- 1 day ago
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00So you'll see here, Dallas had really a good offensive game.
00:04AZ Fudd had a great game.
00:05She had 17 points, hitting five threes we talked about in that pregame.
00:09Paige Beckers came out, had a strong night, and Shepard, their All-Stars, were exactly that.
00:14This is a tough Dallas team.
00:16They are hot.
00:17They are building.
00:18But this is a great opportunity for the Tempo to make some noise and upset them.
00:23And here's a look at the starting five for the Toronto Tempo.
00:27Lauer Yuskaita comes back into the starting lineup after the last four on the bench.
00:32And it's locked and loaded for the Dallas Wing.
00:34They've used the same starting five for the last ten games.
00:38Why change a good thing?
00:39We tip off in Montreal.
00:42The WNBA and LaBelle Provence for the first time ever.
00:45It's the first of two in a row for the Tempo.
00:48She's got to go into the rim.
00:50This is the short two, and there's Paige Beckers.
00:53It's a quickly two to the Wally.
00:58Jessica Shepard fresh off a triple-double in the last game.
01:02Puts that up for the first two.
01:05Avery now inside.
01:06Izzy Harrison back to work.
01:08Fresh off a career-high puts it in.
01:10Yeah, and that's a great sign, a great start for the Tempo.
01:13Isabel Harrison has been so dominant since coming back from her injury,
01:16and she just gets better and better every game.
01:18Down low again, Kouyer, offensive rebound,
01:21and that's what Jessica Shepard does.
01:23Offensive rebound, bucket.
01:27These two teams love to play with pace,
01:29both in the top four in terms of fast-break points,
01:32so expect this one to be a quick one,
01:34and right back to Izzybella Harrison.
01:36Count for two.
01:37And Sandy Brandella talks about a pregame.
01:39They really want to be able to use that pick-and-roll game,
01:41so right there you saw that with Kondé and Izzybel for easy sport.
01:45Laura Kouyer coming off her first double-double of the season
01:49at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
01:52This one goes down low, out of bounds.
01:55Already a fast start to this one.
01:57It's going to be Becker's.
01:59An NCAA champion with Connecticut
02:03will provide a handful for Sandy Brongelho.
02:08Tempo right now in a tough spot,
02:09dealing with a lot of injuries,
02:11and have lost seven of their last nine games.
02:15Another offensive board for Shepard.
02:20Daisy Fudd to Benwale.
02:22Trying to go down low to Kouyer,
02:23and that tips off her fingertips,
02:25and the Tempo get the stop.
02:27I think that offensive board,
02:29that's something that the Tempo are really going to want to be conscious of
02:31in this game.
02:33Last game, the Wings unscored the Tempo 20-6 in second chance points.
02:36They need to keep them off those O-boards.
02:39Shkaita to Maria Kondi.
02:41Kondi down low, tries to go first.
02:43It didn't have the angle.
02:44Ball loose.
02:47And out the back is Harrison.
02:50That's a couple of words with the officials.
02:53Timothy Green, Tyler Merkiewicz, and Kelly Broomfield,
02:56the trio in charge at the Bell Center tonight.
03:01Paige Beckers, 22.7 assists.
03:04Back on July the 5th, the last meeting in Toronto.
03:09Shepard, double-double, no surprise.
03:11One of her 13 on the season.
03:13Goes right back to the 10.
03:14One-run line is not a foul call,
03:16but puts it in for two more.
03:19And that's the IQ of Paige Beckers.
03:20She comes off the screen.
03:21She probes.
03:22She waits for Shepard to be able to make that dive,
03:24and delivers.
03:25Deep three.
03:26Mabry got it!
03:28Bringing the Bell Center crowd to its feet early.
03:32And that's going to feel good for Marina Mabry.
03:34An early look at the basket,
03:35an early knockdown in a couple of games
03:38where she's been really, really guarded extremely tight.
03:45Beckers stops up.
03:47Three good for Paige Beckers,
03:49and a big cheer everywhere Paige goes.
03:52There's a crowd that follows.
03:53Yeah, there's a lot of hype.
03:55This one up and no good.
03:57Foul.
04:03So 9-7, the early score here,
04:06and here's a look at PB5.
04:08Now, she just comes off this Shepard screen.
04:10You've got to respect Shepard's role.
04:11She gets a little bit of space,
04:13and Paige is a great shooter when she has that space.
04:15Only had one triple in the last victory
04:17over the New York Liberty.
04:19Came with just three minutes left,
04:21but she does so much on the floor.
04:23No surprise that an All-Star starter this year,
04:26first time Dallas has ever had two All-Star starters
04:29with Shepard in the mix as well.
04:36Mabry has been guarded closely
04:38over the last couple of games.
04:40Mr. First seven shots in the last loss
04:44against Golden State.
04:45Jose Fernandez,
04:46is his team playing well.
04:4914-8, fourth in the WNBA standings,
04:52and they're going the opposite way.
04:54They've won five of their last seven games
04:56and trying to sweep this four-game road trip.
04:58This is the fourth and final stop away
05:01for the Dallas Wings.
