Remember when the Simpsons—and even Marge—sang "you don't win friends with salad?" Well, try singing "you don't play zone vs. Minny (when Phee is on the court)." Ceci tries to put out a fire but creates another fire, and Collier cashes in.

Cold, like Minnesota. Nasty strongside pindown action, McBride hits it. Ceci not top-locking off the slow cut, gets backscreened. Temi can't call it for her. Great route again and screen from Collier.

Look at her BLOB inbound defense—she has the presence to take away the first option, the second option, and her length further pushes a deep inbound pass. That takes time and space away from the offense, and stacking plays where you remove both things is elite defensive foundation.

Also, gotta clip the Amihere threes, which go from brick to brilliant

A little Valkyries foreign legion action: Justė Jocytė isolates against Janelle Salaün, drives and kicks, Coulibaly hits the three to open things up for Girona in #EuroLeagueWomen earlier. (Praha was not in zone to start the possession, just helped aggressively against the drive.)

Good size and mobility for that size defensively, some rim protection and perimeter engagement. Can stand to communicate more defensively (eg. when wing dropping on roll) and can get too square in up-to-touch screen coverage, leading to pockets, but lot of growth potential.

Ok, wrapping this one up. I'm going to break down how Galatasaray exploited and executed enough upon Schio's defense to get the win in tomorrow morning's post, but until then, some nice plays from Cecilia Zandalasini (always poised in the paint) and a nice 3 off Zoom action for Kitty Laksa.

Watch McBride off screen here: the price of vigilance is two points. Big proponent of the top-lock from Ceci (you always know your old team!) but you can see McBride's IQ as a route runner finding the space both times (that corner dex is the counter to the top-lock, if the pass can get there).

The Mersin backcourt was Valkyrie-heavy: Tip Hayes and Julie Vanloo. Hayes, on a pitch count, flashed some explosiveness (less so when guarded by Charles), and Vanloo hit one of her patented deep threes, but Mersin shot just 22/62 (eFG - 42.7%) and turned the ball over 16 times.

Salaün hits the stepback three over Amihere recovering as the trailer in transition (after a missed layup), and Kaitlyn Chen, on the Praha bench, is pumped. The Salaün-goes-left-stepback is a pretty familiar sight.

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