I just bet Phoenix ML +120
Bookmaker odds are Fever -2.5, over/under 179
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Phoenix and OVER, take the desperate team. Besides these teams are evenly matched, and when was the last time a full powered Mercury team recorded 3 UNDER's in a row?? I guess never.
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The officiating will have a big say. In the last game, decided by 1 pt, they handed out a double technical, but only IND got to shoot a FT.
I'm staying away. I'd like to think Phoenix will not lose three in a row, but the way they treated their last possessions in the previous game (Poindexter hoisting up off-balanced shots, while ignoring her teammates, and a terribly executed final possession out of the time-out) has me wonder how cool they are under pressure.
If it's about superstars, Catchings has outplayed Taurasi (terrible shooting). If that continues tonight there will not be a game 5. And IND won't win game 5 in Phoenix, so this is it. This is about who is the coolest under pressure. So far, that has been IND.
Penny Taylor has been Phoenix's best player, coming off the bench (!). Starting Taylor would have given IND a much more difficult defensive assignment. And Phoenix may lose the finals because they don't call timeouts when it matters most. The coaching from IND is more on top of the game. PHX coaching is too loose for a final. That's why they get in early holes. Then they climb out of it and seem to be in control. Then IND calls timeout and makes adjustments and reclaims control. And then? No answer from PHX. The coach lets the players find the solution, while the game progresses and time starts to work against them. That's the problem. I lean IND, but am not touching it.
Last edited by Dark Horse; 10-06-09 at 06:01 PM.
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