Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever need to win-out their games. They would also need to have Aces lose majority of their games (they have the hardest remaining Strength of Schedule in the WNBA of any team) and they play them two times. If Fever can win both Lynx and Dream games, then she's set herself up to take it from Aja Wilson--she's two games away from making this a real rivalry. If Aja overcomes the hardest stretch of her season, then she's going to get the MVP. If Collier wins the rest of the games as well, then she's projected to be the MVP. Clark's Numbers are good compared to the top 4 MVP candidates: 1) Aja Wilson (27 PPG at 19.5 FGA per game with 6.5 FTM and 7.5 FTA + 12.1 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 2.7 BPG, 2.4 APG) She shots like 52% from the floor and solid shooting splits. 2) Naphessa Collier (20.4 PPG at 16 FGA per game with 3.7 FTM and 4.7 FTA + 9.8 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 1.3 BPG, 3.6 APG) She shots like 49% from the floor. 3) Caitlin Clark (18.9 PPG at 14 FGA per game with 4.0 FTM and 4.4 FTA + 5.8 RPG, 1.4 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 8.4 APG) She shots like 43% from the floor. Breanna is the other option, but her numbers are all down across the board so it'll be hard for her to "repeat" as MVP unless the other players are worse through the end of the season because she's honestly been playing sub-par to poor near the end of the season so far. Sabrina has also dropped in her numbers too. In order for either of them to win the MVP, the others will need to perform badly individually and then NYL will have the number 1 seed and the best player from the best team would be selected due to such a gap in the standings. I would rank them near the bottom of the top 5 MVP race because you just can't win MVP a second time in a row with inferior numbers as they won't give you that award when you basically aren't showing that you "impressed" the whole world while getting a top seed the next year. Especially with the two historic seasons going on at the same time and the fact that another player has better stats and a bigger boost in standings than either of the best team's players in relation to coming up the standings. Collier's MVP case rests on the other two falling short and her winning the second seed. If she's able to do that, then she's made the biggest postseason push in standings of the other candidates by going from the 7th seed to the 2nd seed. That's a +5 seed jump year over year, while being a defensive/ advanced metrics superstar as well. However, unlike the other two players, she has missed the most games this year and they've got pretty short results lately in terms of proving her value by winning majority of the games without her. It isn't like she's dropping "points" production that isn't able to be shared by another player on the roster--so, even though she has the most on/off numbers in her favor, the reality is that the team can WIN without her. We can't say that for the other two players that haven't missed a game. But if she wins out and Wilson/ Clark struggle, then you could definitely picture her as the MVP favorite or winner by being a 2nd seed and just barely edging out Aja Wilson. I believe she would have been the favorite if she just didn't play poorly following the two games against Aja Wilson and then the one Fever win at home. If she does play badly the rest of the way, or plays down her potential, then it is hard to pick her over Wilson or Clark. For Wilson to win MVP, she just needs to get to the 4th seed or be hopeful that the 3rd seed becomes available. She needs to win. Beating Liberty, Fever twice, Sun twice, and then beating Seattle and then Dallas will help her hopefully get the third seed. If she can do that, then her MVP stats will be reflected by her standings position. If she's failing to do that, then with her losing those games--especially if they end up losing ALL of them--then this opens up the MVP conversation towards the next two players: Clark and Collier. Collier beating Clark will win her the award under this pretense. Clark beating both Collier and Wilson will win her the award as well. For Clark to win, she is only seeking to win out the remaining games this season. It is possible: Lynx play the Fever at IND's home. Clark and team is better there than away. Alana Smith is potentially injured too, and may miss the game. Atlanta will be a must-win, but if the Fever win vs Lynx and don't crashout, then they should win against Atlanta too. This opens up the two games against Aces--one is Aces doing a B2B against a rested Fever team. Then a 1 day between the next meeting against Aces. Fever have actually fared well against the Aces but due to their schedule of death in the