05:03Rico Goodwin-Wally
05:05almost at and one
05:06and said she'll go back to the line,
05:08the four-time All-Star.
05:10And she's had a different season, right?
05:11This was a player who's really
05:13one of the number one scoring options
05:15on this team outside of Beckers.
05:17Some productivity numbers are down this year,
05:19but it's because the team
05:21is getting better around her
05:22and she's really stepped up
05:24and played her role
05:25and continued to score
05:26and be what the Dallas Wings need her to be
05:28and given some extra offensive rhythm
05:31to Fudd and Beckers.
05:33That's the part of a great team.
05:34You've got to know your role.
05:35But that's a great teammate, right?
05:36When you're the type of player
05:37who can step back a little bit
05:38in your own offensive productivity
05:40to make the team better.
05:42Up and good with both free throws.
05:47There comes Almond.
05:48Kara mentioned 31 assists
05:50over the past three games.
05:52Back-to-back triples
05:53for Marina Mabry.
05:56Got that range tonight.
05:58And that's just a nice little action
05:59to give her a tiny bit of space.
06:00You see Beckers drop her hands,
06:02hand down, shots up.
06:05Shepard, uncharacteristic turnover
06:06and Almond says,
06:08thank you very much.
06:09Mabry, look out, way out.
06:10Oh, man!
06:13She cannot miss tonight in Montreal!
06:16She has started out on fire.
06:18When Marina Mabry starts out like that,
06:20it can be a long afternoon
06:22for the Dallas Wings.
06:23She's hit nine triples
06:25on two separate occasions this year.
06:27And that's already at three.
06:30Kuir has to chase this ball down.
06:33Shepard a quick touch out of bounds
06:34and another Dallas turnover.
06:38Oh, my two!
06:40Marina, my two!
06:41Mabry, 11 points already.
06:44Three of three from beyond the arc.
06:45They just get lost here.
06:46You cannot get lost on Marina Mabry.
06:49If she sees space,
06:50that's going up and in.
06:53Condé will try and continue
06:55the three-point magic.
06:56This one just short.
06:57Rebound Shepard calls out the play.
07:00She can move the ball so well.
07:02Hand off, Beckert.
07:04Beckert almost stripped by Almal.
07:06Mid-range for Paige Beckert.
07:08That one no good.
07:10Condé will try and stretch the floor.
07:12A good read back.
07:14This Kuir at 6'6 and long intercepts.
07:17Long, athletic, and in the passing lanes.
07:20Beckert to the corner.
07:22Blumenwell-e, tough take to the 10.
07:25And will go back to the line
07:26for a second trip already in the corner.
07:28And that's just a good take from the baseline.
07:30She's got a very quick first step.
07:31She's really athletic.
07:32She sees Condé in front of her
07:34and just decides to attack on the baseline.
07:35We're going to get another look at it here.
07:37Reyeshe shot fakes.
07:38Penetration uses that.
07:40Leans in to create contact
07:41and draw the foul.
07:42It's gone.
07:48So far, so good for Lagumenwell-e at the free-throw line.
07:53An early change.
07:54Jose Fernandez bringing in Alana Smith.
08:00A little familiarity with Coach Sandy Brondillo.
08:03A couple of Australians.
08:06It's time going head-to-head.
08:07There's a lot of international flavor in the WNBA this year.
08:10It's really exciting to see
08:11because a lot of these players have so much experience.
08:14They've just never played over here.
08:16One of Sandy's big points as well is
08:19this is an international team built, expansion team.
08:24It's a foul up top.
08:26And Mabry takes that one.
08:27It's a hard foul.
08:28She mentioned in her post-game availability,
08:30she didn't appreciate all the fouls over the past two games.
08:34She didn't say anything because she was keeping her money.
08:36Were you not paying attention?
08:38But you put up 53 points,
08:40people are going to guard you a little bit tighter.
08:42She's been guarded by the best defensive player
08:45on the other team all year long.
08:46And she's earned that respect, being as good as she is.
08:51Melton, 19 points the last time they met.
08:53Dialing it up again from the NBA.
08:55Give her four triples in the first quarter.
08:59She probably leads the WNBA in step-back knockdowns.
09:02I would like that stat checked, Pogies.
09:05Already up to 71, made threes.
09:08Beckers will counter with the mid-range,
09:10and that's good for Paige Beckers.
09:12That's just a step back from the free-throw line,
09:13just so you know.
09:14I needed to clarify that.
09:16Offensive foul call this time,
09:18and it's against Mabry.
09:21Wants a review early.
09:23With 4.52 to go here in quarter number one.
09:26A fast and furious start.
09:29And they don't call her money, Mabry, for nothing.
09:31How about this from beyond the...
09:33The loudest arena in the NHL.
09:35Montreal has the opportunity to make history tonight
09:38with the capacity of 22,000 people in the building
09:42as the current capacity holds in the WNBA at 20,711.
09:48I spoke to the newest Canadian on the team,
09:50Kayla Alexander, today, and she said,
09:51it's surreal, I am so grateful,
09:54and I'm just trying to soak it all in
09:56and enjoy the process.
09:57Matt?
09:58Regan, thank you very much.
