Mercury was still paralyzed by defense of Aces

If this game 2 is between living and ASOVA blast Jackie Youngwith 32 points, 21 of which are in the third quarter, This defeat of phoenix (91-78) can also be explained by an attack that was not there. Once fold.

During the first round, Las Vegas won thanks to his field of defense set in the second period. This week, Becky Hammon players relied on an aggressive individual defense to contain alive and especially their star Alissa Thomas.

“We didn’t let her come into the racket so she could go out in 3-point,” Becky Hammon analysis after the meeting. “We were more efficient than the first defense curtain.”

Trapped by this aggressive defense, Phoenix scored ten points in the second quarter, while Las Vegas used the opportunity to unwind. ACES specially spent 11-0 to continue the advantage and lead nine points at half time. An offensive failure explained by a ball that did not circulate enough, which was one of the PHONES forces during the first round.

Static attack

“We’ve fired too much”, He regretted Merkura coachNate Tibbetts, after the meeting.“I was proud of the attack we offered in the last four or five games today we didn’t do more ‘mismatch’ whether we were satisfied in the second quarter.”

The last point that can explain this reverse from Phoenix, a 3-point address that was not there. In the game 1, Mercury had a warm walk behind the bow before he turned off in the second period. This second, in this second round, the spark has never arrived. The Arizona has managed only in five of its 28 attempts to ARC and remember that 15 recordings failed in a row between the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter.

“The number of recorded shots is correct, but I think it’s the same three-point shots as during the game 1 where we had a lot of balls” ” Constate Nate Tibbetts. “Part of the problem comes from us. We were static in the attack and we tried to force things, but it is part of the learning as a group.”