should have won.
Anyone notice the diminutive woman sitting courtside who was getting hugs from players on both teams? Maybe they showed her on tv broadcast?
No… but the Cal and Stanford coaches were there…?
Hey EA - was press invited to the postgame panel discussion?
No, I don’t suppose you can record it?
I’ll try
I ended up getting in and recording it
That’s good. It was like a coffee klatch. “Get to know your heroes a little better.”
Painful ALWAYS CLOSE ENOUGH TO HURT
AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
Corporate mission statement
Martin with a wild 3 make! That's love right there haha
Q4
0.30. GSV tries another HORNS play, Tip gets cleanly stripped by Sabrina, that’s a gamewinning play, leading to…
0.21. Big foul on VB. It’s shooting for Sabrina. OUCH. DOWN 4 with 0.21.3 Not looking good for the side of the angels.
0.16.5. Uh, MONEY MARTIN AGAIN. A real hoist but it counts. I think the crowd is excited but I can’t hear anything anymore
0.11.4. DOWN 1. Instant foul, should have the ball down three with about 10 seconds to go.
Tip losing the ball to Sabrina might be game 🫤
Q4
2.05. GSV runs 325, the high stagger screen play. Guarded well. Tip has to manufacture something, gets fouled.
2.00. Burton with the drive and kick to Kate Martin WHO HITS HER THIRD THREE. UP ONE. Nakase really believes in the hot hand!
But Sabrina gets fouled for 3 FTs. And now being reviewed for an upgrade to flagrant. Oooof what a turnaround.
Rival fan cheers between I think a Liberty cheer (can’t quite hear it) and GSV.
1.48. Sabrina with 3 FTs to go up 2. Should be automatic for her.
1.40. Same play, Burton on handoff, drives, kick to corner. NYL is ready and steals.
1.10. Kick out to Money Martin for an open three, but she’s temporarily out of cash..
0.49.5. GSV aggressively challenging simple handoffs. KT looks like she may have knocked if off Stew. Called NYL ball, but Nakase challenges. If GSV can get this, they can go two for one. Unsuccessful. Worth a try.
Q4
6.20. Burke has been silently killing GSV. GSV forms a wall (two players behind initial D) to stop Stew, ball kicks out, Burke punishes. UP FOUR.
Burke with another 2 FTs. UP SIX.
Burton back in. Immediately with the clever if uncertain selection pass to a cutting KT, lost out of bound.
4.48. NYL with the rare unforced mistake,kick out to the corner, no one there.
4.33. BIG THREE FOR KATE. She’s getting all the corner threes she can eat when they help off her on the drive.
KATE WITH ANOTHER THREE. Crowd is a little excited.
3.47. TIE GAME. KT posts up Sabrina, double team comes and KT can’t find the open player. VB swoops in from nowhere to save the ball and almost get a reverse layup. Almost.
We’re in RANDOM ENDING TERRITORY. ALWAYS CLOSE ENOUGH TO HURT.
3.20. Was that a surprise 2-3 zone? Stew gets in the middle and scores.
2.57. Painful travel from KT.
Back to back 3s by Martin!!
KT always coming through with a big bucket when we need it 😤 Loved that staredown after! TOUGH
Q4
9.47. It was an inverted PNR for Stew but GSV jams Cloud on the ghost screen pop. Great rotation from Martin to stone Stew.
8.57 Chen and Martin bring the triple team on Stew in the post. Kick to Sabrina (not fair) and defense rotates back but Sabrina sabrinas.
Amihere with the loong recover off the show on Sabrina’s PNR. Chaotic good.
Sabally is the only player NYL has on court that won’t shoot the 3. Cloud not too willing either… misses again.
6.35. MASSIVE 3 for KT. Burton settles the team, calles HORNS n (I forget the number n, I think n=5) but she gets a PNR on one elbow then swings back to KT. I think it usually develops into a dribble handoff for the other corner, but KT has space and says, in the words of the sages, YOLO.
Q3
4.30. Tip got Stew on a switch and could not resist isoing. Stew wins.
3.52. Very strategic. GSV starts with a Tip-Kate PNR to get Stew guarding Kate on the weak side perimeter. Tip drives other side, forces help off corner, kicks to KT 3. Miss. GSV 3P% coming down to earth (now at a more Valkyrieish 29.2%
2.45. Amihere playing drop coverage on Marine Johannes. That cannot possibly be the plan. Chaotic evil.
But then powers up a layup on the other side, chaotic good.
1.50. Tip calls out the NYL play “elbow” signalling. But too late, Marine gets the elbow PNR for 3.
1.10. Johannes going supernova from 3 with berserk running one leg sideways 3 that would make Steph Curry feel guilty.
Massive play by Burton to draw a charge on a certain fast break 2. Keep in mind that Johannes is a bench player on NYL. Ridiculous depth.
0.45. Intriguing play, small-small pick and pop Chen-Martin. Why not? Tip guarding Marine like she’s taking it personally.
0.09. Kaitlyn Chen with the steal from Marine!! Sweet “dummy” BLOB ATO to the open Kate, who sails it about a yard too far.
NYL lost another sure basket with Tip drawing a pass-and-crash charge that you could see unfolding for maybe 5 seconds before.
Liking the 3rd quarter effort!