10:00Tamika Tomi, she'd count every single one of these fans,
10:03potentially all 22,000.
10:05I'm trying, but it's really challenging.
10:07It's quite the building.
10:09On top of calling a basketball game.
10:11You'll notice a slight difference in the score during the break.
10:15Paige Becker's three-pointer that was initially called
10:18reduced to a long two-point field goal,
10:20so it's a four-point tempo lead.
10:23Mabry, her first miss of the night, comes in tight.
10:26Shepard with the rebound.
10:27Already have to four rebounds.
10:30Shepard, top.
10:31Hazy Fudd into the lane, right-handed floater doesn't go,
10:35and Elmah is able to wrestle that rebound away.
10:39Trying to play fast.
10:41Yuskaita, a little Eurostep.
10:43How about that from Lauer Yuskaita?
10:46And that's Julie Olomar on the rebound,
10:49pushing in transition,
10:50and attacking before the Dallas Wings can set their defense up.
10:53Insert into the starting lineup today,
10:56and right now trying to guard Shepard,
10:58and that's smooth from the mid-range.
11:02Dallas, the top mid-range shooting team,
11:05averaging over 12 points a game.
11:10And cashing in to keep this game close.
11:12Talked about Julie Olomar in our pregame here.
11:15Here's what she does.
11:16She gives you.
11:16She rebounds down often from that guard position,
11:18and then she picks the pace.
11:19She finds Yuskaita in transition,
11:21and that's a nice little little step
11:23from Yuskaita to finish off the play.
11:25But Julie just really dictates how fast
11:28or how slow this tempo offense goes.
11:30They're just way better when she's on the floor.
11:33Really missed her when she was a late, late scratch.
11:36Last Sunday in Toronto.
11:38Tina Kui, all the way down here.
11:41Left hand.
11:42And that's good for the rookie from France,
11:45one of three francophones on this tempo team.
11:48She's really developing her game as well.
11:50She's had to play a lot more minutes
11:52with having Julian Sykes and Kiki Rice out of the lineup.
11:57And she's provided really good minutes for the team.
12:02Recently had a career-high 13,
12:04but here called for the foul.
12:06Here's another look at Tima.
12:07It's a great take, strong finish.
12:11Plays very confident.
12:12He's never really rattled.
12:15Tempo, eight of 12, shooting from the floor today.
12:19Rudd fakes the shot, tries to go down to Smith.
12:22Dallas has a lot of size, but Toronto defends that well.
12:26Mabry up top.
12:28Johnny Key celebrating her 23rd birthday today.
12:31Had a little cake to shoot around.
12:33Did you get a piece?
12:34I did not.
12:34It was chocolate cake, though.
12:35Looked good.
12:36Looked pretty good.
12:38Turnaround two.
12:39Mabry, no good this time.
12:41Rebound down to Odyssey Sims,
12:43a 33-year-old guard into the game for the first time tonight.
12:46Hands off.
12:47Beckers scoops it back.
12:49Sims will take a look at this three.
12:50That's up and good.
12:52And this is what Dallas can do.
12:53They can attack from everywhere.
12:55Yeah, they can score in bunches,
12:56and they share the ball really well.
12:58All their shooters outside the three-point line
13:01can knock down shots from the guard position.
13:03So they really distribute the ball well
13:05and are able to make some easy shots.
13:09Yuskaita step this back from three.
13:12That one hit from Lithuania.
13:19Pretty-looking shot from Yuskaita.
13:25Toronto by six.
13:29Becker Smith sets the straight.
13:31More mid-range from Page.
13:33And once again, drains it.
13:36And that's where she can be really dangerous.
13:38She plays so well in space.
13:40And the little pull-up, she stops on a dime,
13:41and she's able to elevate it.
13:42Mabry just went behind the back,
13:44and the foul comes.
13:46Sim says, I didn't touch her,
13:48but the oohs and aahs from the Montreal crowd.
13:51Right to her, Coach.
13:52I did not touch her.
13:56Well, you know,
13:57they don't call her Mane Mabry for nothing.
13:59No, and she wanted that make.
14:00Did you see her face after?
14:02She's going to take a second look at it right here.
14:03She gets tapped,
14:04and it almost went.
14:09Right there.
14:10There it is.
14:14Loves a big stage.
14:16And this is a big weekend for the Temple,
14:19playing in front of a new fan base.
14:22Also play in Vancouver
14:24in late August
14:25for a couple of games as well.
14:35It's already 16 points
14:37from Marina Mabry.
14:38That one rattles in.
14:43It's now a seven-point tempo lead.
14:48Completely the opposite
14:49from the last time these two teams met
14:52when Dallas put up 30 in the first quarter
14:54and led by 11.
14:55Hazy Fudd, no room.
14:56He'll finally get away.
14:58Puts the shot up.
14:59No good.
14:59Rebound underneath.
15:00Shepard's got it.
15:01In trouble, though,
15:02and just will hold onto the ball.
15:03Jump ball.
15:05And that's just an unfortunate rebound.
15:07You had two Temple players there
15:08get hands on that ball,
15:09and I think there was miscommunication
15:11between the two of them.
15:12They didn't know who was going to get it.
