00:00These two clubs split the regular season series. One win apiece. Malonga against Stewart, and our second semifinal here on
00:08TNT is underway.
00:10It's Stewart on the curl, and Breeze comes up with a stop. The first quarter is commercial free and brought
00:16to you by Ally. Do it right.
00:19Beckers navigates, fires, rolls it in.
00:22And Mids want to play more freely. They're going to try and play at a faster pace. It is just
00:26cadence in the half court that Breeze will have a go with.
00:29And she's such an offensive player that can get on a heater quickly as well.
00:33Stewart uses the motor. Now 0 for 2. Beckers hits the deck. Tripped up by Burton. Malonga on an island.
00:39Spin. Fade away. Good!
00:41They have shut down Stewart here in the early going. Now 0 for 4. 0 for 6 overall. Navigate the
00:48screen. Jackson stop and start. Finish! 11 zip trees!
00:52And she said she was the best player out there the other night.
00:54Black attack by Burton. Tapped out by Malonga. Beckers falls on it. Leaking ahead with Kia Jackson for 2. 13
01:02-0 Breeze. Timeout missed!
01:05She is absolutely an extended version of this coaching staff. He said there are multiple times where he will go
01:10to call a play, and she will have already called a play.
01:13One of the Stug Buds featured in our semi-finals. Winner takes on Phantom Wednesday night in the championship game.
01:19Agumawale mid-range. Got it!
01:22Agumawale coming off the bench. You know she's a microwave. She can heat it up. They're going to really need
01:26her now to get things going.
01:27Led all unrivaled reserves in scoring. Smith motors and scores!
01:32Push the foul! There's Lyon for the Misties!
01:35Williams stays in front. Drop back. In and off.
01:40Jackson erupts the other way. Loose ball. Scoops it up and in!
01:45Paige buckets with the emotion, and she talked about it. Playing with joy no matter what's happening out here.
01:50Pull up the bridge truck in Brooklyn!
01:53Good boy!
01:54Motors in! Williams!
01:57Woo-hoo-hoo! Here we go!
02:01Missed game because of illness, so it's been a minute since she's been on the court for game action.
02:05Bounce pass to Williams. Knocks down the mid-range!
02:09The game playing with three fouls. Veronica Burke has two. Malanga giving Stewart no room to breathe. Pin pulling pass!
02:16Up and under Burton!
02:17Ability to cut off the basketball and find some of those lanes.
02:21Williams on the attack. Nearly lays it home. Malanga there to clean it up!
02:26Good man.
02:28Back and forth. Bucket sharing here in the second. Tough take in the paint.
02:32Alicia Gray has her first field goal.
02:34They have 16 here in the second.
02:36Shovel bit by Williams. Is picked off by Stewart.
02:39So versatile.
02:40Pushes the rock the other way.
02:42With the left hand!
02:44Brianna Stewart!
02:45Crafty! First field goal!
02:47What a play!
02:48Starts with her defense on one end of the floor.
02:51Malanga thought she...
02:51A dash.
02:53Follows her shot.
02:55Stewart stands tall playing with three fouls. Keep in mind.
02:59Offensive board, Becker's hangs in the air and scores despite the contest.
03:04Well, I hope the folks are entertained because Paige Becker's came to play tonight.
03:10Ready to attack by Malanga.
03:12It's happening! Malanga, too!
03:14Hasn't pressed their defensive transition.
03:16Smith pulls the trigger. Knocks down a three.
03:19First for missed tonight after an 0-for-7 start.
03:22That's when you're not getting stops and you're constantly having to take it out of the net.
03:25That's been a big problem for Miss.
03:27Brink was almost bottled up.
03:29It's Williams.
03:30Finds the mid-range.
03:31Decides to float a pass to Brink.
03:33Great offense by Breeze.
03:35Excellent job by Courtney Williams to recognize that she could hit that pass to Brink to finish.
03:39Now six assists as a club.
03:41Smith just hit from there!
03:44Breeze has...
03:45Breeze and missed.
03:46Shot the most free throws in Unrivaled on the swing.
03:50It's Agumbo Wale!
03:51Rattles home!
03:53A triple!
03:56What did Ali's talking about?
03:58Slow walk up the floor by Jackson.
04:00Mid-range.
04:00Got it!
04:04Facilitator mode by Gray.
04:06Shot clock to two.
04:07Agumbo Wale fires!
04:09Banks it in!
04:1029 years old today!
