A Look at the Lynx: Indiana, May 18

#5 posting 5.23.2007
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I haven't been updating my Look at the Lynx that I did last year. I was swamped by the Forest Lake AAU results. I have heard the requests from the readers.

Here is the first game of the Lynx vs Indiana that took place on Friday. I am doing this to show, compare and contrast, the HS, AAU, and pro differences.

this game took place, Friday, May 18 at Indianapolis
INDIANA fever 83, MINNESOTA lynx 64

Since I wasn't there or watched it on tv, I have to rely on the play by play, but some trends are interesting to note:
1. MN had droughts of 5 and 8 possessions in the first half. The biggest Indiana drought was 7 during the MN 8 sequence.
2. Indiana put together more hot offensive sequences. They had a 6/8 possession sequence (14-5 run) to finish the first quarter up 24-17. At the start of the 3rd quarter they ran off 7 straight scoring possessions and were 9/10 to start for a 21-12 run. At the tail end of the third and beginning of the fourth the Fever struck again with six straight possessions a 14-6 run. Those three runs ((49-23) combined put MN in the sick bay with a fever. The rest of the game MN wins 41-34.
Minnesota's longest hot streak on offense was four possessions, three times, once in the first and twice in the third.
All of Seimone Augustus' points came in the middle two periods. Nicole Ohlde struck for 10 in the first quarter and five the rest of the way. She needs to be more consistent.

NUMBERS EXPLAINED
player, points, possessions, pp100, floor %

MINNESOTA LYNX
STARTERS
Seimone Augustus 16, 15, 106.7, .467
Lindsey Harding 12, 10, 120.0, .600
Nicole Ohlde 15, 16, 93.8, .500
Noelle Quinn 7, 5, 140.0, .800
Kristen Mann 4, 5, 80.0, .400
BENCH
Kathrin Ress 5, 4, 125.0, .500
Keisha Brown 4, 7, 57.1, .286
Amber Jacobs 1, 4, 25.0, .250
Navonda Moore 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Eshaya Murphy 0, 0, 0.0, .000
Svetlana Abrosimova 0, 3, 0.0, .000

INDIANA
STARTERS
Anna DeForge 10, 5, 200.0, .800
Tully Bevilaqua 3, 3, 100.0, .333
Tamika Catchings 12, 12, 100.0, .417
Tamika Whitmore 16, 15, 106.7, .467
Ebony Hoffman 4, 4, 100.0, .500
BENCH
Tan White 17, 11, 154.5, .727
Tammy Sutton-Brown 11, 8, 137.5, .500
KB Sharp 6, 5, 120.0, .600
Alison Bales 4, 5, 80.0, .400
Ann Strother 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Kasha Terry 0, 2, 0.0, .000

TRENCH PLAYER
Tan White

BY THE NUMBERS
Minnesota 64, 71, 90.1, .451
Indiana 83, 71, 116.9, .507
made 3s: Indiana 7, Minnesota 0
made fts: Indiana 14, Minnesota 14
assists: Indiana 19, Minnesota 7
bench: Indiana 38, Minnesota 10
The number that should pop right out is the made 3s. Indiana had 21 points from behind the arc, MN zero. Also Indiana was deadly at the free throw line with 14/14.
Also the bench was trounced by 28.

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
MINNESOTA
Nicole Ohlde 5
Kristen Mann 5
Keisha Brown 3
Noelle Quinn 3
Lindsey Harding 2
Seimone Augustus 2
Navonda Moore 2
Kathrin Ress 1
Eshaya Murphy 1
totals: 24

INDIANA
Tamika Catchings 6
Tamika Whitmore 4
Ebony Hoffman 4
Anna DeForge 2
Tully Bevilaqua 2
Tan White 2
Kasha Terry 2
Tammy Sutton-Brown 1
totals: 23

Next up: the Lynx vs Sacramento; later tonight the MN AAU Forest Lake gold semifinals between North Tartan and NC Heat.