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00:06Hello and welcome to our coverage of the WNBA on 2K Sports.
00:11We'll see the Chicago sky with Brian Banifatemi and Tim Swartz.
00:15I'm Blake Suniga and we're thrilled to have you with us.
00:20And no doubt about it fellas, we're starting to see teams click and take shape.
00:24The faster you can do that, the faster you can start refining what you're doing on the floor.
00:28Bulletproofing it, if you will.
00:31Yeah, I just love the grit and grind of the early season.
00:35Few things are better than watching these teams try to jumpstart their season early on.
00:40It's Cardoso with the rebound.
00:42And here we go, the sky fast break.
00:45The open shot, Jackson.
00:46And she wills that one in, sinking right through off the back iron.
00:51Nice feed as Carrington finds a teammate with an even better look.
00:56That's just good offense.
00:57That one goes in.
00:59Great communication between teammates there.
01:04Here's Harrington.
01:10Loud outside.
01:12Cup break to the D.
01:13Took the hit and drew the whistle.
01:15But she was late to get there.
01:17The ref couldn't give her a free pass on that one.
01:32Here's Carrington.
01:34Here's Carrington.
01:36Pass to Jackson.
01:39The offensive rebound.
01:41Back to Carrington.
01:44And the three off target.
01:49Now here's Juhasz.
01:51It's tipped.
01:55And here's Cole.
01:57Cloud pulls it in.
01:59The shot was there for her.
02:00She had to take it.
02:02And I don't care if she didn't convert.
02:04She should take it again next time.
02:06Now here's Cloud.
02:09Pass to Jackson.
02:11Nice move.
02:14Carrington outside.
02:18Six to shoot.
02:20Back to Jackson.
02:24That misses off the backboard.
02:26Yeah.
02:26She found herself in space.
02:28And just rushed the shot a little bit.
02:31Count to the basket.
02:33Her shooting percentage is through the roof right now.
02:36What a great start to this game.
02:40And it's the sky ball.
02:42Trailing by two.
02:44Two points.
02:45That one goes in.
02:46You can always depend on her to put that lead pass right on the money.
02:53Pass to Juhasz.
02:57Full.
02:59Juhasz.
03:00She's covered by Cloud.
03:04Got a piece of it.
03:05Big time swat from Carrington.
03:07You just know that's going to fire her up.
03:10And here's Jackson.
03:14Back to Cloud.
03:17The 11-footer.
03:19Johannes with the rebound.
03:21The inside a little too congested for her to get her usual touch on that shot.
03:25Right wing.
03:26Pass to Juhasz.
03:28Hall.
03:32Let's the three by.
03:34Her first shot is a miss.
03:35So for one to start the contest.
03:38On offense.
03:39Here are the sky.
03:40Now here's Carrington.
03:44Inside.
03:45Stevens.
03:46Nice pass.
03:47Led him to the rack perfectly for the layup.
03:49That's a great example of Stevens' comfortability and focus around the basket.
03:56So effective down there.
03:58Now here's Hold.
03:59Looking for a first basket still in this one.
04:02And the ball out of play.
04:03The sky will happen.
04:12Just over three and a half minutes gone here in the first.
04:18Now Cloud.
04:20To the paint.
04:21Here's Stevens.
04:23That's her second shot in her second basket.
04:26My math says that's two for two.
04:28A premier passer.
04:30Cloud racks up an assist.
04:32Really puts her teammates in great positions to score.
04:35Well, it's hard to believe.
04:36But Natasha Cloud has been in the league for a decade.
04:39It's really impressive.
04:40Especially when you consider she was a second round pick.
04:43Cloud is an elite defensive guard.
04:46Great at the point of attack.
04:47And she runs such a good offense as well.
04:50Now here's Cloud.
04:52Drops in the tray.
04:54Well played right there.
04:55There's no question which team has the momentum.
04:57It does look like this lead is headed north.
05:03Pass for you, Haas.
05:05Will it go?
