tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32778208880438868652012-02-16T19:48:32.390-08:00Fever WeekFeverWeek is devoted to the women of the WNBA Indiana Fever and their exploits on the hardwood.Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-79570861403844331672010-07-13T07:45:00.000-07:002010-07-13T07:45:44.387-07:00Eshaya Murphy WaivedDespite a strong start to the season, Shay Murphy fell out of the rotation. Joy Cheek will bring a big body and the ability to shoot from range.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 11, 2010
FEVER WAIVES MURPHY, RE-SIGNS ROOKIE JOY CHEEK
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever has waived fourth-year guard Shay Murphy and re-signed rookie forward Joy Cheek, as announced by Chief Operating Officer and Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-52583267047059004022010-07-08T07:56:00.000-07:002010-07-08T07:56:57.229-07:00Gory Details from the Chicago Sky about their 0-4 record vs. the FeverAudrey Reynolds breaks down the gory details here.
Unfortunately, Shameka Christon looks to be out for quite a long time with surgery tomorrow and then another 2-4 weeks to heal.
Kevin Messenger adds the following statistical tidbit:
Chicago’s Sylvia Fowles, named earlier in the day as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, had game highs of 26 points and 18 rebounds. The rest of the SkySam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-3701641531434204442010-07-08T07:43:00.000-07:002010-07-08T07:43:00.136-07:00The Dog Days of SummerIt's the dog days of summer, locked right in the middle of the WNBA season. I'm on the road this week, having just moved last week, so it's been a mess around here.
The last stretch of four road games for the Fever have been unquestionably tough. According to Hollinger, the Fever have faced the toughest WNBA schedule thus far this season, adjusting for the strength of competition.
So comingSam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-18756767905129606732010-06-29T17:09:00.000-07:002010-06-29T17:09:52.917-07:00Fever Press Release No Surprise here, Top 5 MVP candidate Tamika Catchings is in for the All-Star game.
For more, Richard Cohen's picks are here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 29, 2010
CATCHINGS AMONG TOP 10 VOTE-GETTERS IN STARS AT THE SUN FAN BALLOTING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A six-time WNBA All-Star, seven-time All-WNBA recipient, three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and two-time Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-66395480326778582452010-06-24T02:44:00.000-07:002010-06-24T02:44:12.096-07:00The Eastern Conference AdvantageThe disparity between East and West continues.
In particular, the 17-6 (74%) Eastern Conference winning percentage is larger than the 44-29 (60%) winning percentage currently enjoyed by home teams versus road teams.
The Indiana Fever will be on the road for four games until July 8th.
Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-4812712792837942682010-06-22T23:20:00.000-07:002010-06-24T02:26:21.092-07:00Is Candice Dupree's "Career Year" All That?
Ben York of SLAMOnline waxes poetic about the "hard work and resiliency" behind Candice Dupree's bump in boxscore stats.
Candice Dupree is interesting because like Kevin Durant, she appears to be playing well and playing a lot, but has lousy plus/minus. Obviously, that could be related to the Mercury's weak performance, so Lynx Stats provides net plus/minus, adjusted for team performance. Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-22375219325480232072010-06-21T01:54:00.000-07:002010-06-21T12:12:32.098-07:00Statistical Noise or Basketball Truth?Chasing the Title reports the following line-up plus-minuses for the Fever vs. Storm game:
Top Fever Lineups
January-Zellous-Douglas-Moore-Davenport: +10
Bevilaqua-Douglas-Catchings-Sutton-Hoffman: +6January-Douglas-Catchings-Moore-Davenport: +4
The Fever used 12 unique lineups in this game with only four generating a positive value for the team. Two of them stood out as particularly ineffectiveSam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-79271259496145886632010-06-20T21:31:00.000-07:002010-06-20T22:43:10.058-07:00Fever Win Against the WNBA's Best, But Fail to Gain in StandingsAfter winning three consecutive home games this week against the Connecticut Sun, the Seattle Storm and the Atlanta Dream, the Indiana Fever remain stuck in third place in the Eastern Conference. That's how tough the Eastern Conference is.
Indiana proved that at this point in the season, they are as good as the top teams in the WNBA. But they have yet to prove they are better. They have a Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-43339906417839907742010-06-18T14:47:00.000-07:002010-06-18T15:40:33.021-07:00Storm ambushed by the Fever's high energy defense, 72-65(Who's fouling who? Lauren Jackson and Jessica Davenport battle under the basket. Photo courtesy of Josh Flynn.)The Eastern Conference's domination over the West continues as Indiana Fever downed the WNBA-leading Seattle Storm, 72-65 on Thursday. The Storm are 7-0 against the anemic West, but are now only 2-2 against the East.