beginning, the well-rested Aces had a chance to beat the weary 11 games in 20 days Fever back then. It will be the opposite way though and Aces could be the ones having to face defeat now. Then a home game against Dallas. And a final road game against Washington at Capital One Arena. If Clark wins the next 4, then her MVP chances are hitting their peak. If LVA drop in standings and get eclipsed by the Fever, which is potentially possible due to them being what they are now, Caitlin Clark is MVP this year. Those are the ultimate situations for how it could turn out in her favor--as she's got an equally impressive stat line as Aja Wilson's stat line. Her finishing the season at 20 PPG and 8.6+ assists per game is quite possible and she'll likely do it while she's shooting like 17 shots per game (she's averaging over 24 PPG at that rate) but that all depends on the team winning games. She'll likely have a few more 20/10 games since she's averaging 10+ assists per game against all the teams except Lynx. She's averaging 20 PPG against every team except Atlanta and Vegas (even though these were B2B and such situations) which would definitely be something the current Clark can do--as she's gotten 19 PPG or more every game for a while now. She's definitely bound to reach that 20/10 mark at least two occasions and would become the first place in career 20-10 games just in one season. Her assists and scoring is at a historic rate. She would also likely be: - TOP Points of any rookie in league history. Top 10 for league POINTS totals. - TOTAL ASSISTS leader in league history. - Top 20 in ROOKIE STEALS PPG and TOTAL STEALS. - Top 20 in TOTAL Rebounds for a rookie. - 3rd in PPG for rookies behind Wilson and Augustus. - With about 15 blocks in 6 games, she'd become the only player to average a stat line with 15-5-5-1-1, but I don't believe she'll do that. Her ending the season in Top 10 in TOTAL POINTS of all time + TOP in TOTAL ASSISTS of all time is just as impressive of a season as Wilson ending the season with TOP POINTS + SECOND in REBOUNDS given that the standings would favor Clark's season just a tad bit more. After all, the basic measure is value and there's no player that has taken a 10th seed to the 4th seed this year or any year and such. She would beat Parker's ability to take a 10th seed to a 6th seed and win MVP. The basis for MVP is winning: - Collier is a +10 wins potential improvement at her best. (they were 19 last year) - Clark is a +11 wins potential improvement at her best. (they were 13 last year) - Aja is a -10 or more wins potential loss at her likely average. (they were 34 last year) Clark winning out means: 24-16 record. -2 for Aces -1 for Lynx Aja and Collier winning out would make Collier second place in the standings, most likely. Aces might be third depending on if the Sun lose a game to another team too. Aja losing out means: 21-17. Collier losing out doesn't really change that much though, as she'll likely remain a top 5 seed one way or another. She'll likely win 3 more times easily, anyway, so they'll have a top 3 seed by the end of the year and clinch the conference. The standings are merely in favor of Clark's position towards MVP. If she's clearing Wilson, then it is her MVP.
Here is a point to ponder - if the stars line up there is an outside shot that the Fever might just be able to move up in the Rankings. The Storm has 3 hard games & the Aces have 6 hard games two against the Fever, for the Stars to line up for the Fever, it starts with a win against the Lynx, Sorm splits with the Mercury, and loses to the Aces, fever takes the two against the Aces and win against the Wings & Mystics. Current Rankings, Aces (#4) 21 & 12, Storm (#5) 20 & 14, Fever (#6) 18 & 16, Mercury (#7) 17 & 18, Sky (#8) 11 & 22, Dream (# 9) 11 & 22, Mystics (# 10) 11 & 23 The Aces # 4 (21 - 12) *Sun Sept 6, *Liberty Sept 8, *Fever Sept 11, *Fever Sept 13, *Sun Sept 15, *Storm Sept 17, Wings Sept 19 ...... The Storm #5 (20 & 14) Sept 7 *Mercury, Sept 11 Sparks, Sept 13 Wings, Sept 15 Sparks, Sept 17 *Aces, Sept 19 *Mercury ....... Fever #6 (18 & 16) The Fever has Five consecutive Home Dates over 10 days & then a 4-day layoff until their last game Sept 19, their final away game, they will be well rested. The Fever 19 & 16. 3 hard games Sept 6 *Lynx, Sept 8 DREAM, Sept 11 *Aces, Sept 13 *Aces, Sept 17 Wings, Sept 19 Mystics, ....... The Mercury (17 & 18) Sept 7 Storm, Sept 17 *Sun, Sept 15 Sky, Sept 17 Sparks, Sept 19 *Storm ....... The Sky #8 (11 & 22) 12 Sparks Sept 6th, WINGS Sept 8th, MYSTICS Sept 11, LYNX Sept 13Th, MERCURY Sept 15th, DREAM Sept 17, SUN Sept 19th. ...................... The Dream #9 (11 & 22) Sept 6th Wings, Sept 5th Fever, Sept 10th Lynx, Sept 13th Mystics, Sept 15th Mystics, Sept 17th Sky, Sept 19th Liberty .......
