Fever coach Christie Sides decried her team's effort in a blowout loss to the Sun, benching most of the starters -- including Caitlin Clark -- in the third quarter.
89-72 Monday at Mohegan Sun Arena, at one point leading by as many as 28 and ultimately leaving Fever coach Christie Sides upset with her team's effort.
"This is a team you can't come out and be lackadaisical against, they're just that good," said No. 1 pick, who was held to 10 points on 3 for 8 shooting to go along with two assists, three turnovers, a steal and no rebounds."They're going to punch you in the mouth, and I don't think we had it from the jump and obviously that's a little disappointing."-- were second-most in a game for them this summer. They also shot 47.
"We were down 28 and I wanted to put a group in there that would get out and play some defense," Sides said of that decision."I'm really, really proud of that group that went out there and cut the lead. They played hard. We've got Atlanta coming up, we've got Chicago coming up. Just thinking ahead." "It's really disappointing," Sides said."We have to figure that out," before challenging her players,"I think is going to start with them. We're here to build a roadmap for them to be successful and that's on them. They've got to figure that one out."
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