04:13And the bank is open!
04:14She hit the half-court shot for some cash this morning and shoot-around.
04:18Make it rain Enrique for missed!
04:2117 now on the other way for Jackson.
04:23There's a nice take in the paint for Stewart.
04:28Six-point game.
04:29Peckers curls around the pit.
04:31Mid-range.
04:32Yes!
04:33Paige Buckets!
04:34Paige Buckets!
04:35People got the popcorn out.
04:37I don't see any Red Vines yet, Brendan, but I know they're in here.
04:40Keywords is yet.
04:41Up and under by Stewart.
04:43Feeling like you at least cut the steps into single digits.
04:46Three-second difference, two-to-two clocks.
04:48Peckers drives it.
04:49Belong to the floor!
04:51She's been everywhere on the glass.
04:54Great.
04:55Knife's off the pick.
04:56Instead, it's a flare pass to Stewart.
04:58Spin cycle.
04:59Let it up.
05:00And come!
05:02Okay, Brianna Stewart.
05:04Stew York has life.
05:07I asked him if he thought the Brees were trying to slow them down intentionally.
05:10He said, absolutely.
05:11They're loading up.
05:12They're getting in the gaps.
05:12We just have to be prepared to keep attacking.
05:15Has worked.
05:16The rest of it, not so much.
05:18Backers navigates the pit.
05:20Pull-out caught.
05:21Cage-backers now on double figures of ten.
05:24Numbers for missed.
05:26Gray tried.
05:27Molonga rather.
05:28It's Jackson who comes up with the stuff.
05:31Back the other way.
05:32It's Molonga.
05:33Two-player game.
05:34They share and care.
05:35I love it.
05:37The sharing and caring.
05:38Just the defense again.
05:40Rakiya Jackson coming up huge on the defensive end.
05:42Really igniting the Brees.
05:44Molonga takes flight and sprinkles in.
05:48Has a double-double.
05:49Brees by ten.
05:50Burton plays off the pick.
05:52Jumper Swish.
05:55In Brees, they keep responding to the missed punches.
06:00Packers in the triple threat.
06:02Comes off the pick.
06:03Fake it.
06:04Lean in and score.
06:07That's so impressive.
06:08Gets her defender on her hip.
06:10And it works like a fast break.
06:12Missed so quick the other way.
06:14Center from the get-go out for camp.
06:16We want to play fast.
06:17And Stewart, fast on defense.
06:20Excellent drive by Stewie.
06:22Can she finish it on the other?
06:23Yes, she can.
06:2612 for Stewie.
06:27Oh, Beckers bottled up in the paint.
06:30Kick it out, Molonga.
06:32A three.
06:34Track down by Beckers.
06:36In a gallop.
06:37Jackson.
06:38Dump it, Molonga.
06:39What a play by Rekia Jackson.
06:41Ability to put the pass on point to catch it in stride.
06:46And a high motor the other way.
06:47Alley's to break.
06:49Kick it to Jackson.
06:50Three in the air.
06:52Too strong.
06:53Williams comes in.
06:54Hits breaking stride.
06:58The young'uns aren't back and down from anything.
07:01Breeze led the league in the regular season and blocked shots.
07:04They have six and we still have two and change left in the second.
07:07Stewart tightrope to the baseline and squeezes in for two.
07:10This is an important two minutes for Miss.
07:12We understand what it means to set the winning score.
07:16So for them to cut this deficit is huge.
07:18Mid-range.
07:19Esther Williams.
07:21Not let her have any room to breathe.
07:23Brink attacks.
07:25Gobbled up by Alana Smith.
07:27Pushes the pace.
07:29Stewart tracks it down.
07:32Swing.
07:32Agumbawale.
07:33Three ball.
07:34Got it!
07:35They're not afraid to try and win ugly and that's what they want to force the Breeze into doing right
07:41now.
07:41Dallas teammates match up.
07:43Number two.
07:44Phantom awaits the winner for Wednesday night's championship.
07:48Backers denied once.
07:50In and out.
07:51The longest tip goes.
07:53Long arms.
07:54I love it.
07:5515 for E.K.
07:58Knows how to channel another level in these big games.
08:01See Notre Dame seven years ago.
08:04Beckers hunts mid-range.
08:06Short.
08:07On the pursuit of the rebound.
08:10It's loose.
08:11It falls between the legs.
08:12Here comes Miss.
08:14Agumbawale leads Stewart.