The difference between Fever and Lynx as far as I can tell is the Lynx has excellent movement, constant rotation, so there’s always a chance of someone being open for a good shot. The Fever regularly stall out, just stop and stand there, and people get trapped because of it, and CC has to constantly tell people to move.
@@franuche and having 5 on the floor that can shoot. Carleton, Smith, and Collier vs Boston, Smith, and Hull…it’s a 3-1 battle from the perimeter. Overall team 3s ended up the same but the difference in spacing was noticeable. Then again, fouls and TOs got us again. Felt like Collier shot as many FTs as the Fever did by herself
I wouldn't call this a Playoff Matchup. Fever will likely become the 4/5 seed at their rate. This match is more likely to determine MVP fates for Collier or Clark. Which player wins will eliminate the other in the MVP race. Clark winning will eliminate Collier. Then establish her as a potential WNBA MVP winner this year when she faces Vegas twice. I'm on the train of Caitlin actually being able to take MVP from Aja/ Collier. History has made it hard for repeat winners to get MVP in the WNBA: - Number 1 or 2 seeds with the same records, but better numbers. You had to do that typically to repeat the MVP. This year, the two options were Stewart or Wilson: - LVA is bound to get a reduction of 10 wins from last year. - NYL might have a same exact record than last year, but Stewart's numbers are severely worse across the board so her MVP chances rely on all the others doing worse over the course of the season. You can't pick them as repeat winners since the record and stats have to be impressive or the same as the year before. Aja's individual numbers are higher, but the actual team is far worse--and unfortunately for her, the advanced numbers are showing that the team plays better without Aja in some aspects anyway. She's the third best Plus-Minus rating among her three Olympians anyway--and could be worse than the last one too if that one wasn't injured either. So, it opens up options for Collier and Clark to come in and take it. Collier is the favorite right now since she has the best record of the three, and will likely end up as a second seed. However, if she's losing to Clark then that shifts to Clark taking the lead and being the favorite because then it puts Clark on a chance to be a 4th seed or 5th seed. Collier took a 7th seed to a 2/3 seed this year. Clark will take a 10th seed to potentially a 4th seed or 5th seed if she wins the games. That's a +5 or +6 in wins from last year. Easily the MVP winner if that's going to happen. But it all starts with tonight, so Clark needs to dominate.
just potentially one. I have a feeling Conn is going to be the one, we started the season off with them so that would be a full circle moment. Unless Seattle really does keep losing. Vegas is looking good enough to hold their spot since "White Tee A'ja" became a thing
Aces do have a pretty tough 7 game stretch though, and before these last 3 wins they didn't do well at all against the Libertys and Lynx of the world so who knows with them too. They're all suspect atp
Mic! Nice to have you back this week! I'm pleasantly surprised you picked the Fever over the Lynx. I keep thinking that the recent confidence the Fever's gotten over the last stretch would work in their favor, but these are the dreams of a basketball novice. Hearing it from you makes me feel more confident of that outcome.
Thanks Chris, nice to be back! Part of it is me sticking with the pick I made back when I picked Minn last time, part of it is the confidence from this recent stretch since that L, and the last bit is the fact that Minn just lost badly to the Wings and then struggled to a low-scoring 5 pt win against the Sky in their last two. Let's hope I'm right, I'm just getting in and ready to watch
The sports books want Aja and the Aces to win it all, because they have been laying long odds on the other MVP bets. CC was plus 8000 for MVP and the Fever were plus 10,000 to win the championship a month ago.
