I am seeing a bunch of people sharing this video and crying about the officials missing calls in yesterday’s game.
There is nothing to see here. Angel Reese deals with this every night in the trenches.
She hooks arms while fighting for rebounds, and opponents hook her arms while fighting for rebounds. This is nothing. Comes with the territory.
The Atlanta Dream did not lose the game yesterday because of the officials. The officials called 26 fouls against the Valkyries and 19 fouls against the Dream.
The Dream lost the game because they SOLD. Period.
If you know the game, you can watch a game a spot a player or a team that is selling within two minutes.
Right from the opening TIP, I saw that the Dream was selling.
They were flat from the jump. Disinterested and disengaged. They made no efforts to get to loose balls. They made no efforts to grab rebounds. They made no efforts to score. They passed up wide open shots. They were careless with passes.
I literally wanted to throw my remote at the SCREEN watching a team that had the TALENT to win this series 4-0 SELLING for the 2nd time in this series because the WNBA TOLD them to sell to prolong this series.
I am over it.
@Sun_Sa_Rises 💯💯💯More games = more exposure = more ticket sales = more advertising revenue. I can’t knock it. Both locations are guaranteed sell outs every game, and the WNBA needs money.
@Brandon76147239 The defense was literally no different than it had been in previous games. You can’t stop the best players in the world……..when they are actually COMPETING. The Dream has seen every defense at this point.
@_NBKB That lineup change was irrelevant. The Dream sold. They never entered the building, which was an insult to fans that spent $2,000 in some cases to watch that crap.
The Aces were on tired legs. Every trip to the Finals takes life out of you. They’ve been to the Finals 4 out of the past 6 years. Toss in two World Cups. They needed a break.
Some teams make it to the Finals once or twice and never recover physically. Making it to the Finals is extremely taxing.
Four games have been played in these Finals. Every game has been scripted and rigged.
The Dream sold in games 1 & 4. The Valkyries sold in games 2 & 3.
Sold: Never shower up. Played with no effort, no energy, no fight, no physicality, and no desire because the outcomes were determined prior to the start of each game.
The Dream will win the series, as I predicted from the start, but they will win under the terms dictated by the WNBA and the gambling industry.
The Dream are the FAR superior team. They should have won this series 4-0. They had the talent to do it.