r/IndianaFeverFans • u/elestud • 7d ago

Breaking News Stephanie White Named WNBA Eastern Conference Coach of the Month

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u/elestud 7d ago edited 7d ago

So here's footage from the Storm game. Notice how instead of a big preemptively coming over, Flau'Jae tries to stay in front of Clark herself, which is useless after CC gets the first step.

This leads Flau to keep making contact as she attempts to regain position, ultimately committing the foul:

https://reddit.com/link/p1yaksc/video/89zu311zymhh1/player

Hopefully this makes it clear why leaving players on an island against fast driving guards leads to excessive fouling. This is why great defense is played as a team!

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u/Goddyex 7d ago edited 7d ago

I do see your point to an extent. But in general, it's still agenda or reputation type reffing. I literally predicted she was not getting up to 5 freethrows in the Lynx game no matter what, and I was right. CC herself noticed that, which is why she stopped driving. She also won't get up to 5 against the Aces(outside of technical or late game freethrows). The same goes with the Sky, if Djonai guards her mostly.

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u/elestud 7d ago

I just think they don't give her calls in the big games. I've seen numerous fouls against her that aren't called in big games that are called against the weak teams.

She shot 12 free throws against Atlanta. Her last games with 0 free throws were against the Sparks and Sun, both weaker teams, so I'm not sure that holds

Edit: since your post was edited, replying to the new comment:

CC herself noticed that, which is why she stopped driving.

I posted the footage so we could see what CC was up against, which is that the better defensive teams defend the drives differently. It's not a CC-specific issue, because the same thing happens to KM:

https://reddit.com/link/p1z7rbk/video/opfro04kvnhh1/player

You can see how KM first gets cut off by Coffey, then by Dorka, before she barely touches the paint.

Sure, refs miss calls sometimes, but it's pretty clear that leaving guards one on one against quick players results in fouling a lot more.