05:07Johannes.
05:07She's covered by Cloud.
05:09Outside for Pow Pow.
05:12Uses the glass to finish the layup.
05:14Check out that assist.
05:16That's a pair of teammates on the same page.
05:19Chicago in the lead.
05:23Jackson outside.
05:27Pass to Cloud.
05:28Fires from deep.
05:30Offensive rebound.
05:31Here's Cardoso.
05:3313-5.
05:353.
05:36First perfect foul.
05:38Second team foul.
05:41At the line for the sky.
05:43Camila.
05:44Cardoso.
05:46Two shots.
05:48And she makes the first.
06:04Both good at the line.
06:07Here's Johannes.
06:09She's been patient so far.
06:11Nothing yet on the scoreboard.
06:16That's in.
06:17And she found her range with that one.
06:18Now one for two.
06:20Way to work the ball in close to the hoop.
06:26Sheldon with it.
06:28Spread out the screen.
06:29Spread out the screen.
06:32With the crossover.
06:34Cardoso.
06:37Pass to Stevens.
06:40That's in.
06:41And she's now three for three.
06:42And looking sharp.
06:44Give credit where credit's due.
06:46Terrific assistance side.
06:47Here's Pow Pow.
06:49Played in with a nice touch off the glass.
06:52That's how to orchestrate for your teammate.
06:54Terrific pass.
06:56And so is Chicago with it.
06:58Leading by five.
07:00And five-second differential between the shot clock and game clock.
07:05On the wing where Kia Jackson buries it from three-point range.
07:10That's just great ball movement.
07:12And that's keep this run.
07:14Passing it with a purpose.
07:17The D has not been able to keep up.
07:19What appeared to be an easy two points just went straight out the window.
07:23Oh, my.
07:25A game this close to a four-point play.
07:29And she'll head to the line with three free throws.
07:33At the line for the sky.
07:35With the field.
07:37And she's good on the first of three.
07:40The sky making a switch here.
07:54She hits the second from the line.
08:04And she makes all three.
08:13In an overpowering first quarter effort, already a double-digit advantage.
08:19It's the sky.
08:20Up by 11.
08:21And don't go away.
08:22We'll be back momentarily.
08:44And welcome back.
08:45It's been all one-way traffic through the first as the second quarter gets underway.
08:49And for the sky here, they've been putting on a show for us.
08:54Really hard work being put in from the glass by them from the get-go.
08:59Yeah, everyone's done a great job boxing out for them here.
09:02And it's showing up on the stat sheet.
09:08Here's Vanham.
09:10No scoring yet from her.
09:11But that's likely to change.
09:16Back to Williams.
09:18Pass to Sheldon.
09:19The three ball.
09:21Miller grabs the miss.
09:25Here's Bell.
09:27Burrell.
09:28From deep.
09:29Hits it from three-point range.
09:31Good pass work.
09:33The assist was right on target.
09:35And so is Chicago with it.
09:38They've led by as many as 11 points.
09:40You have to live.
09:41It's good.
09:42The coach has always told me that if you battle for offensive rebounds, you're guaranteed a high-quality shot on
09:50the follow, just like she got there.
09:53Here's Burrell.
09:55Elizabeth Williams pulls it in.
09:58Second quarter of basketball.
10:00About one minute played so far.
10:05Here's Sheldon.
10:07And Bell pulls it down.
10:09You know, typically she has the touch to finish when she's in that tight.
10:13Not sure what happened there.
10:17Miller.
10:18Guarded by Davis.
10:22To the inside.
10:24Shots good by Burrell.
10:26Textbook.
10:27Nice pass.
10:28Nice catch.
10:30Nice shot.
10:34And here's Bannam.
10:36From the arc.
10:38Good on the three-point shot.
10:40Look for the defense.
10:41They've got to talk to each other.
10:43Clearly in air, not getting out there on a three-point attempt.
10:48It's Diamond Miller on the wing.
10:52And right away, they match it with a three-pointer of their own.