15:13You'll take a look here.
15:15The ball's right there
15:16and just unlucky tip
15:17right to Jessica Shepard.
15:23Jessica Shepard,
15:24not just a first-time All-Star,
15:25but a starter.
15:28It's been a force
15:29to be reckoned with this year,
15:31already with three triple doubles.
15:33And nobody else in the league
15:34has any.
15:35No, but you think about
15:36this Dallas-Benz team.
15:37For them to get
15:38two number overall picks
15:40in A-Z.
15:40Back-to-back.
15:41Back-to-back.
15:42You think about
15:42what their record had to be
15:44to get those two selections.
15:45So this quick trajectory
15:46for this team
15:47and how quickly
15:48this organization's been able
15:49to turn that around
15:51and have a team
15:52that's really competitive
15:53this year.
15:53You've got two All-Stars on it.
15:54That's impressive.
15:55And they talked about it
15:56when they played the other day.
15:57People love to play
15:58with Kate Benkos.
15:59So you've got a lot
15:59of free agents and stuff
16:00now that want to go play
16:01in Dallas.
16:02That's a sign
16:03of a growing organization
16:04that has a lot
16:05to be proud of.
16:07Bowie with the push.
16:12Definitely a size difference
16:13there between Shepard
16:15who has a laugh about it.
16:17Yeah, they do.
16:18I'm just trying to bother.
16:19It's me versus Shepard.
16:21It's going to be
16:22your second personal foul.
16:26Bowie who started
16:27the media availability
16:27today with Bonjour.
16:29Oh my gosh, she was so sweet.
16:31French questions first.
16:32Si vous play.
16:33I was like,
16:33she is the nicest.
16:35Into the lane.
16:36Beckers wants to get
16:37back to that mid-range.
16:39This time a late foul called.
16:41And Paige Beckers
16:42will head to the line
16:43for the first time
16:44here tonight.
16:45Go Fries, go Fries.
16:46Hit!
16:48Hit!
16:49Hit!
16:49Hit!
16:50A lot of Dallas jerseys
16:52in the crowd.
16:52Shouldn't say a lot.
16:53Some, also some
16:54UConn jerseys as well.
16:56Well, she has a following
16:57everywhere she goes.
16:59You saw that
16:59when we were in Toronto.
17:00You're seeing that
17:01again tonight.
17:03She's just such a
17:04prominent figure
17:05in the last one.
17:05She has been
17:06in the NCAA game
17:07winning national championships.
17:09She came with a following
17:10into the WNBA.
17:12So, everywhere she goes
17:14there's a crowd.
17:15And she's nice.
17:16She stays,
17:17she signs all the autographs,
17:18she takes all the pictures.
17:20Big crowd as well
17:21for someone you know
17:22pretty well.
17:23Kia Nurse coming
17:24into the game.
17:24I don't know her.
17:25I've never met her actually.
17:26Just no coincidence
17:27on the last name.
17:28No, not at all.
17:29She doesn't eat dinner
17:30with us ever.
17:33That's not what I've seen.
17:35No, she's a sweet kid.
17:36Sweet kid.
17:37Had a big roll
17:38off the bench
17:39over the last couple of games.
17:40She's had multiple
17:41threes in her last three.
17:44Foul called here
17:45as Kondi tried
17:47to spin around.
17:53Three in the key.
17:55Check that.
17:56On Izzy Harrison
17:58for 28-23.
18:02Back again to Beckers.
18:04Feeling it tonight
18:05once again
18:05from the mid-range.
18:07And Paige Beckers
18:08starting this game
18:09four or five
18:10from the floor
18:10already.
18:11Ten points.
18:12They're running
18:13this little offensive set
18:14where she starts
18:14on the block
18:15and slips up
18:15and gets to play
18:16one-on-one
18:16in that high post option.
18:19Maria Kondi
18:20tracking a double-team.
18:21Izzy Harrison
18:22left alone.
18:23Got it.
18:24Downtown
18:24from Harrison.
18:26And that's a part
18:27of her game
18:27she's really developed.
18:29She starts games
18:30knocking down threes.
18:31She's very dangerous.
18:32Tempo.
18:33Six of seven
18:34from three
18:35to start this game.
18:37There's Shepard
18:37up and under.
18:38This time
18:38no good.
18:39Guarded well
18:40by Key there.
18:42Matching her
18:42with size
18:43and stay
18:43right with
18:44the all-star
18:45starter.
18:47Shot clock off.
18:49Ten left
18:50in the quarter.
18:52Alma will set
18:53the pace.
18:54Already four assists
18:55in the first quarter.
18:56Looking inside.
18:57Harrison up.
18:58Good for two
18:59and Alma has five dives.
19:02Of course she does.
19:02That is a pretty
19:03pick and roll.
19:05Sandy Brundella
19:05talked about it
19:06pregame.
19:06That's something
19:07they were really
19:07going to focus on.
19:09Up at the buzzer.
19:10No good.
19:11Toronto sharing
19:12the basketball.
19:13She tied her
19:14shoelaces.
19:14She was ready to go.
19:15She was just
19:16hanging out
19:17having fun with
19:17teammates
19:18and she was ready
19:18to go.
