MrDollarBills wrote:WAS vs CHI is pretty good, the Sky were down big early and came storming back. Elena Delle Donne (who easily has one of the best names in pro sports) has been killing Chicago but i expect a tight 4th.
Game was fun. Thought CHI was going to get blown out but they buckled down. EDD killed us with that essentially game-winning three.
This Chicago team definitely feels like they're still figuring out the system. There were several possessions on offense where the players were looking confused.
One thing that comes across in person that doesn't as much on TV is the importance of the quality of screens. This team depends a lot on off-ball actions and when the players are not setting real screens, the actions don't fulfill the function of getting people gaps in the defense. In particular it felt like Elizabeth Williams was looking to slip the screen to often and didn't have the timing right to really make contact with defenders. That might be a chemistry thing that will improve.
Rebekah Gardner left with an injury that looked pretty bad (she wasn't putting weight on the leg) but I haven't seen much info about it. If she's out, it will really hurt the team's depth.