@@micdewitt Since the break the Fever have the number one rated offense and the number six rated defense. When considering the improvement of the Fever I would value recent stats over season long stats. If they get through the first round as the fifth seed they will meet NY in the semi-finals.
Seattle has two games against the Mercury, two games against the Sparks , one against the Aces and the other against the Wings. 4-2 if we are lucky but more like 5-1. While the Fever have tonight, two against an Aces team getting ready for the playoffs, the Mystics and the Wings. Prediction 4-2 if we win tonight 5-1. I don’t see us moving up unless Seattle total flops. So this is a playoff match up. After Wednesday lackluster performance I’m a little worried about tonight. Side not congrats you are almost to 10 k subs.
Fever can overtake the Aces. They line up towards that aspect. 1-3 is likely to be CON, NYL, and MIN. Too many easy games against teams that they'd win. 4 seed is likely to be between SEATTLE and FEVER (if they win both Aces games; which is their likelihood since Aces are playing B2B and 1 day rest for them) since they each have the easy stretches of games (home games and good schedule) against teams. Fever have 1 road game at Washington. Seattle is at home against Vegas, so that game could decide the final spot in the standings more so than the Fever games. I expect that SEA vs LVA game having more importance than any other game. The game I would worry most for the Fever is the Atlanta game--especially if they win against the Lynx. Going to be a sluggish game, but if they win that then I think they go strong the rest of the way since DAL will probably decide to end the season by that time and call it quits by shutting down players or allowing Arike to just chuck away.
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever need to win-out their games. They would also need to have Aces lose majority of their games (they have the hardest remaining Strength of Schedule in the WNBA of any team) and they play them two times.
If Fever can win both Lynx and Dream games, then she's set herself up to take it from Aja Wilson--she's two games away from making this a real rivalry. If Aja overcomes the hardest stretch of her season, then she's going to get the MVP.
If Collier wins the rest of the games as well, then she's projected to be the MVP.
Clark's Numbers are good compared to the top 4 MVP candidates:
1) Aja Wilson (27 PPG at 19.5 FGA per game with 6.5 FTM and 7.5 FTA + 12.1 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 2.7 BPG, 2.4 APG) She shots like 52% from the floor and solid shooting splits.
2) Naphessa Collier (20.4 PPG at 16 FGA per game with 3.7 FTM and 4.7 FTA + 9.8 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 1.3 BPG, 3.6 APG) She shots like 49% from the floor.
3) Caitlin Clark (18.9 PPG at 14 FGA per game with 4.0 FTM and 4.4 FTA + 5.8 RPG, 1.4 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 8.4 APG) She shots like 43% from the floor.
Breanna is the other option, but her numbers are all down across the board so it'll be hard for her to "repeat" as MVP unless the other players are worse through the end of the season because she's honestly been playing sub-par to poor near the end of the season so far. Sabrina has also dropped in her numbers too. In order for either of them to win the MVP, the others will need to perform badly individually and then NYL will have the number 1 seed and the best player from the best team would be selected due to such a gap in the standings. I would rank them near the bottom of the top 5 MVP race because you just can't win MVP a second time in a row with inferior numbers as they won't give you that award when you basically aren't showing that you "impressed" the whole world while getting a top seed the next year. Especially with the two historic seasons going on at the same time and the fact that another player has better stats and a bigger boost in standings than either of the best team's players in relation to coming up the standings.
Collier's MVP case rests on the other two falling short and her winning the second seed. If she's able to do that, then she's made the biggest postseason push in standings of the other candidates by going from the 7th seed to the 2nd seed. That's a +5 seed jump year over year, while being a defensive/ advanced metrics superstar as well. However, unlike the other two players, she has missed the most games this year and they've got pretty short results lately in terms of proving her value by winning majority of the games without her. It isn't like she's dropping "points" production that isn't able to be shared by another player on the roster--so, even though she has the most on/off numbers in her favor, the reality is that the team can WIN without her. We can't say that for the other two players that haven't missed a game. But if she wins out and Wilson/ Clark struggle, then you could definitely picture her as the MVP favorite or winner by being a 2nd seed and just barely edging out Aja Wilson. I believe she would have been the favorite if she just didn't play poorly following the two games against Aja Wilson and then the one Fever win at home. If she does play badly the rest of the way, or plays down her potential, then it is hard to pick her over Wilson or Clark.