19:19Four for four
19:19from three-point land.
19:21Thirty points
19:22combined in the last
19:22two games.
19:23Let's get back to Matt.
19:25All right, Kara.
19:25Thanks very much.
19:26Amber just had
19:2711 points
19:28in a stingy affair
19:29against Golden State
19:30on Thursday.
19:31Don't have surpassed
19:32that.
19:33Ed Moore
19:33with a 17.
19:35Shepard
19:35from the baseline.
19:37Offensive rebound
19:38collected by James.
19:39Underneath the Shepard.
19:41Up and good.
19:42She's got 10 points,
19:43five rebounds.
19:46Early two
19:47from Dallas.
19:49Elmo.
19:51Shkaita in.
19:53Pushing to the tin.
19:54How about that
19:55from Laura Shkaita.
19:57It's a pretty little
19:58from Laura Shkaita.
20:00Attacks the rim.
20:01Nice crossover.
20:03Slash to the bucket.
20:04Smith.
20:06Zia James
20:07driving in.
20:08Left hand
20:09goes up with the shot.
20:10No good.
20:11Rebound still losing.
20:12James able to dribble
20:13out of trouble.
20:15Sims for three.
20:16Long rebound.
20:17And that's collected
20:18by Harrison.
20:20Elmo.
20:21Looks down
20:22into the low post.
20:23Again, Shkaita
20:24goes right at
20:26Atlanta Smith
20:27and the foul called.
20:31And the Aussie
20:32doesn't like the call.
20:32But who does?
20:33No.
20:34No one ever likes
20:34when they call on you.
20:38They're going to get
20:38you Skaita right here.
20:39It's a great kick.
20:40She's had a really
20:41nice start to this game.
20:42She's three for four
20:43from the field
20:44for seven points.
20:45She's aggressive
20:46and when she's
20:46playing aggressive
20:47she gets in another
20:48dimension from that
20:49four position
20:50because she can play
20:51the three-four.
20:51She has guard skills
20:53in the front court.
20:54Speaking of guard skills,
20:56Elmo inside.
20:57Mabry draws the foul.
21:00Already five for five
21:01shooting the free throw.
21:02She'll go back to the line.
21:03She is doing a little bit
21:04of everything to start this game.
21:06I'm pretty sure we caught her
21:07on a post-up she said.
21:08That was Mabry in the middle
21:09of the key
21:09posting a guard.
21:12She is feeling it tonight.
21:14We've heard Montreal magic
21:16being thrown around
21:17a couple of times
21:17and might be in for
21:19one of those.
21:26and she is a big-time star
21:29in this league.
21:31Named to the All-Star game.
21:34Yeah, and she's very deserving
21:36of that All-Star.
21:36I think there was a couple weeks
21:39before the All-Star selections
21:40where I don't know why
21:42it was a question.
21:43The fact that she had to have
21:44a 53-point game performance
21:46to solidify herself,
21:47I think her body of work
21:50put her in there.
21:52Eighth year in the WNBA
21:53will be going to the big dance.
21:58The side-out coming up here.
22:02That's now two personal fouls
22:04for Marina.
22:05That's a look of concern
22:06there for Coach Sandy.
22:11Nobody else for Toronto
22:12in double figures,
22:13just Mabry with the 19.
22:16No, Shepard and Beckers
22:17both have 10.
22:19You just want to be able to play her,
22:20especially when she's
22:21in a rhythm like this.
22:22You don't want a third foul
22:22and have to sit her down
22:23for too long.
22:24James, the Sims, down low.
22:26Luminwale lost the angle.
22:28Harrison rebound,
22:29and Alman will take this ball.
22:33There's Kia Nurse
22:35to back up to the
22:36and the Belgian international,
22:38Alman.
22:39Yuskaita, once again,
22:40downhill and give her to Laura.
22:42Well, she's,
22:43they're guarding Marina
22:44so tight,
22:45so she looks at Marina.
22:46The defense is swarming on her
22:48and she just forgot to play
22:49one-on-one
22:49and take this open lane
22:50to the other side.
22:51Toronto red-hot
22:52from the floor.
22:5313 of 18
22:54at 72% shooting.
22:57Already into the second corner.
22:59Shepard, double-team comes
23:00and a foul.
23:02And the Temple
23:02almost had Jessica Shepard
23:04in a tough spot.
23:08So we've seen some Mabry.
23:10We've seen some Isabel Harrison.
23:12How about nine
23:12for Yuskaita?
23:13Right here,
23:14you'll see her.
23:14She goes
23:15and just rejects
23:16because the defense
23:17is so tight
23:18on that other side
23:19guarding Marina.
23:20It gives her so much space.
23:2314th start today
23:24for the 28-year-old rookie.
23:33Shepard at the line.
23:35I think Yuskaita and Condé
23:36are rookies
23:37in the WNBA.
23:38It always surprises me
23:39because they're
23:40so experienced.
23:41Don't play like rookies.
23:42No, not at all.
23:46Speaking of Condé
23:47coming back
23:48into the game.
23:49Deckers as well
23:51for a short rest.
23:54Those two players
23:54play so many positions
23:55for the Temple, right?
