Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Harding
Lindsey Marcie Hardingis an American-Belarusian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth12 June 1984
ball gaps move open pressure remember skip zones
They're really active, and they like to put pressure on the ball, but you've still got to remember that it's just a zone, and all zones have weaknesses. You can penetrate it, skip the ball in and move it into the gaps -- you can get open shots.
advantage coach depth halftime hard points remember score strength transition
That's our strength. We didn't have many fast-break points that I can remember in the first half. We had to take advantage of our transition game. That's where we score a lot. Coach told us at halftime we have so much depth and we have to play hard enough to use it.
forest honest knew liked played shoot talk tennessee wake
After that, I'll know everything. To be completely honest with you, I know about Tennessee because they talk about them all the time, I know about UNC because we play them all the time. Other than that -- we just played Wake Forest and I knew they liked to shoot a lot, but other than that, not much.
came coach people saying tired win
I wanted to win it for Coach G. I get tired of people saying she can't win the big one and this and that. When it came down to the final, it was us as players. We were the ones who had to execute. She had us well prepared.
calm figure work
They went on a run, but we had to calm down and figure out what would work for us. We started going back inside.
calm figure work
We had to calm down and figure out what was going to work for us, so we started to work it inside, use our penetration, and then we went on a run.
experience feed home whether
We have experience on this team. We're used to big games, we're used to big crowds. We actually feed off that whether it's an away big game, or a home big game.
ball double fly leave man shot swear time
Every shot she had someone in her face. Any time she got the ball I swear I'd leave my man and fly to try to double her.
friends-or-friendship knew left people wait
Some people went home, and I went out with friends. All of us left campus, and I just knew that I could not wait to get back to practice.
people pressure score team
I don't feel like there's any pressure to try to score 100 points. We just have so many people on the team that can score. That's how we get a lot of points.
chance felt finals win
It's really disappointing to not make it to the finals and not have a chance to win it. We all felt that this was our tournament.
almost great inside job knocked knocking mainly moving shot shots
They knocked down almost every shot they took. They did a great job of moving the ball, going inside and just mainly knocking down the shots and knocking down big shots when it counted.
deny door follow open touch tried trying
I tried not to let her touch the ball. I was trying to follow her and deny her the ball. The only thing that was open was the back door but they didn't look for that.
flips gymnastics took
I took gymnastics for years. I told everyone if we win, I'll do back flips up and down the court.