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...
doubt last night seriously sit sitting
She didn't sit out last night and I seriously doubt she'll be sitting this series.
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.
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.
came focused game half hurt lauren rely
We just had to rely so much on Lauren in the first half and she really came up big for us. You know she wasn't 100 percent, but sometimes when you're hurt you are focused only on the game itself.
floor happen home surprised
We just got steamrolled on our home floor and that doesn't happen very often. It surprised me that we could never get a grip.
changes defender flow lose offense takes
We lose Betty's points, her energy. She takes a defender away from Lauren. So it changes the flow of our offense for sure.
defense half happy holding points second shooting
Very happy about the defense tonight. Holding them to 19 points and 20-percent shooting in the first half was solid, and I was happy to see that we didn't let up in the second half.
offensive rebound talk three
Betty's three is what everyone will talk about, but (Burse's) offensive rebound was huge.
anybody betty determined lose losing marquee needed player three
Betty is a marquee player in this league. I think she needed to see our commitment. And after losing three players, we were determined not to lose anybody this year.
anytime fun good guard lauren people send soon tells
You had two MVPs on the court. Between Sheryl at one end and Lauren at the other end, it was fun to watch. And Swoopes, anytime you send two people to guard her as soon as she catches the ball, that tells you how good she was playing.
chance chancellor coming conference court envisioned games great home houston move onto van western
To be drilled on your home court is not how any of us envisioned this. Coming in here with two home games and home-court advantage, we thought we had a great chance to move onto the Western Conference finals. ... I have to give Van Chancellor and Houston a ton of credit.
brand cool defense including keeping patience returning standing
There's no standing around in this camp. The defense is brand new, including to the returning players, so keeping my patience and cool now is important.