23:56With all these injuries
23:57that they've had
23:58all season long,
23:59they've been able
23:59to play them
24:00kind of like
24:00one through four.
24:02Condé was the playing card
24:03for minutes
24:04in that game
24:05when you had
24:05no Sykes,
24:06no Rice,
24:07no Alamor.
24:09Injuries have been
24:10a problem.
24:11In fact,
24:11Toronto has lost
24:12the third most games
24:13through the injuries
24:14this year.
24:15Step back from
24:16Laura Yuskaita
24:17who's feeling it.
24:19Montreal Magic
24:20for Laura.
24:24Give her 12 now.
24:26Two for two
24:27from beyond the arc
24:28and the hot shooting
24:29continues.
24:30Temple almost
24:31at 74%
24:32shooting the ball
24:33today.
24:35Goobin Wally
24:36top two
24:37baseline.
24:37That's up and good.
24:39She says,
24:40hey, remember me?
24:41I can score too.
24:42She really can score.
24:44Oh, heat check
24:45and Yuskaita
24:47almost puts in
24:48another triple out
24:49one just rattles up.
24:50Beckers,
24:51double team comes.
24:53Goobin Wally
24:54down low,
24:54handoff underneath
24:56and another foul called
24:57as Jessica Shepard
24:59wants to review
25:00after she got
25:00knocked on the head.
25:03Yeah, she's grabbing
25:04her eye there.
25:11You'll see the attack
25:12right here, right?
25:13Yeah.
25:15And she just
25:16gets her hand.
25:18Now, she gets ball
25:19but again,
25:20it's that kind of thing
25:21where the refs
25:21just sees her hand
25:22come from on top
25:23and go down
25:23and they make that call.
25:27Mabry's hot.
25:28And for sure
25:30she feels that way
25:30because she's having
25:32a great game.
25:33She's got three personal fouls.
25:34She's going to have
25:34to go to the bench now.
25:38Making sure
25:39that the crew chief,
25:41Timothy Green,
25:42hears about it.
25:43She definitely is.
25:44And I think again,
25:45like you're a player,
25:46you're a competitor,
25:47you just played this team.
25:49It wasn't a great showing
25:50for your team.
25:51You're in this game,
25:52you're winning,
25:53you're having one of
25:54the best starts
25:55to the season
25:55and then you get
25:56this third foul call
25:58that it's a little ball
26:00like it's a little
26:01tic-tac
26:02to have to go
26:02to the bench right now
26:03with seven minutes
26:04left in the quarter.
26:05Foul trouble
26:06has been a concern
26:07for the tempo
26:08over the last couple
26:09of games,
26:10particularly without
26:12some of the bigs.
26:15Zappalee out tonight.
26:17Yushkaite though
26:18doing just fine
26:20up to 14 points
26:21on six of eight.
26:22Have yourself
26:23an evening,
26:24Laura Yushkaite.
26:27Career highs,
26:2919.
26:31That's certainly
26:32in question here.
26:33Beckers waits
26:34for the D to come
26:35up top.
26:36Kouir hits the three.
26:38She hit a couple
26:38from deep.
26:39Back to back.
26:41Double digit performances
26:43for a walk Kouir.
26:47Anytime Toronto
26:48gets something going,
26:50Dallas is right there
26:50with a punch back.
26:53Yeah,
26:53they have just
26:54so much firepower
26:55on offense.
26:55You've got to guard
26:56so many scores.
26:58They're tough to defend.
27:00Three, two on the
27:02shot clock.
27:03Kondis got to hurry
27:03and will put this up.
27:05No good.
27:06The fadeaway.
27:08And now Becker
27:09is trying to stretch
27:09the floor.
27:10There's Kouir up
27:11and under.
27:12Lost the egg.
27:12Good D for the tempo.
27:14And now Alma
27:16drops it off to Nurse.
27:18No chance to catch
27:19and shoot her specialty.
27:22Alma up top.
27:24Harrison being dragged in
27:26and that's a foul.
27:29Kouir will pick up the personal
27:32foul there.
27:345.40 to go
27:36in this first half.
27:37So far,
27:38so good for the tempo.
27:39Up by nine.
27:41Some concern.
27:42You really open
27:44the lane up
27:45so you can attack.
27:46So Marina Mabry
27:46also has seven for seven
27:48from the free throw line.
27:49Now,
27:50she's got three fouls
27:51on the bench
27:51with seven minutes left.
27:52But if the tempo
27:53can hold this lead
27:54until she gets back in,
27:55three-point shooting
27:55will be a big part of it.
27:56Tempo debut
27:57for Milton Ontario's
27:59Kayla Alexander.
28:01She's played over 200 games
28:03in the WNBA
28:04but not since the bubble
28:05in 2020.
28:09One of two Canadians
28:10on the team
28:11along with Kia.
28:12Yes.
28:13She stepped in just
28:14a moving screen
28:15on that first play.
28:16So welcome back.
28:17Welcome back.
28:18It's been a while.
28:19It's been great
28:21with the Finals MVP
28:22in Spain
28:22just a year ago.
28:24There's Azee Fudd.
