Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalenis an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and for AGÜ Spor of Eurobasket. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun. Whalen has won World and Olympic titles with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as three WNBA titles with the Lynx...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 May 1982
CityHutchinson, MN
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Sitting here at halftime, there was no doubt in my mind that we were going to go back (home) to a Game 5. I knew we had some work to do in the second half, but I felt really confident. All of a sudden we were down, and then it was like, 'What happened?' It just didn't happen for us.
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We knew Detroit was in our path and we didn't care how we did it. We just wanted to go out, play hard and get the job done.
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We knew they were going to make a run at us. We just had to settle down. We weren't panicking. We just became more ticked off at that point.
knew knock people playing role start tonight tough
They're playing that role of the spoiler. They want to get in there and knock people off. From the start tonight we knew it was going to be a tough game. In the first half, they made it really tough.
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I kind of knew there was something more than just a bruise when it happened, I just wasn?t sure,
individual
I've been having that my whole life, where there haven't been a lot of individual awards,
caught dad focus individual share takes taught team
Besides, it's all about the team. If you get too caught up in your own individual awards, it takes away from your focus and it takes away from being a part of the team. Always put the team first. That's what my dad always taught me. Share the credit. Take the blame. That's how you have to be.
bit fifth time tried
At the time it was the right decision. So I probably would keep it the same, but just probably tried to have done a little bit more my fifth year.
digging earn sticking victories
You earn victories like this just by sticking with it and digging down,
ready
We're disappointed right now. We'll go back, re-evaluate and be ready to come and play.
best eight good played players rehab
There's no timetable. I'm just going to try to rehab as best I can and come back in good shape. The one thing I have going for me is I've played two years with the players on this team. We have a real good rapport, so it's not like I'm getting to know eight new players.
create felt middle stay track
It felt like a track meet. I was getting a little winded out there. I just wanted to stay aggressive, stay in the middle and create things that way.
gotten hard pride run takes team three
You just run up and down the court, play really hard and be unselfish. Those are the three things that our team takes a lot of pride in. They've gotten us to the finals.
against confident win
We were 13-1 against the West, ... so I'm pretty confident that we can win on the road.