-- did a great job managing phee's minutes in first game back. didn't want to focus on phee being back, we'll play our game and phee will find her spots, and she did once she got more comfortable. above anything i could've expected. number 24 scores 24 on her return. she had to make hard plays at hard times; bodes well for return after all star break
-- expectations for phee on return; a lot of it is that she's excited, nervous, anxious. process is an evolution and we're not done. getting her back today is a big step, working on conditioning and catching up with the rest of the league.
-- individually, didn't feel it once the game started, but yesterday celebrated her making the next step to playing. in-game, need to do the right thing by her and manage her minutes appropriately and not deviating from that just to chase a win. happy for her, but it's one game
-- first half defense wasn't great, not getting basic concepts in. held seattle to 31 in second half, so got closer to true lynx defensive identity. seattle had some open threes, but this time, they didn't make them as opposed to the previous game. happy to go into the break that the defensive effort still matters to the team, gutting out two road wins