Nykesha Sales
Nykesha Sales
Nykesha Simone Salesis a former professional basketball player in the WNBA, she most recently played in the Bosnian league for the ZKK Mladi Krajisnik club. Her primary position is the small forward. Her second position is shooting guard. In 1999 Sales was added to the roster of the USA FIBA Senior National Team. Her brother Brooks Sales played forward for Villanova from 1998–2002, and currently plays overseas in Spain for the Club Baloncesto Breogán of Lugo...
guard hard player shut teams three worry
It's hard to guard us because we have so many threats. You shut down one player and you have three more to worry about. Most teams can't say that.
beaten certain definitely granted past realize taking team
They're definitely a team that has beaten us in the past and we're not taking that for granted at all. We realize they have beaten us and we need to play a certain way to beat them.
changes swept
They have made some changes and have new looks. We may have swept them during the season, but they are hungry.
majority played round train year
Yeah, I played the majority of the year, but that's just like training. You train all year round anyway, so it's the same thing.
last prove
We are a lot more confident. Last year, we always had to prove ourselves. This year, we know what we need to get to the championship.
basketball blame frustrated mike playing type win
We are all frustrated. Mike is frustrated and I don't blame him. We are not playing the type of basketball to win a championship.
What he has in Connecticut is too much to give up,
bit building coming fighting fights-and-fighting force game handled instead lead start takes trying until within
Instead of coming out and building on the lead we had, we had to come out and start fighting back again, like we had been doing in most of this series, ... We're not used to doing that and it takes a lot to do that, especially when they're still trying to force it down your throat. It was a bit of a surprise, but we handled it well and we were still in it. We got within one (57-56 with 2:57 left), but it was a game right until the end.
best team
We are the best team in the league. When we play like that, we can't be beat.
arena fans full gives help helps momentum playing tough win
This win helps lot. It gives us the momentum now. They had the momentum going in, and now we have it. But they're going to be tough playing in their building. The fans can do a lot to help a team, and their arena is just as full as ours, and it's actually a little bigger.
defeats excited happened humbling job last purpose realize year
I think we were a lot more excited last year. This year we are excited but we realize that it defeats the purpose to go the championship and lose. We've been here before and after what happened last year, it's more humbling because we know the job is not done yet.
hurdle
I think Asjha was the X-factor in getting us over the hurdle tonight.
chance felt finish great happen refreshed sort sure ugly
I think it was great that it went to overtime, it sort of refreshed us. All of us felt like we got the ugly things out of the way. But now we have a chance to finish things out and make sure they don't happen again.
great overtime refreshed sort
I think it was great that it went to overtime it sort of refreshed us.