For Wilson to win MVP, she just needs to get to the 4th seed or be hopeful that the 3rd seed becomes available. She needs to win. Beating Liberty, Fever twice, Sun twice, and then beating Seattle and then Dallas will help her hopefully get the third seed. If she can do that, then her MVP stats will be reflected by her standings position. If she's failing to do that, then with her losing those games--especially if they end up losing ALL of them--then this opens up the MVP conversation towards the next two players: Clark and Collier. Collier beating Clark will win her the award under this pretense. Clark beating both Collier and Wilson will win her the award as well.
For Clark to win, she is only seeking to win out the remaining games this season. It is possible:
Lynx play the Fever at IND's home. Clark and team is better there than away. Alana Smith is potentially injured too, and may miss the game.
Atlanta will be a must-win, but if the Fever win vs Lynx and don't crashout, then they should win against Atlanta too.
This opens up the two games against Aces--one is Aces doing a B2B against a rested Fever team. Then a 1 day between the next meeting against Aces. Fever have actually fared well against the Aces but due to their schedule of death in the beginning, the well-rested Aces had a chance to beat the weary 11 games in 20 days Fever back then. It will be the opposite way though and Aces could be the ones having to face defeat now.
Then a home game against Dallas. And a final road game against Washington at Capital One Arena.
If Clark wins the next 4, then her MVP chances are hitting their peak. If LVA drop in standings and get eclipsed by the Fever, which is potentially possible due to them being what they are now, Caitlin Clark is MVP this year.
Those are the ultimate situations for how it could turn out in her favor--as she's got an equally impressive stat line as Aja Wilson's stat line. Her finishing the season at 20 PPG and 8.6+ assists per game is quite possible and she'll likely do it while she's shooting like 17 shots per game (she's averaging over 24 PPG at that rate) but that all depends on the team winning games. She'll likely have a few more 20/10 games since she's averaging 10+ assists per game against all the teams except Lynx. She's averaging 20 PPG against every team except Atlanta and Vegas (even though these were B2B and such situations) which would definitely be something the current Clark can do--as she's gotten 19 PPG or more every game for a while now. She's definitely bound to reach that 20/10 mark at least two occasions and would become the first place in career 20-10 games just in one season. Her assists and scoring is at a historic rate. She would also likely be:
- TOP Points of any rookie in league history. Top 10 for league POINTS totals.
- TOTAL ASSISTS leader in league history.
- Top 20 in ROOKIE STEALS PPG and TOTAL STEALS.
- Top 20 in TOTAL Rebounds for a rookie.
- 3rd in PPG for rookies behind Wilson and Augustus.
- With about 15 blocks in 6 games, she'd become the only player to average a stat line with 15-5-5-1-1, but I don't believe she'll do that.
Her ending the season in Top 10 in TOTAL POINTS of all time + TOP in TOTAL ASSISTS of all time is just as impressive of a season as Wilson ending the season with TOP POINTS + SECOND in REBOUNDS given that the standings would favor Clark's season just a tad bit more.
After all, the basic measure is value and there's no player that has taken a 10th seed to the 4th seed this year or any year and such. She would beat Parker's ability to take a 10th seed to a 6th seed and win MVP. The basis for MVP is winning:
- Collier is a +10 wins potential improvement at her best. (they were 19 last year)
- Clark is a +11 wins potential improvement at her best. (they were 13 last year)
- Aja is a -10 or more wins potential loss at her likely average. (they were 34 last year)
Clark winning out means: 24-16 record. -2 for Aces -1 for Lynx
Aja and Collier winning out would make Collier second place in the standings, most likely. Aces might be third depending on if the Sun lose a game to another team too.
