WNBA 2019

[John Kelly]

Yet another former star player who cannot coach (See Wes Unseld, Elgin Baylor, Isiah Thomas, Bob Cousy, Bart Starr, Wayne Gretzky, etc.).

 

[John Kelly]

Katie Smith is making Pokey Chatman look good.

And that's hard to do.

 

[John Kelly]

Final score: Indiana 92 New York 77.

And it wasn't that close.

Indiana's biggest lead was 26 points.

I watched all 40 minutes as punishment for a losing wager on the Liberty +3.5.

Painful.

 

[railbird]

late move against ny, how many fixed wnba games have there been with these dinky contracts? and dont think the lesbos wont cross that line, they are proven line crossers

 

[John Kelly]

You're a funny guy, Birdie.

I once had a sneaky suspicion Sue Bird's father (Herschel) would bet on Storm games and move the market.

I heard through the grapevine he also likes to play the horses, too.

Bird's father lives in Henderson, Nevada.

 

[railbird]

downgrade the aces

 

[John Kelly]

downgrade the aces

Fluid situation obviously.

Watching the game now.

 

[John Kelly]

Dog and under Sunday at Mandalay Bay Events Center.

 

[John Kelly]

Liz Cambage making her home debut.

Cambage led the WNBA last season with 23 points per game.

They're calling her Liz Vegas.

 

[John Kelly]

Announcers say the house is "poppin" during player introductions.

Just checked the announced attendance of 2.747.

Oh boy!

 

[John Kelly]

Cambage did not start the game.

 

[John Kelly]

Cambage entered the game with the Aces trailing, 16-15, and 2:23 left in the first quarter.

 

[John Kelly]

Cambage went to Caesars Palace last night to see Celine Dion.

 

[John Kelly]

The Aces hit the Sun with a 14-2 run in the second half of the first quarter.

 

[John Kelly]

Score after one quarter: Las Vegas 24 Connecticut 18.

 

[John Kelly]

Cambage is learning on the fly.

She doesn't know the Las Vegas playbook.

 

[John Kelly]

Halftime score: Las Vegas 43 Connecticut 40.

 

[John Kelly]

Connecticut's Shekinna Stricklen has a little Draymond Green in her.

 

[John Kelly]

Las Vegas committed five turnovers in the first five minutes of the second half.

 

[John Kelly]

Game tied at 61 after three quarters.

 

[John Kelly]

Connecticut ended the game on a 9-2 run to win, 80-74.

The Aces are a work in progress with new players in new roles.

 

[John Kelly]

There was no scoring in the final minute of an 80-74 game.

Unusual.

 

[John Kelly]

Twenty-one turnovers for Las Vegas in its home debut.

Awful.

 

[John Kelly]

Atlanta has underperformed terribly.

The Dream is/are a guard-heavy team and the guards have played poorly over the first three games of the season.

Atlanta's post players -- Breland, Williams, Billings and Gulich -- are not much.

 

[ChuckyG]

JK, how vulnerable do u consider the WNBA lines to be in current market-place?

 

[railbird]

JK, how vulnerable do u consider the WNBA lines to be in current market-place?

The marketplace is often vulnerable, there is a shortage of talented orignaters in all sports these days.

 

[John Kelly]

Angel McCoughtry is with the team but she's not in uniform after suffering torn knee ligaments last August.

No timetable for her return.

 

[John Kelly]

JK, how vulnerable do u consider the WNBA lines to be in current market-place?

Not as vulnerable as five or six years ago, ChuckyG.

No overnight numbers so the house is extra careful with what they're doing.

 

[John Kelly]

An announced crowd of 14.090 at Talking Stick Arena in downtown Phoenix for the Mercury's home opener against the Aces.

 

[John Kelly]

Diana Taurasi is sidelined after undergoing back surgery.

Doctors expect her to be ready in mid-July.

She wants to return a month earlier.

 

[John Kelly]

Good news, bad news for Phoenix in Friday night's 86-84 win over Las Vegas.

The good news: All five players reached double figures in the win.

The bad news: The bench contributed only two of the team's 86 points.

Phoenix improved to 2-6 in games without Taurasi since 2014.

Looking for a spot now to bet against the Mercury.

Stay tuned.

 

[John Kelly]

Phoenix on a three-game road trip over the next week or so.

At Minnesota

At Indiana

At Chicago

 

[John Kelly]

The Aces were 14-20 in their inaugural season, good for ninth in the WNBA's overall standings.

Missed the playoffs.

Laimbeer's team was the fastest-paced team in the league last season.

 

[John Kelly]

Phoenix on a three-game road trip over the next week or so.

At Minnesota

At Indiana

At Chicago

The Phoenix-Indiana game is interesting because it features a married couple going head-to-head against one another.

Candice Dupree (Indiana) versus DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix)


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[John Kelly]

Dupree is wearing the suit and Bonner is carrying the flowers.

Okay.

 

[John Kelly]

Four of the five players on the Phoenix bench Friday night are rookies.

 

[ChuckyG]

Not as vulnerable as five or six years ago, ChuckyG.

No overnight numbers so the house is extra careful with what they're doing.

Very interesting. Per usual, any time Mgmt gets involved, they get scared of their own shadow.

 

[John Kelly]

Matinee game today in White Plains, New York.

The Liberty are hosting the Sparks in a School Day special.

Tip time was 11:00 a.m. ET.

With no overnight numbers available for the WNBA this season, some sports books in Las Vegas posted numbers on the game about 30 minutes prior to tipoff.

 

[John Kelly]

Some terrible shooting by both teams in the first half.

 

[John Kelly]

The Ogwumike sisters look a lot alike, but Nneka is clearly superior to Chiney.

Nneka is 28, Chiney is 27.