A Phoenix Mercury There was a chance to take a road on Friday, but ultimately fell, 89-86V Las Vegas Aces In the game of the 1st final Wnba. Game 2 of the best of seven episodes is presented on Sunday at 15:00 east.
Mercury was in this position earlier, since they lost the first game both in the first round and in the semifinals. This, Kahleya copper He told the postgam, taught Phoenix how to recover stronger.
“Obviously, it does not matter. Not that it does not matter, but it is normal, ”she said when she was asked about what her team recognized. “This is a long series. I think that the conclusion from the other first, the thinking was “back to the drawing board.” We had complete confidence in our locker room and in our coaches to make adjustments.
Phoenix was locked on both sides of the ball for most of the night. The protection of Mercury gave to the toes a lot of problems, and they reached an unknown territory in the attack with 14 3 signs, the most in any game of 1 in the history of Wnba finals. It would be logical to predict the victory of the Phoenix, based on how hot they are from the arc, but the aces stole an impulse at the end of the game.
Copper gave Phoenix five 3 signs in the first two quarters that tied Diana Taurasi For most 3 in the Wnba final. She ended the night with the 21st team, but most of this performance occurred in the first half, in which there were only three points in the second. Partly these were the aces that passed from protection from man to person in the first half to the zone in the second.
The aces took 78-77 leadership when the clock read 6:46 in the fourth quarter after the 3rd sign Dana EvansWhich gave her team 21 points from the bench. Nevertheless, the game remained close and was not solved until the last minute.
Driving in Alissa Thomas Cut the phenix deficiency to 87-86 with the remaining 52 seconds. Then she made a strong protective game against the star aces Aaja Wilson With the remaining less than 30 seconds and fell on the line of the penalty. Unfortunately for her team, she missed both attempts.
The following possession, copper pollution Jackie YoungWhich made both penalties. Mercury called the complete time -auta, and the head coach of Mercury Nate Tibbbitts said that they plan to give copper the opportunity to send the game on overtime, but the defense of Las Vegas ruined this plan. Instead of, Sata Sabalno He was forced to get into a desperate shot from an arc, which was not close.
“We must play the best protection,” said Sabally postgam. “Just return to what we do best, and I think the results will show that we are the best team. But I'm actually not too much on myself. This game [over]We will return the field, tomorrow we will train. We will go through our mistakes and find the best solutions for some things. We will just return on Sunday and win the game. ”
Sabally finished the night with 19 points, while Thomas flirted with a triple oak, when she scored 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine gears. Although the lag from 0-1 is not perfect, the mercury still feels confident in his chances.
“You always want to get one early, and we put ourselves in a position [to win]- said Tibbetts. – These are two of the best teams. That's why we are the last two standing. We talked about this before. We made some of these plays throughout the entire segment. We did not make them tonight. But we will be ready on Sunday. ”
