John Whisenant
John Whisenant
John Whisenantis an American former head coach for the New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association. He graduated in 1966 with a B.S. degree in physical education from New Mexico State University and earned an M.A. in history from Pittsburg State University...
creates run single
We don't run a single play for Yolanda. She creates her own opportunities.
knows
With Yo, this is her team, and she knows what we want to do.
achieve against challenge chance franchise great
We have a chance to achieve something that hasn't been done in franchise history. This will be a great challenge to see what we can do against the Connecticut Sun.
great sun team tickled
We're tickled to death, of course, to come here and play a great team like the Sun and get away with a win.
against boards close good key kicked shots stops
We kicked them good on the boards and that made up for some of it. We had some key stops when they got close and we got good shots against them. Now we go home, and we have to play better.
happy
We were flat. Our offense, you know, we didn't score, so I can't be happy with that ... We just didn't execute.
rooting teams
We are silently rooting for their teams not to advance.
point true
Without Ticha, Haynie is our only true point guard. We'll have to see what she can do.
beating finals next quite series straight win won
We've only won what we've won before, we have to win the next series to get into the finals for the first time. But beating them two straight is quite an accomplishment.
came players saw strong
When she came to our preseason, she saw our (new) players and has been going strong ever since.
against great loves opportunity shot stick tougher
(But) Kara is smart, and tougher than a knot on a log. And she loves the opportunity to stick the big shot against these great players.
good held obviously points
Obviously this was a good win. We held them to 34% shooting, 59 points and outrebounded them by 14 (36-22).
Obviously, this is going to be a challenge, ... But I still think we can do it.
lindsay wished
I told Thibault that I wished Lindsay was 100% and that Ticha was 100%,