Aja losing out means: 21-17.
Collier losing out doesn't really change that much though, as she'll likely remain a top 5 seed one way or another. She'll likely win 3 more times easily, anyway, so they'll have a top 3 seed by the end of the year and clinch the conference.
The standings are merely in favor of Clark's position towards MVP. If she's clearing Wilson, then it is her MVP.
Here is a point to ponder - if the stars line up there is an outside shot that the Fever might just be able to move up in the Rankings.
The Storm has 3 hard games & the Aces have 6 hard games two against the Fever, for the Stars to line up for the Fever, it starts with a win against the Lynx, Sorm splits with the Mercury, and loses to the Aces, fever takes the two against the Aces and win against the Wings & Mystics.
Current Rankings,
Aces (#4) 21 & 12, Storm (#5) 20 & 14,
Fever (#6) 18 & 16, Mercury (#7) 17 & 18,
Sky (#8) 11 & 22, Dream (# 9) 11 & 22,
Mystics (# 10) 11 & 23
The Aces # 4 (21 - 12)
*Sun Sept 6, *Liberty Sept 8,
*Fever Sept 11, *Fever Sept 13,
*Sun Sept 15, *Storm Sept 17,
Wings Sept 19
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The Storm #5 (20 & 14)
Sept 7 *Mercury, Sept 11 Sparks,
Sept 13 Wings, Sept 15 Sparks,
Sept 17 *Aces, Sept 19 *Mercury
.......
Fever #6 (18 & 16) The Fever has Five consecutive Home Dates over 10 days & then a 4-day layoff until their last game Sept 19, their final away game, they will be well rested.
The Fever 19 & 16. 3 hard games
Sept 6 *Lynx, Sept 8 DREAM, Sept 11 *Aces,
Sept 13 *Aces, Sept 17 Wings,
Sept 19 Mystics,
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The Mercury (17 & 18)
Sept 7 Storm, Sept 17 *Sun,
Sept 15 Sky, Sept 17 Sparks,
Sept 19 *Storm
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The Sky #8 (11 & 22)
12 Sparks Sept 6th, WINGS Sept 8th,
MYSTICS Sept 11, LYNX Sept 13Th,
MERCURY Sept 15th, DREAM Sept 17,
SUN Sept 19th.
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The Dream #9 (11 & 22)
Sept 6th Wings, Sept 5th Fever,
Sept 10th Lynx, Sept 13th Mystics,
Sept 15th Mystics, Sept 17th Sky,
Sept 19th Liberty
.......
The difference between Fever and Lynx as far as I can tell is the Lynx has excellent movement, constant rotation, so there’s always a chance of someone being open for a good shot. The Fever regularly stall out, just stop and stand there, and people get trapped because of it, and CC has to constantly tell people to move.
@@franuche and having 5 on the floor that can shoot. Carleton, Smith, and Collier vs Boston, Smith, and Hull…it’s a 3-1 battle from the perimeter. Overall team 3s ended up the same but the difference in spacing was noticeable. Then again, fouls and TOs got us again. Felt like Collier shot as many FTs as the Fever did by herself
I wouldn't call this a Playoff Matchup.
Fever will likely become the 4/5 seed at their rate.
This match is more likely to determine MVP fates for Collier or Clark. Which player wins will eliminate the other in the MVP race.
Clark winning will eliminate Collier. Then establish her as a potential WNBA MVP winner this year when she faces Vegas twice.
I'm on the train of Caitlin actually being able to take MVP from Aja/ Collier.
History has made it hard for repeat winners to get MVP in the WNBA:
- Number 1 or 2 seeds with the same records, but better numbers.
You had to do that typically to repeat the MVP. This year, the two options were Stewart or Wilson:
- LVA is bound to get a reduction of 10 wins from last year.
- NYL might have a same exact record than last year, but Stewart's numbers are severely worse across the board so her MVP chances rely on all the others doing worse over the course of the season.