Seattle's only other loss came May 27th at Chicago, 84-75, their Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-69901914891967950222010-06-17T16:11:00.000-07:002010-06-17T16:11:04.316-07:00Seattle Storm vs. Indiana Fever: 7pm EST7PM EST || WNBA Preview || WNBA Live Access
This is the gamethread, your appetizer before the game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Indianapolis -
My girlfriend spent one evening this week in a closet with her best friend, stockpiled with water, chocolate and a cellphone. Some people are deathly afraid of storms.
However, if you are Tammy Sutton-Brown, you go out after the storm and snap pics Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-69061146828708572792010-06-16T14:37:00.000-07:002010-06-16T14:37:38.933-07:00Thursday is Guys Night Out at the FeverGet your buddies together for Guys Night Out this Thursday, June 17, when the Fever faces the Seattle Storm at 7:00 p.m. You'll receive a ticket to game and all you can eat and drink for only $25. Plus, you'll meet members of the Indiana Pacemates dance team.
Click here to purchase your Guys Night Out ticket and see the 2009 Eastern Conference Champs.
Can't make it to this week's game?Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-3619660370370369502010-06-15T09:43:00.000-07:002010-06-15T09:44:06.606-07:00Confusion or hanging chads? Silver Stars at the SunFive San Antonio Silver Stars players lead the All-star ballot. Perhaps voters are confused about what the "Star" part in "Stars at the Sun" means.
freelantz says,
...someone should check for hanging chads or something. wouldn't that be a funny sight - all sass players at the all-star game, other all-stars watching from home...
Please, please, please, get out and vote!
Press Release
EARLYSam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-10188725065614814062010-06-14T21:20:00.001-07:002010-06-14T21:20:54.119-07:00Indiana Fever Locker Room Confidential, 77-67 over SunHere are videos of postgame interviews with the Indiana Fever stars of Sunday's home win over the Connecticut Sun, starting with Fever coach Lin Dunn's postgame presser.
Overall, the attendance and crowd excitement for this game was pretty raucous.
The Sun were down 20 points before coming back in the 3rd and 4th quarter to tie the game at 60-all with seven minutes to go.
100613 Lin DunnSam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-76966517669862672942010-06-14T19:46:00.001-07:002010-06-14T19:46:54.511-07:00Tina Charles Shut Down, Connecticut Sun Still Chasing First Road Win
The Connecticut Sun's league-leading homecourt advantage is probably a statistical artifact derived from the simpler fact that the Sun have won all of their home games, but also have lost all of their road games.
The weekend home-and-home series between the Sun and the Indiana Fever further reinforced that wedge. The Sun won Friday's game at the Mohegan Sun 86-77, but lost Sunday's game atSam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-61119169276629011842010-06-13T10:51:00.000-07:002010-06-13T14:38:17.734-07:00Connecticut Sun Stop the Indiana Fever 86-77, Rematch tonight at 6PM EST
FRIDAY, Sun 86, Fever 77: WNBA Preview || Fever Preview || AP Recap of Game 1
SUNDAY, 6.00PM EST: WNBA Preview || Fever Preview || WNBA Access
Recently, the Seattle Storm has been credited with having a fortress. This season, however, the Connecticut Sun, undefeated at home, have the greatest homecourt advantage. Massey Ratings estimates the Sun's HA to be worth 7.71 points Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-14422226769045282132010-06-10T13:08:00.000-07:002010-06-11T12:39:36.028-07:00Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun Home-and-Home Weekend Seriesries
FRIDAY, 7.30PM EST: WNBA Preview || WNBA Live Access || Fever Preview
SUNDAY, 6.00PM EST: WNBA Preview || WNBA Access || AP Recap of Game 1
The WNBA schedulers have received some criticism lately about games conflicting with the NBA Finals. The questions echo from Watergate: "What did the WNBA schedulers know about the NBA Finals, and when did they know it?"
We know the Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-11637309864404248382010-06-09T18:15:00.000-07:002010-06-09T18:15:18.105-07:00Deconstructing the Myth and the Dogma of WNBA Parity
Anyone looking at today's standings would marvel at the notion of "WNBA Parity".