08:16No whistle.
08:16Hits the deck.
08:17Knows the other way.
08:19Beckers a three-pointer.
08:21Goal!
08:23Play on Peach!
08:25For them not upset.
08:26She hits on them of course but she does not demean them and she's very conscious that they're
08:31learning, they're young, and they are very capable.
08:33Goal!
08:34Goal!
08:34Winning!
08:35Arrique shakes free up to 18 points.
08:38Her fourth three-pointer.
08:39Play at a faster pace.
08:41Here's Stewart.
08:42Has 16 points.
08:44Smith wraps a pass into Stewart.
08:46Deep in the block.
08:47Pounds the basketball and lays it in.
08:50Excellent finish for Stewie who can go left or right.
08:53But she does a nice job of keeping Rekia right on her back.
08:55Finishing strong.
08:56And it's going to be important right now for the miss to try and get another defense to
09:00stop and close this gap.
09:02Beckers the swing to Jackson.
09:04Attacks.
09:05Stump it.
09:06Malanga.
09:07Stumped.
09:08Stewart snatches the ball.
09:093-on-2.
09:11Stewart down the runway.
09:13And the foul.
09:16Watch out.
09:18End-to-end.
09:21Stewart has been trying to put this team on her back.
09:24Does a great job here.
09:26Off the stop and one with the finish.
09:29The bench is loving it.
09:32And we've seen so many games through the course of this unrivaled season and playoffs.
09:39No lead is safe.
09:43And a packed Barclays.
09:45Stewart is back home.
09:46Cameron Brink.
09:47The denial.
09:50I'm telling you right now, this substitution was huge to get Malanga out.
09:54And for Cameron Brink, the second time she meets Stewie right at the top of her shot.
10:00Excellent body control.
10:01And Cam Brink is excited about this opportunity.
10:0410 on the shot clock.
10:06Bounce pass from Malanga Smith.
10:07Stewart high off the glass.
10:09Stew York is left.
10:11Time all breaks.
10:13We're tied.
10:17Draped on Beckers.
10:18Won't give a room.
10:19Smith pokes at him.
10:21Bounce pass to Jackson.
10:22Puts the head down and drives.
10:23Stewart negates the shot.
10:27On the move.
10:29Brink another block.
10:30Up to four and eight for Breeze as a clock.
10:34Come on, Cameron Brink with a block party.
10:37Being the last line of defense for the Breeze.
10:39And she keeps showing up every single time.
10:44Matches a career high for Brink for blocks in a game.
10:47Still missed ball.
10:49Tied at 67.
10:51Ogumbawale Snakes kicking out.
10:53Smith three.
10:53Yes.
10:57First lead tonight.
10:59Misty.
11:00Well, you got to love it.
11:02And Brianna Stewart talked about if they have this moment, she's going to rely on this crowd to help see
11:07them through this win.
11:08Packers no.
11:10Brink.
11:10Yes.
11:12Time out.
11:14Time out.
11:15Time out.
11:16Missed.
11:16Oh, my goodness.
11:21That's how we feel, Chelsea.
11:23What a game.
11:26On the miss side.
11:28Brianna Stewart hasn't hit one from there tonight.
11:30Arike Agumbawale has four.
11:32To the spot jumper short.
11:35Stewart on the glass.
11:37Agumbawale opens.
11:39Side step three-pointer.
11:41Drowned it.
11:42Missed.
11:43On the way back.
11:45They're going to the championship in Miami.
11:48Yeah.
11:51Yeah.
11:53Yeah.
12:00Yeah.
12:02Oh, my God.
12:13I'm proud of everything that's on here.
12:16Hell yeah!
12:18Hell yeah!
12:19Hell yeah!
12:19We got it!
12:20Hell yeah!
12:23Cutting down a second chance opportunity, it doesn't go in first, but here you go.
12:30Rips it, kicks it, and bam!
12:33That is a big time shot for a big time player, Miss down by as many as 16 in this
12:41one.
12:41It felt like Breeze had control of this game, but Miss never gave up the resiliency, the
12:47effort, and a trip back to Miami for the championship.
12:52You know, the beautiful thing about Enrique Agumbawale's journey, if you will, coming off
12:57the bench and just her having this opportunity to still come out and close out this game.
13:03You just never know how your career is going to turn out, folks.
13:06You got to stay with it during the tough times, and she has risen to the top.
13:10She hits the biggest shot in the Big Apple tonight.
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