10:56The rapid-fire threes coming from everywhere.
10:59I wasn't sure they should try to get the three right back like that.
11:03But hey, it worked out for them.
11:05Now here's Sheldon.
11:06She hasn't scored yet.
11:08That, I'm sure, will change.
11:10That's one way to extend the lead.
11:12Continue to light it up from long range.
11:13They have all the confidence in the world from three-point land right now.
11:17That all can't hit.
11:19They've got a big lead, not just on the scoreboard, but in the rebounding numbers, too.
11:24Yeah, it's been a gritty performance and a physical brand of basketball.
11:27But hey, that's how you win.
11:29Bring your lunch pail.
11:31Here's Sheldon.
11:32They lead by 11.
11:34The largest margin of the game.
11:37Pass to Burrell.
11:41In the hoop for her third make from the field.
11:44She's three for four thus far in the contest.
11:46She was one step ahead of the D in making that pass.
11:49Nice assist.
11:53Here's Sheldon.
11:54And Bell pulls it down.
11:56Yeah, she's been off her game this quarter.
11:58Just hasn't been able to get a whole lot to go down.
12:04Sheldon outside.
12:06Davis.
12:09Misses the three.
12:13Pass to Bell.
12:16Miller.
12:17Guarded by Davis.
12:18Here's Bell.
12:20The rebound by the sky.
12:22Well, I'm going to say the defense got pretty lucky right there
12:25because she's going to make a lot more of those than she misses
12:29when she gets that much move.
12:32And she makes that one.
12:34Took advantage of some shoddy D there.
12:37They got to at least get a finger on her.
12:46All right.
12:47This is the court.
12:48Have a bad day.
12:50The shot will get you.
13:03Now, Johannes.
13:06Pass to Juhasz.
13:09And here's Johannes.
13:11She's covered by Cloud.
13:13From past the arc.
13:14Hall with the bucket.
13:16A textbook beat to Hall, who was all set up, ready to shoot.
13:20Chicago leading.
13:23Harrington outside.
13:27Here's Stephens.
13:28Nice work on the boards.
13:30Paying off with the basket.
13:31Plus eight in the rebound differential.
13:34One more reason they have absolutely just controlled this game.
13:38Yeah, double-digit advantage on the scoreboard.
13:41They've taken the initiative for sure.
13:42And it started out with the rebounding.
13:44It sets a tone.
13:45She had her head on a swivel
13:47and was able to still pick out the pass and get the assist.
13:52Screen by Jackson.
13:54Pass to Cloud.
13:58And that comes off the assist by Natasha Cloud.
14:02That assist got a little nod from her teammate after the bucket.
14:06Now, Juhasz.
14:09Pow-pow on the wing.
14:11Gets it to go from downtown.
14:15Nice feed that time for Juhasz.
14:21Now, here's Carrington.
14:22She hasn't yet put up any points in this one.
14:26Cloud outside.
14:29Pass to Stephens.
14:31And another basket for Chicago.
14:35She's created some good opportunities for herself and made the most of them.
14:44And she banks in the layup.
14:47Fantastic pass.
14:49She made that a very easy bucket with the setup.
14:53It's a four-second differential between the shot clock and game clock.
14:57Cloud outside.
14:59There's a screen by Stephens.
15:02There's the triple.
15:04That shot.
15:06No good.
15:09Pass to Juhasz.
15:14Lexi hole on the wing.
15:15He got it up in time, but it just wouldn't fall for him.
15:19And we've reached halftime in this one.
15:21Into the sky.
15:23Up by six.
15:24And we'll be back right after halftime to get the third quarter under way.
15:34And it's time for your fan half-court shot.
15:38Please direct your attention to center court.
15:40Drums, please.
15:43They're thinking about the shot.
15:51Oh, yeah.
15:54Give it up for the participants.
15:55Oh, my God.
15:57Oh, yeah.
15:58Oh, yeah.
16:06Oh, my God.