You can't pick them as repeat winners since the record and stats have to be impressive or the same as the year before. Aja's individual numbers are higher, but the actual team is far worse--and unfortunately for her, the advanced numbers are showing that the team plays better without Aja in some aspects anyway. She's the third best Plus-Minus rating among her three Olympians anyway--and could be worse than the last one too if that one wasn't injured either.
So, it opens up options for Collier and Clark to come in and take it.
Collier is the favorite right now since she has the best record of the three, and will likely end up as a second seed. However, if she's losing to Clark then that shifts to Clark taking the lead and being the favorite because then it puts Clark on a chance to be a 4th seed or 5th seed.
Collier took a 7th seed to a 2/3 seed this year.
Clark will take a 10th seed to potentially a 4th seed or 5th seed if she wins the games. That's a +5 or +6 in wins from last year. Easily the MVP winner if that's going to happen.
But it all starts with tonight, so Clark needs to dominate.
just potentially one. I have a feeling Conn is going to be the one, we started the season off with them so that would be a full circle moment. Unless Seattle really does keep losing. Vegas is looking good enough to hold their spot since "White Tee A'ja" became a thing
Aces do have a pretty tough 7 game stretch though, and before these last 3 wins they didn't do well at all against the Libertys and Lynx of the world so who knows with them too. They're all suspect atp
Mic! Nice to have you back this week! I'm pleasantly surprised you picked the Fever over the Lynx. I keep thinking that the recent confidence the Fever's gotten over the last stretch would work in their favor, but these are the dreams of a basketball novice. Hearing it from you makes me feel more confident of that outcome.
Thanks Chris, nice to be back! Part of it is me sticking with the pick I made back when I picked Minn last time, part of it is the confidence from this recent stretch since that L, and the last bit is the fact that Minn just lost badly to the Wings and then struggled to a low-scoring 5 pt win against the Sky in their last two. Let's hope I'm right, I'm just getting in and ready to watch
The sports books want Aja and the Aces to win it all, because they have been laying long odds on the other MVP bets. CC was plus 8000 for MVP and the Fever were plus 10,000 to win the championship a month ago.
A'ja will, but that pt differential that NY has is looking a lot like the one that the Celtics carried around all season.
@@micdewitt Since the break the Fever have the number one rated offense and the number six rated defense. When considering the improvement of the Fever I would value recent stats over season long stats. If they get through the first round as the fifth seed they will meet NY in the semi-finals.
This is must win game for fever against lynx. This is looking like pre playoff match.
Lynx will beat the fevers ass tonight
lol! I hope not, but I like the confidence
Fever: Friday game-terrible terrible ref’s, awful defence, bad subing , Caitlin needed to shoot more 5 minutes to go!
Seattle has two games against the Mercury, two games against the Sparks , one against the Aces and the other against the Wings. 4-2 if we are lucky but more like 5-1. While the Fever have tonight, two against an Aces team getting ready for the playoffs, the Mystics and the Wings. Prediction 4-2 if we win tonight 5-1. I don’t see us moving up unless Seattle total flops. So this is a playoff match up. After Wednesday lackluster performance I’m a little worried about tonight.
Side not congrats you are almost to 10 k subs.
@@larrydolley5477 Thanks! Im going to get the gold 10k balloons like all the IG baddies and do a photo shoot lol
Fever can overtake the Aces. They line up towards that aspect.
1-3 is likely to be CON, NYL, and MIN. Too many easy games against teams that they'd win.
4 seed is likely to be between SEATTLE and FEVER (if they win both Aces games; which is their likelihood since Aces are playing B2B and 1 day rest for them) since they each have the easy stretches of games (home games and good schedule) against teams.
Fever have 1 road game at Washington. Seattle is at home against Vegas, so that game could decide the final spot in the standings more so than the Fever games.
I expect that SEA vs LVA game having more importance than any other game. The game I would worry most for the Fever is the Atlanta game--especially if they win against the Lynx. Going to be a sluggish game, but if they win that then I think they go strong the rest of the way since DAL will probably decide to end the season by that time and call it quits by shutting down players or allowing Arike to just chuck away.
@@micdewittlol you should. Keep it up
Please put timestamps in
will do, thx