28:26So far a quiet start.
28:28That's her first
28:28made field goal
28:30with a number one
28:31overall pick
28:32in the last WNBA draft.
28:36Six foot four,
28:37Alexander providing
28:38some size.
28:39Kia nurse to three.
28:41Underneath,
28:41Shepard the rebound.
28:43That's her sixth.
28:45Fudd,
28:45baseline.
28:46Turns around,
28:47Kuir.
28:48He's hit six
28:49of her last seven
28:49from beyond the arc
28:50going back to the last
28:51couple of games.
28:52Shepard,
28:53no shot.
28:54Outside,
28:54Ogubin Wally
28:55would try and hit.
28:56Not no good
28:57and another hard
28:58rebound for Almon.
29:02Almon's got a couple
29:03of boards
29:03and seven assists.
29:05Ushkaita,
29:06give her another triple.
29:07Three on the night
29:09for Laura Ushkaita.
29:11That's just good
29:12spacing,
29:12ball movement,
29:13getting the ball
29:14to your open shooter
29:15before the defense
29:16is set.
29:16to offer career best.
29:19But for three,
29:20no good.
29:20Beckers right back
29:21to that two
29:22and Paige Beckers
29:23to count on that
29:25for 12
29:26on Paige Beckers' night.
29:28And you know
29:29Julie wants that rebound
29:30back.
29:30It was just off
29:31her fingertips
29:31into the hands
29:32of Beckers.
29:35Alexander
29:36signed just a couple
29:37of days ago.
29:39One or two
29:40shoot-arounds
29:40to try and get
29:41accustomed to the team.
29:43Still on the floor.
29:46Nurse.
29:48Two left
29:48on the shot clock.
29:49That's some good
29:50Dallas defense.
29:52Shot clock violation
29:54here on the tempo.
29:56Lead 47-39.
30:00Most of this quarter
30:01without Maybridge,
30:02you like the game
30:03so far?
30:03I like the game
30:04as a whole.
30:05Yeah,
30:05I would love to see
30:06Marina Maybridge
30:06get to play
30:07some more minutes.
30:08She just came out
30:09on fire
30:10and you know
30:10when that happens,
30:12your team is in a rhythm,
30:13they're playing around
30:14that player.
30:14When she had that 53,
30:16they just said,
30:16here, here's the ball.
30:17Shoot whenever you can.
30:18So she had such a hot start
30:20that it's unfortunate
30:20to see after the event
30:21of those three fouls.
30:22Checked out
30:23a 1.58 mark
30:25in the second quarter
30:26so I see most of it
30:27from the bench
30:28and there's AZ Fudd
30:29who's starting to heat up
30:30here in quarter two.
30:32Downtown,
30:32that's five points
30:33for Fudd.
30:37Alexander pass
30:38reeled in by Condé.
30:40Looks to Nurse
30:41in the corner.
30:42Alexander the handoff
30:43and there's a
30:44Canadian Olympic
30:45connection there.
30:46No good for Kia Nurse
30:48and this one
30:48out the back.
30:52We talked about AZ
30:53off the top
30:54of our show.
30:56You can be
30:56a difference maker.
30:57Yeah,
30:58she's just a very
30:58smooth shooter.
31:00Spot,
31:00finds her space
31:00before she lives
31:01on the offside
31:02of the ball screen
31:03and if you give her
31:04that much space
31:05she's going to knock
31:06that down.
31:09Five triples
31:10against the Temple
31:11the last time out.
31:12This time no good
31:13from beyond the arc.
31:15But it looks like
31:16they're starting
31:16to run her off screens
31:17to get her some
31:17open walks.
31:19Condé,
31:19wide open look
31:20from downtown.
31:21You can count it
31:23from St. Catherine Street.
31:25And that's when
31:25they've been their best
31:26when they're able
31:26to get the ball
31:27off with defensive rebound,
31:28push a transition
31:29and be able to play
31:30through space
31:31and rotate the ball
31:32side to side.
31:32Nine triples
31:33for the Temple.
31:34Nine of 14
31:35from beyond the arc.
31:36Todd says,
31:37okay,
31:37if I can't do it
31:37from beyond the arc,
31:39give it to me
31:40for two.
31:42Seven points
31:43for AZ.
31:44Alma will try
31:45the triple.
31:46Not one.
31:47Just rattles up.
31:48Good pursuit
31:48from Condé.
31:49Ball still loose.
31:50Temple ball.
31:54Great hustle play
31:55there from the Temple
31:58for another chance
31:59is out of possession.
32:03Skied up to Condé.
32:05Euro connection
32:06connecting from downtown.
32:09It's the Temple by six.
32:14This quarter
32:15is brought to you
32:16in part by CIBC.
32:18Proud founding partner
32:20of the Toronto Tempo.
32:21CIBC.
32:22Ambitions made real.
32:33Tempo up by six.
32:35Late stages here.
32:36First half
32:37against a good
32:38Dallas Wings team.
32:39It's won five
32:40of its last seven.
32:42Skied up.
32:43Just has that roll
32:44off her fingertips
32:45and here's Shepard
32:45in transition.
32:47Back to Shepard
32:48from Dubinwale.