16:46And now the start of the second half.
16:48Neither side jumping out ahead through the first two quarters.
16:51One of the stories here is definitely Stevens being able to get it done.
16:56She broke out her entire arsenal of post moves in the first half.
17:00Every one of them was working.
17:02Yeah, and I'm going to call her the magician because I think she might have even a few more tricks
17:07up her sleeve.
17:09And I think she's going to break them out as we start heading down the stretch.
17:22Garrington with the ball.
17:23Wyatt so far offensively searching for first points of the game.
17:28Cloud.
17:29Second chance shot.
17:30And you can count it.
17:32She'll go to the line with a chance to make it three.
17:35They're just killing them in the paint.
17:37You can say that again.
17:38I mean, the defenders aren't being nearly aggressive enough down low.
17:42They're just killing them in the paint.
17:56Here's Pau Pau.
17:58Lexi hole on the wing.
18:01Pass to Johannes.
18:04Hole.
18:06To the left side wing.
18:10Shot clock at five.
18:12Here's Pau Pau.
18:14And that one.
18:15Drop score.
18:16Found the soft spot in the D right there.
18:22Now here's Carrington.
18:23Guarded by Pau Pau.
18:25And now Jackson.
18:28Stephens.
18:31Stephens.
18:32Stephens, the screen.
18:33To the left wing.
18:35Shot clock at six.
18:36The putback.
18:37Great positioning on the putback.
18:39Hard work on the glass once again, guys.
18:42They've put a lot of effort into their rebounding.
18:45And that interior play, it's made a big difference in this game.
18:51Stripped away.
18:56She's covered by Cloud.
18:57And so she earns a trip to the line.
18:59Official saw the contact.
19:01And she'll shoot two.
19:02First team guy.
19:12First free throw is good.
19:21That one falls.
19:22So she hits both of them.
19:27And we're just about a minute and a half into this third quarter of basketball.
19:34Jackson outside.
19:36Pass to Stephens.
19:40Ardoso inside.
19:42Carrington.
19:43That one drops.
19:45And it comes off an assist from Camila Cardoso.
19:48Putting those guard skills to work.
19:50Carrington with the quick trigger.
19:59Ah!
20:00Ah!
20:01Ah!
20:03Ah!
20:03Ah!
20:04Ah!
20:05Ah!
20:05Ah!
20:05Ah!
20:06Ah!
20:07Ah!
20:08Ah!
20:08Good Ä‘ĂŁ.
20:10Ah!
20:14Ewa!
20:14And these guys have had some good motion on offense.
20:17Nice assists.
20:18Good.
20:18When everybody's involved offensively, it's in a way helping you defensively, too.
20:24Yes.
20:24Cardoso with the rebound.
20:26You know, she might be a little overconfident if she's taking shots like that.
20:30I don't care how many shots she's hitting.
20:32She's never hitting that one.
20:34Well, in that tight, with that much of a height advantage, there's really not a lot that Deke can do
20:39to stop that shot.
20:46Pass to Johannes.
20:50Juhasz.
20:52Here's Pau Pau for three.
20:54It's good, as five others before it were.
20:57He's now shooting six for seven.
21:00Chicago in the lead.
21:04Here's Cloud.
21:06Carrington, guarded by Pau Pau.
21:08Stevens up top.
21:12In it goes for the eighth time in ten attempts.
21:16With the fundamentally sound skill set, Stevens is able to create offensively.
21:24Pass to hole.
21:27Here's Pau Pau, covered by Carrington.
21:30Carrington.
21:33Shots good by Joe Hannes.
21:39Third quarter of basketball here.
21:41A little under three and a half minutes gone now.
21:44Carrington outside.
21:47They get it back.
21:49And a basket by Cardoso.
21:51Their rebounding has been off the chart today, guys.
21:54And that's the number one reason why this game is out of hand right now.
21:57Exactly.
21:58Their lead is not surprising, given their advantage on the glass.
22:03Now here's Pau Pau.
