00:00How much has Jonquois not being there impacted those two things for the Liberty?
00:05They've been kind of middle of the pack on rebounding all season, but they do on the season give up the second most offensive rebounds.
00:13That was an issue when JJ was there, and it's only become more of an issue since she hasn't been there.
00:18What I think is the biggest thing to call out is the fact that the Liberty are near the bottom of the league in these last six games,
00:25and they've gone two and four in enforcing turnovers, just 15.1 per game, which is last in the W, but on the season, they're still fourth.
00:34So they were doing well really early on, and their best offense is that transition.
00:39So if they're not forcing those turnovers, if they're taking the ball out of the net, then defenses are allowed to come back, settle in, get them in the half court.
00:47And Jonquois Jones is a huge reason for that, partially because she is an all-WNBA level defender, but also because it enables Brianna Stewart to be able to roam.
00:57And she is the best in the WNBA at just using that basketball IQ, knowing where to be, and then using that really, really long wingspan, that 7-1 wingspan, to just blow everything up.
01:08So if you have Brianna Stewart sometimes now as the 5 in some of these more traditional lineups, then teams can know where she is.
01:15They can keep her home.
01:16They can put her into actions or just always kind of have an eye on Stewie, and then that just makes it so much easier to break down everything else.
01:25Yeah, we're really seeing the impact of Jonquois Jones and how much the team misses her.
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