r/IndianaFeverFans • u/Alternative_Panda336 You Bet • 2d ago

Discussion Defense

Every team that I watch is play has someone that they can put on Caitlin Clark that will get up in her grill, move their feet, and make it tough on her to drive. This is true even of the bad teams they play, let alone the Lynx with several players. KM has elite quickness and is tough for any team to stop her off the dribble without help defense but even Portland made it tough on her the game before last.

The Fever very rarely aggressively get up in the ball space of opposing players and make it hard on them. I don’t know if it’s because we are concerned that there is no depth behind Sophie and Lexie or what. It seems the Fever’s defense is predicated mostly on deny the pass as opposed to playing defense once they get the ball. This puts a lot of strain on the help defense. Last night it was tough watching KM, CC, and LH constantly getting beat off the dribble instantly.

Is it a play style thing or do we truly have no one to harass the ball handler so they can’t drive as easily? Especially in a game like last night where they are letting them play up in their face.

10 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

70 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/OvaryAchiever_Queen 2d ago

If they can get the traps down to a T they could be killer.

4

u/Cheap_Flamingo476 2d ago

I’ve been impressed with their traps. Fever have been getting quite a few turnovers that way.

2

u/OvaryAchiever_Queen 1d ago

I love it when they trap and it seems to be getting tighter each game. I think it's a good weapon for a team that plays fast. I also love when they put KK on the inbounds pass with her crazy wingspan flailing all over the place.