Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan
Anne Theresa Donovanis an American women's basketball player and coach. From 2013 to 2015, she was the head coach of the Connecticut Sun...
betty everybody kept stepped sue
Sue went to a different level. She got everybody organized, kept everybody focused, moreso than a regular-season kind of deal. Betty stepped up verbally, so yeah, it's a different gear.
continue deserve given good male men success talk women
I think all I can do is to continue to talk about it, and I'm not male bashing. Good men deserve opportunities, but good women also deserve opportunities, and they can have success given the right situation.
depend great looked
She looked great while she was out there. It's not really going to depend on how she looks.
five starting team title
Their starting five are title contenders. On paper, they are the team to beat.
bird night nine shot sue ten week
I'll give Sue Bird that shot every night of the week and she will make it nine out of ten times.
carried percent
It was gutsy, very gutsy. You could see she was not 100 percent out there. She carried us in the first half. I didn't think she'd be able to rebound.
aware few focused rest
This is a very focused group. They're very aware of what a few days' rest will do for Lauren.
average below filling finds game help league team tonight win
I don't know how many of those (triple-doubles) we get in the league but that's special. She was below her (scoring) average tonight but she's filling up other columns. So Sheryl finds a way to help her team win a game and it doesn't necessarily have to do with scoring.
ability break create dribble
Her ability to create off the dribble can break down that white-line defense,
awards mean personal
I downplay (the 100th win) because for me, personal awards don't mean a whole lot. Championships are what I'm about.
adjustment alone camp huge rookie
I don't want to write Erin and Leah out of here. It's just a huge adjustment here for any rookie in camp -- let alone at that position.
ability encouraged focus free half impressive knock lauren open second shots throw
In the second half we encouraged (Lennox) because we know they would focus in Lauren Jackson. Most impressive on her play was her ability to to knock down open shots and get to the free throw line.
hope mentally ready
The hope is when we go back to Seattle, we can use her even more. She was doing everything. If she's mentally doing those things, she's ready to play.
days full honest importance last lauren pain practices practicing realistic stress
The days of Lauren practicing every day, full practices every day, are gone. This last stress fracture showed Lauren the importance of being realistic and honest about her pain level.