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Whoa, Chantelle looks intense.
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It's nice to see a visiting team that enjoys our player intros!
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Good news! Helen Darling has a splitting headache. Oh, I guess she was just smoothing out her hair.
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Whoa, what's Sue doing with her hair. Oh, I guess she just turned her head or something.
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Is Becky going to claw the ball out of the air?
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Great screen by LJ!
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Agler was doing most of the face to face coaching due to Hughes' busted leg.
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LJ rebound...
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...followed by an LJ spin move...
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...and the shot goes up...
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...but doesn't fall.
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LJ triple team that is clearly a foul.
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As is Sue's role this season, she passes the ball as soon as she penetrates the paint...
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...unfortunately Izzy didn't get the memo about Sue's new role.
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SASS definitely weren't afraid of double and triple teaming our posts.
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Betty's half court shot!
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The stuffed animal toss looked like they had just fumigated the Key Arena and hadn't cleaned up.
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Becky doesn't quite have the handle on the ball...
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...but that doesn't stop her from taking a shot.
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Some good defense. Keeping the guards under the basket works sometimes. Another even better example of that later.
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Very nearly a foul on LJ...
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...turns into an offensive foul on Becky.
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I do not get what Riley was doing here. It looks like she has LJ beat but she picks up her dribble...
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...now all she can do is pivot around trying to get around LJ. Good luck!
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That puts her right into LJ's defense...
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...why didn't she just pass the ball?
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LJ and Sue have Becky trapped...
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...Becky passes the ball but LJ did a slight push here...
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...several days later, the refs call it...
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...and LJ is understandably confused.
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OK, here's the monster block of my side of the court...
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...wait for it...
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...boom! Note LJ isn't just smacking the ball. She's also scooping the ball so it will stay in bounds.
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Becky driving pass the point where she's going to shoot...
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...to create room for a fadeway.
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Here's another interesting drive. Ferdnand is driving baseline. Note that Izzy is screened...
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...but then totally stops looking for the basket...
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...she stays low to stay out of LJ's reach and keep her off balance...
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...Izzy has gotten around the screen but is still a ways away...
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...that leaves Ferdnand with plenty of space under the basket...
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...well, it didn't work, but the whole drive was a good idea.
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The Storm return SASS's defense.
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Oh no, we only have Sue in the paint against Riley. It's hopeless, right?
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Nope. Riley was so busy looking up, she didn't see Sue knock the ball away.
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I'm sure Hughes planned on sitting the whole game, but in the end it got so intense that he literally crawled onto the court to see what was going on!
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Here's a crummy call on Sue, I think...
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...I don't think Sue got anything but ball and ball-finger here...
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...but she's called for a foul.
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Near the end of the game. Ferdnand gets the rebound, but...
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...she travels trying to get away from everyone. Sue called it.
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...sadly this lob inbound to LJ went goofy.
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