Phoenix Mercury vs Indiana Fever FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS June 30 2024
#WelcometotheW
The Indiana Fever come up with a huge 88-82 win over the Phoenix Mercury
Kelsey Mitchell came alive in the second half netting in 16 PTS, 3 REB
Aliyah Boston led the team with 17 PTS, 8 REB. Caitlin Clark had 15 PTS, 9 REB, 12 AST, while NaLyssa Smith had 12 and 15
The 28th season of the WNBA is here #WelcometotheW
The Indiana Fever come up with a huge 88-82 win over the Phoenix Mercury
Kelsey Mitchell came alive in the second half netting in 16 PTS, 3 REB
Aliyah Boston led the team with 17 PTS, 8 REB. Caitlin Clark had 15 PTS, 9 REB, 12 AST, while NaLyssa Smith had 12 and 15
The 28th season of the WNBA is here #WelcometotheW
Transcript
00:00Folks, this is the hottest ticket in phoenix since meg the stallion played here at the footprint center about 10 days ago
00:08If you're looking for a ticket, it's going to hurt your pocket and we are underway
00:14Tarassi will bring it up into the front court phoenix out to a six nothing lead just underway. Here's tarassi
00:22working against wallace
00:24Tarassi with the leg got it off glass. That's such a high level for 20 plus years in his league
00:31Unbelievable. The meter is still running. Here's cloud into the corner
00:35Tarassi driving the closeout. Oh a little bit of jelly at the rim by diana tarassi
00:42Now you got to come with a little bit longer closeout on her, right?
00:46Cloud this time on clark
00:48Pocket pass goes right to tarassi
00:50And that has been the bane of indiana's existence, especially clark with an inordinate amount of turnovers
00:57Shooting just 13 from the field to start the first quarter here tarassi off the grinder screen
01:04Miner with a nice catch and bucket
01:07All right, those two players
01:09Integral in terms of their respective success for their team smith
01:13Knocks down the mid-range. She has four in the ball game
01:17There's copper from the corner
01:20A good portion of her
01:22Threes come from above the break. Here's clark still trying to find her rhythm a deep pull got it
01:29Here's allen
01:31In the end on a 10-2 run right now allen on the baseline got it
01:37Tough move, you don't see caitlin miss that wide open very often
01:41cloud smoked the layup
01:44wheeler quickly up court
01:46boston running the floor for the layup
01:48Cunningham one more cloud had a notion
01:52Good hands by clark four on the shot clock. They've got to launch
01:56cloud
01:58She makes the 9-1-1 shot
02:03Here's grinder on the catch double team
02:08Boy a soft feathery touch they can get a good one now run it all the way down
02:13now
02:16Game clock at five cloud pulls got it
02:21Gamer
02:23Competitive
02:25Tasha cloud
02:27Gives phoenix an eight-point lead
02:30Christine a little bit earlier. I asked diana. What was your playing weight at yukon? She said 180
02:35I said what's your playing weight now? She said
02:38155
02:43I don't work out any moves. I work on getting in space and then read the deep
02:48And that's a perfect example of it. She had three baskets off the rim. She says I go where they're not
02:53wheeler
02:55Everything but the bucket that time from phoenix
02:59Good job by cunningham to quickly get on clark
03:03Clark seeks the screen and got the layup and won the strength and endurance needed at this level
03:09Well, she's going to put 10 pounds on her frame in the offseason and you'll see a much stronger caitlin clark
03:17Cunningham to trigger on the sideline out of bounds katie lou samuelson has not played a lot of three this year
03:22She's mostly been playing the four but she's been in the three in the lineup while she's on the court
03:27For caitlin clark and that at some point you have to make the requisite adjustments and give yourself some grace
03:34from
03:35the master teacher
03:38In fact benley
03:40With a little reverse couldn't get it great pivot and got the second one to fall. She's long
03:48Smith
03:49Going right at cloud. They repost it
03:52That's the matchup debbie. They want to attack. That's the one you got to score on as long as cloud is guarding
03:59size advantage on the block
04:01And you maybe phoenix might bring a double to that to try to help cloud
04:05But when you move make your move so quickly and you catch it that deep it's really tough to bring the double
04:11Scan the qr code now to find out a lot more
04:14Cloud with a nice pocket pass to grinder from mid-range
04:18Used all of the steel and got it to fall
04:23Do you drive with five on the floor
04:28At least two of us know what's going on
04:30Clark at the other end cloud behind the grinder screen
04:34Got into the paint tough shot
04:36And it comes out. It's a great read
04:40Quickly up court
04:41Here's mitchell with the launch got it
04:44Clark with the board
04:46Diana, torasi has 48 triples coming into the game
04:52logo
04:54Clark with a deep three
05:00Nice feed wallace with the layup
05:04And caitlin clark
05:06Catalyzing a comeback here
05:09Off that drag. She has money cloud missing that three ball
05:14And they can get within one or tie it on a three boston underneath and it's a one point game
05:20They have come almost all the way back
05:23Working against allen looking to work out here
05:27You
05:29Can see a confident indiana team right now
05:31Can't you based on the rhythm and the way they're moving the ball for the lead mitchell butter?
05:36And here comes mitchell who seems to be reinvigorated and revived here in the second half
05:41Clark with the show and go mitchell the three ball
05:45wicks
05:47Playmaker they blitz her this time
05:53And a nice layup underneath
05:56It's a really well executed play and it's the patience and the poise that you're seeing caitlin clark play with in that action
06:03That is making a difference for indiana
06:05torasi butter
06:10Reiner
06:13Got good position in the lane and the jump hook is good buy one get one free
06:20mitchell
06:22They switch at cunningham trying to stay with her
06:24Nice speed walls inside off the great time by kelsey mitchell
06:29Exactly because she's not someone who has typically thrown it high off the glass when you see
06:34Help coming or chop blockers rotating, right?
06:37She's been able to shoot it like that, but she's going to develop that she knows she needs it 15 on the shot clock
06:43Trying to get it to smith
06:46Wheeler on the drive
06:48Off glass got a tough shot by erica wheeler
06:56Talked about copper just 2 of 14
06:59Torasi one more to a wide open cunningham cash out cloud open off the cut
07:05Back out to cunningham shot clock at 10. They throw it into grinder
07:09Jump hook is clean and one
07:13To grinder
07:16Under four and a half to go in the fourth quarter copper on the baseline drive got the lefty lane
07:23something of an asterisk there because
07:26They did not get any favors from the schedule makers to begin the season. No the 11 games in 20 days to start the season
07:35Copper got hung on the screen
07:38Clark with four on the shot clock
07:41samuelson for the three
07:42Ring it up
07:44katie loo from deep
07:47And that was their first bucket since boston's fifth foul
07:52cloud with the hessi
07:54Got into the paint and got it. Mitchell back out to smith
07:58Cunningham switches out onto clark
08:03Sprays it out for three boston got it alia boston. You noted her improved cunningham tag mitchell
08:12foul and one
08:16Mitchell classic that one and a chance for indiana to take the lead
08:24Mitchell for the lead the mini committee at work. What a play by christy sides
08:30You get mitchell the lefty going left off a pin down action
08:37Home being the operative word cloud walks into the three off the mark
08:41And that'll do it the indiana fevers
08:44storm into the desert
08:46And win their first game against a team over 500