32:49That's up and good
32:50for Jessica Shepard.
32:5115.6 rebounds.
32:53That's what she can do.
32:54She can push the ball
32:54in transition
32:55from that front court
32:56position
32:57and she makes
32:58very smart choices.
33:00She's a good ball handler.
33:00So that little skip
33:01to Enrique
33:02and give back
33:03finish.
33:04Nice little play.
33:05That was out
33:06for a nice little play.
33:07Rondé goes up
33:08and good
33:08with the right hand.
33:10Up to five points
33:12on two of five
33:13shooting for the Spaniard.
33:16Marina Mabry
33:17still on the bench
33:18in foul trouble
33:19here in the first half.
33:23Rondé picks up
33:24the foul here.
33:25That's going to be
33:25her second.
33:29She's arguing
33:29in the wrap
33:30that she said
33:30she's holding my arm
33:31not the other way around.
33:34The game's physical
33:36and that's how
33:37it wants to be played.
33:40Alicia Clark
33:42in the ballgame
33:43for the first time
33:44here for the Wings.
33:45Beckers
33:47Rubinwale
33:48with the left hand
33:49goes around the screen
33:50fade away
33:51on the mid-range
33:52and gets a friendly roll
33:53at the bell center.
33:57That one looked like
33:58it was popping out
33:59instead
33:59and just rolled
34:00right over.
34:01Four-point game.
34:03Wings are
34:03chipping away
34:04at this lead.
34:07Harrison up top
34:08Griffithy the nurse.
34:11Rondé
34:11catch and shoot
34:12from three
34:13and the three-point shooting
34:15continues to stay red hot.
34:17Already ten triples
34:18for Toronto
34:19matching their
34:20season average
34:21which is already
34:22second best
34:23in the W.
34:24They're doing a great job
34:25from sharing the ball.
34:26They've got 16 assists
34:27on 19 made field goals.
34:29Sharing the rock.
34:31Sharing is caring.
34:32Just like you wanted
34:33to share some poutine
34:34with Kara
34:35I believe last night.
34:36I don't share poutine.
34:38I eat that for myself.
34:39I got the memo wrong.
34:42Underneath
34:42there's a hard foul.
34:43Yuskada goes down.
34:45Quickly
34:46right back up.
34:47The last thing
34:47the tempo need
34:48is more injuries.
34:50Absolutely not.
34:53Already without
34:53a couple of bigs
34:54today with
34:55Tammy Fecht-Banley
34:57out.
34:57Missed now
34:58three straight.
35:00Sabli also
35:00missing today.
35:04But when Yuskada
35:05does the frontcourt
35:06and she can run down
35:06the lane like this
35:07because she is athletic.
35:08You have the ability
35:09to push the pace
35:10and that's Julia again
35:11looking wonderful
35:12in up floor
35:13off of a score
35:14or a miss.
35:15They are so much better
35:16when they play
35:17up tempo
35:18when they play
35:19with pace
35:20and they don't
35:20let the defense
35:21settle in.
35:2643 seconds
35:27to go
35:28before recess
35:29and Marial
35:31Almoh
35:32good handles
35:33up top.
35:34Harrison
35:34wants to fire
35:35it down low
35:36back to Julia
35:36Almoh
35:37and double dribble
35:38call here
35:40on the tempo.
35:42Almoh
35:42didn't expect
35:43that ball back
35:43because she thought
35:43he was going to
35:45put that shot up.
35:51tempo had an eight
35:52point lead
35:53at the end
35:54of the first
35:55it's been trimmed
35:55to five
35:56Beckers is on the floor
35:5814 points
35:59three rebounds
36:00three assists
36:01for Paige
36:03Shepard
36:04looking back at Paige
36:05but picked off
36:06easily
36:06and here come the tempo
36:07Yuskada takes a look
36:09catch and shoot
36:10for Kia
36:11this time no good.
36:13Harrison
36:13their offensive rebound
36:15give me that
36:15basketball for Izzy
36:17and one.
36:20Just the second
36:21offensive board
36:22today for Toronto
36:23but it counts
36:25for two and one more.
36:26That's so
36:26that's why she's so
36:28important to everything
36:29they do.
36:30Kia Ners will take
36:31this shot here
36:32Izzy just gets
36:32great position
36:33she fights for this
36:34board
36:34she goes straight up
36:35that is just effort
36:37and you see the
36:38emotion
36:38when you've got a
36:39teammate that's
36:40fighting that hard
36:40underneath
36:41you want to rally
36:42around her.
36:43Coming off a
36:44career high
36:4524 points
36:46elevated to a
36:48bigger role
36:49especially with the
36:49loss of Saboli
36:50early in the last
36:51game against
36:52Golden State
36:52she stepped into
36:54the spotlight
36:55put in a career
36:57night
36:57Beckers at the
36:58buzzer
36:58good for Paige
37:00Beckers
37:01stone cold
37:04with the time
37:05winding down
37:06on the first half
37:07and it's a four
37:08point game again
37:10as we reach
37:10halftime
37:11and he thank you
37:12very much
37:13yes offensive
37:14rebound
37:14six
Comments