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Karl Smesko on the officiating:
"The contact they allow on Angel (Reese) compared to everybody else is just ridiculous. We should have gone to the foul line 6-8 more times just on that ... You can't be at this level and make this many mistakes."
Quin Snyder often talks about wanting his players to have their eyes up and be ready to kick balls out off drives.
The Hawks did a really poor job of that this fourth quarter, driving into the teeth of the aggressive Houston paint defense with no window to pass out.
Jock Landale's been solid even though his three ball has let him down. Has gotten off the floor for some shot contests and tip out rebounds
Was super difficult for the Dream to get anything going in the halfcourt in the first half. Three straight halves of Valkatraz.
Need a Rhy or Lish iso takeover, nothing else is working
GSV keeps trying to go at Izzy Borlase, but they haven't gotten the memo that she's a much improved defender
the Valkyries are running slot PnR every time down the court for Burton to make JC fight through the Stokes screen
Dream are handling it well though. Angel's always in good help position
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After a weekend of nonstop frantic discussions and negotiation, Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be played Thursday at 12:30 pm at 17,000-seat State Farm Arena in Atlanta, sources told ESPN.
The Atlanta Hawks-Cleveland Cavaliers game that night will move back to 8 pm to accommodate the doubleheader, just as the Hawks did for Game 4. This allows a potential Game 7 to remain scheduled for Halloween at Chase Center in San Francisco.
All three Finals games in Atlanta have required hurried adjustments to the schedule at State Farm Arena. It took collective efforts from the WNBA, NBA, the Hawks, State Farm Arena, Dream, Valkyries and broadcast partners to figure out the best course of action again.
By moving the game earlier in the day, the WNBA avoided a scenario where a potential championship game was played inside the Dream’s home arena, the 3,500 seat Gateway Center.
The other option under strong consideration was moving Game 6 to an open date at State Farm Arena on Friday and Game 7 to an open date at Chase Center on Tuesday, November 3.
In a series between the top 2 defenses in the W, no surprise that the series has turned on who's winning the turnover battle.
G1: GSV +5.5 TOV%
G2: ATL +5.3 TOV%
G3: ATL +7.5 TOV%
G4: GSV +9.7 TOV%
Dream have to be ready for aggressive GSV ball pressure and flashes of zone D.
Both now 0-3
The Pelicans and Bucks have both started 0-2
The Hawks own the least favorable of their two 2027 firsts (top 4 protected)
#PelsPickPursuitPart2
Izzy was calling for the ball all the way down in transition. Incredible to see her confidence flourish in the biggest moments in just her rookie season