22:04She's got 14.
22:07Pass to Juhasz.
22:10From outside, off the mark.
22:12Here's Chicago now.
22:16And here's Cloud.
22:19Off the mark there with the three.
22:21It's been that kind of a game for her, but look, the team is still winning, so keep your head
22:26up and just try to move on and be better from this.
22:31Rebound by Camila Cardoso.
22:36Carrington with the ball.
22:38Juhasz is there.
22:39Pass to Stevens.
22:40And another basket for Chicago.
22:43She's having quite the quarter here.
22:46Shooting the ball really well and just an impressive performance on all cylinders.
22:52Here's Holt.
22:53And she drops in the layup.
22:55Off glass.
22:56And when Holt spots a lane to the rim, I mean, she will take a fantastic initiative.
23:01Time called near the sky.
23:04Decide to talk it over.
23:05Start it.
23:18Throwing Chicago going with an almost entirely new game here.
23:36And here's Bantam.
23:38Five points in the game.
23:41The three is up.
23:43Hands it from downtown.
23:45I mean, that shot just becomes effortless for her when the defense is so relaxed like that.
23:54An easy two points on the layup.
23:56Terrific assist.
23:58That was a diamond from Miller.
24:04Now, Bantam.
24:06Eight points for her.
24:07Pass to Sheldon.
24:09Bantam.
24:12Now, here's Davis.
24:15Teardrop shot.
24:17That one drops.
24:18And it comes off an assist from Camila Cardoso.
24:21After being a little more free-flowing in the first half, they're starting to get away from the three here
24:26in the second.
24:27Haven't had as many attempts.
24:29Now, here's Miller.
24:30Still getting warmed up offensively.
24:33No buckets yet in the game for her.
24:38Here's Bantam.
24:47Pass to Williams.
24:50Shoots over Miller.
24:52Attached short, but it's good.
24:53Off the front iron.
24:54Well, she's shot the ball well, but she hasn't shot it enough.
24:59The more shots she gets from here on out, the more they'll stretch out this week.
25:04Well, through three quarters of play, down double digits, it may be difficult to overcome.
25:10Sky out in front.
25:11Up by 12.
25:12And coming up, as soon as we return from the break, the fourth quarter gets underway.
25:32Welcome back as the fourth quarter is right ahead.
25:35Not exactly a close contest here.
25:46Now, here's Pau Pau.
25:50Miller, guarded by Davis.
25:53Back to Miller.
25:57And the ball out of play in the sky will have.
26:01On Tuesday, they'll start out on the road to play the New York Liberty.
26:06Then on Thursday, they continue on the road trip, heading out to Chicago to take on the sky.
26:11And for their matchup with the Fever, there aren't many other meetings that are as evenly matched as this one.
26:18Both teams can give and take punches, and it should come down to the wire.
26:22Two teams that want to win, matching up well.
26:25This will be a great one.
26:26The shot by Stephens, no good.
26:32Here's Burrell.
26:33Azare Stephens with the block.
26:36Because of Stephens' competitive drive, she doesn't want to allow any easy buckets.
26:43Geldon gets the bucket.
26:44That was simply a defensive breakdown there.
26:48She was all alone for that shot.
26:51I mean, that's like a warm-up jumper.
26:53Down low.
26:54Burrell makes it off the glass.
26:57She's enjoyed a very good day shooting the ball so far.
27:00She can bring them back into this.
27:03Pass to Davis.
27:06Now Bannon.
27:08Here's Stephens.
27:11And that one's in, too.
27:13She has missed only three of the 13 shots she's attempted.
27:17They can't afford to give her that kind of look.
27:20Well, it came off a good screen, but still, as a defender, you have to fight over the top of
27:24it.
27:24And you need some help as well.
27:30And just about over one and a half minutes gone by here in the fourth.
27:33That's the kind of D that's needed when she got the ball near the hoop.
27:37They were all over her.
27:41Pass to Pau Pau.
27:44Miller.
