Ok, finally getting a chance to watch GSV-MIN game one. Will try not to be too self-referential to the pre-game post in this thread, but it will sometimes be inevitable. riseofthevalkyries.substack.com/p/how-the-va... Zoom empty with Carleton—would love to shrink the floor more at the nail here.

For the Bluesky crowd, @lucaskaplan.bsky.social posted a good coaching clinic appearance Lynne Roberts (Sparks head coach) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-W... Early on, she talks about the Sparks' cutting principles, so I made a quick cut with examples (one of Gabby's steals was one of these):

Of course, good passing teams can find the open looks from three against the double. Here, both PGs smartly dribble away from the double, creating an extra second for them to make a read and drawing the defense away from where the ball eventually winds back up, on the strong side, for three. (2/4)

Finally, monster possession here tying it all together. Effortless pressure takes away time and space—Venezia doesn't touch the paint, because of Lacan, until 7 seconds left. Then peel switches on a dime and finishes the turnover with her length (and she's peeling again while she does it). Elite.

The Valkyries are going places.

Ban the in-game coach interview, jeez. GSV hits two threes on plays started by a thumb down action. MIN isn't pre-switching. VB finds the help both times, getting McBride a step off for a Ceci three and then recalling Phee's nail stunt to find Salaün for the second.

Indiana Fever - top lock counter. Sims top locks Kelsey Mitchell against the offball screen, so Mitchell goes shallow, creating inside leverage for an open lane to the basket and cutting into space when Boston catches (great perimeter spacing and timing).

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.

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.

No surprise that the Fire, who figure to be a very aggressive defense, show a similar late pressure look against the Sparks. You can see Sarama motion for the double in the first clip and then Bühner seems to look back toward the Fire bench before double in the second clip. (3/4)

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Just Like they hid for a while the CIA Reagan Iran-Contra Scandal, the Media is hiding “Hondurasgate" now, involving a highly coordinated plot between the United States, Israel & Honduras to destabilize progressive governments in Latin America & restore a convicted drug trafficker to power

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Zusammenarbeit zwischen deutschen Unternehmen (Siemens Energy und Knauf) und Syrien, dazu gab es einen "Roundtable". Menschen hingegen, die "das Gastrecht missbrauchen", sollen zurück. Er wisse, dass er damit auch für die "überwältigende Mehrheit der SyrerInnen in Deutschland" spreche. Ekelhaft.

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Musk is back to claiming he could build better transit—while trashing California High-Speed Rail. But Hyperloop, his big idea, never actually happened. Even his own biographer says it wasn’t real. Meanwhile, CAHSR is delayed—but under construction. Delivery > ideas.

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