27:45Fires for three.
27:47Ferries the long-range jumper.
27:48This is a shot that Miller is still developing.
27:52But it looked pretty smooth that time.
27:55Now a timeout called by Chicago.
27:57When you look at the different rosters around the league, the average age is starting to feel younger.
28:03Yeah.
28:03And with the salary cap and how it's set up, you need players on those rookie-scale deals.
28:08So teams might hold on to a younger player for show with the deck.
28:11No doubt.
28:12It's how you get the numbers to work.
28:14Teams go young to try to find gems as well and see how they can develop stars.
28:28Nine-point game.
28:31Pass to Cloud.
28:34Unloads from nine.
28:36Lands soft on the front of the rim and drops.
28:39Yeah, that is assertive offense from Cloud.
28:43Putting in the work to find her shot.
28:45Here's Hull.
28:48Johannes.
28:49She's covered by Cloud.
28:52And here's Johannes.
28:56Six on the shot clock.
28:58Here's Pau Pau.
28:59The way up off target.
29:02And so it's Chicago with it.
29:04The biggest lead of the game.
29:0615 points.
29:10Pass to Cardoso.
29:12Harrington.
29:14Loud outside.
29:17Here's Stevens.
29:18No good on the triple.
29:23Now Juhas.
29:25She's guarded by Stevens.
29:30Now here's Hull.
29:31Defense right on her.
29:35Cloud pulls it in.
29:40Here in the fourth quarter.
29:42Just under two and a half minutes gone by.
29:45That pass allowed her to get straight to the rim in perfect stride.
29:52And here's Johannes.
29:55Pass to Pau Pau.
29:58Offline with a three.
30:00Well defended that time.
30:02She's a shooter that the defense has to close down on quickly when she's ready to pull the trigger.
30:08Yeah, and you can see that they recognize that.
30:11They're not going to let her get easy shots.
30:14They've been able to depend on her offense all game, guys.
30:17She's just not wasting any chances, any shots she's had.
30:21And if they want to make things even easier on themselves here late in the ball game, I got an
30:26idea.
30:27Just keep getting her the basketball.
30:30To stop the drought.
30:32Azaree Stevens with some nice D.
30:38Cloud outside.
30:42Arrington outside.
30:46Over Pau Pau.
30:47And another basket for Chicago.
30:50And they're getting that lead way up there by now.
30:53It should be easy for them the rest of the way.
30:56Yeah, and at this late stage of a game, a lead like that has a team feeling awfully good.
31:01And the other one's bad.
31:04And some changes here for this guy.
31:18Here's Burrell.
31:19Pass to Bell.
31:20To the middle.
31:22Great pass to set up the land.
31:24Intelligent passing to make that basket possible.
31:32And the layup is good.
31:34That's what I call pretty passing.
31:37Timely recognition as to where the open teammate was.
31:41To the paint.
31:43And the layup is good after a nice lead pass.
31:46Good pass work.
31:48The assist was right on target.
31:53Now Bannam.
31:55The tray.
31:57Can't hit that one.
32:01She's guarded by Williams.
32:04That one goes.
32:05Count it.
32:09Here's Bannam.
32:13Sheldon outside.
32:16Out to the wing.
32:20Pass to Davis.
32:25Back to Sheldon.
32:27Launches a three.
32:28Sinks the triple.
32:30And that's going to be the nail in the coffin.
32:32I'd say so.
32:33They've done a great job of closing this one out.
32:35Never backing off.
32:37Even with the big lead.
32:38Six second difference between the shot clock and the game clock.
32:42Down low.
32:47Pass to Bell.
32:48Over Sheldon.
32:50Misses off the right iron.
33:01No problem for Chicago as they get the win.
33:04A resounding victory for them and an enemy territory, no less.
33:08It was enemy territory.
33:09But with the way that they controlled the game, they took the crowd completely out of it.
33:14That's how to get it done on the road.
33:16And that's a wrap, everyone.
33:18On.
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