Following Sunday's 89-51 humiliating destruction of the Minnesota Lynx after Thursday's 79-57 thrashing of the Silver Stars by the Indiana Fever, I started digging into the Myth and the Dogma of WNBA Parity.
The Myth of Parity
At the conference level, which I wrote about a week ago, the numbers can be best Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-66454760018807533672010-06-09T10:51:00.000-07:002010-06-09T15:42:15.668-07:00Allie Quigley picked up by the Silver Stars
Barry Gossage/NBAE/Getty Images
Sharpshooter AQ gets another chance to make a WNBA home, following two years with the Mercury and a brief stint with the Fever.
Good luck to her!
Silver Stars Press Release
Silver Stars hear from AQ
Hat tip to Aneela Khan.Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-51337913599993742192010-06-08T08:21:00.000-07:002010-06-08T09:29:26.770-07:00Zellous 2nd on team in Adjusted Plus/MinusFrom the Lynx Stats Page, just another way to see Shavonte Zellous' total game impact. Adjusted plus/minus is one of the few stats that can capture both the offensive and defensive game, as well as team play.
Net Plus/Minus
Catchings +15.1
Zellous (in Indiana) +10.9
Murphy +5.9
Davenport +5.6
Douglas +4.4
Hoffman +0.3Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-46720991023661059312010-06-07T08:27:00.000-07:002010-06-07T12:40:13.606-07:00The Fever Week in Review: Week 3 (5-3, 3rd in the East)One week ago, Indianapolis celebrated 99th year of the Indy 500. The early season of the WNBA has been a lot like the Indy 500 in that most teams have been trying to tune-up their cars while racing them at 250 miles per hour.
The Indiana Fever "car" had initially stalled at the green light (thank you, Istanbul), but has since torn through the field, even as the Coach Lin Dunn continues to tinker Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-9971049535708925482010-06-05T09:25:00.000-07:002010-06-05T15:48:33.129-07:00John Wooden - A Day to Celebrate
Larry Bird Statement on Death of John Wooden
Pacers release
6/5/2010
Larry Bird statement on the passing of John Wooden:
"John Wooden, basketball, Indiana. One doesn't go without the others. His contributions to the game, both for the State of Indiana and on a national level, are unmatched. We at Pacers Sports & Entertainment have been, and are, quite proud to have a game or games every Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-10801896572201451772010-06-05T06:08:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:33:54.221-07:00New York Liberty at Indiana Fever, 7PM EST: Game Preview
New York Liberty (2-3) at Indiana Fever (3-3)Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7PM ESTWNBA Preview || Live Access || Fever PreviewDon't those team logos clash? Yes they do.
The Foxwoods New York LibertyThe New York Liberty are amid a four-game road trip and have just played the Connecticut Sun less than 24 hours ago and lost, 75-68. The game got as close as a Cappie Pondexter 3 to tie it with 32.5Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-24265877594718172222010-06-04T12:01:00.000-07:002010-06-04T12:33:07.468-07:00Indiana Fever frustrate sinking San Antonio Silver Stars, 79-57Fever vs San Antonio - More The Indianapolis Star GalleriesView this gallery at The Indianapolis Star: Fever vs San AntonioLike engineering disasters, there's never one clear reason for the Indiana Fever's 79-57 blowout of the San Antonio Silver Stars. In fact, the conflagration of contributing factors make one's first impulse to condemn the game as an aberration, bury the tape and move on. Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-64230369089331993272010-06-03T04:51:00.000-07:002010-06-08T14:48:26.385-07:00Silver Stars at Indiana Fever: Game Preview
Yahoo! Preview - WNBA Live Access
SA Silver Stars (2-3) at Indiana Fever (2-3)
7pm EST - The Only WNBA Game on Tonight
The Western Conference is in the Cellar
The bad news for both teams is that they sport losing records five of 34 games into the season. The worse news in Feverland is that if the playoffs started today, the 5th-seeded Fever would be OUT. Okay, now that's silly, of course,Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277820888043886865.post-78606865081936501122010-06-02T12:55:00.000-07:002010-06-02T13:07:24.081-07:00Jene Morris Exclusive Interview with Jessica Lantz, FreeLantz Sports!Indiana Fever rookie Jene Morris - courtesy Jesse D. Garrabrant /NBAE/Getty Images Indiana Fever Rookie sensation Jene Morris was interviewed by Jessica Lantz a few days ago."Probably my favorite, favorite [moment thus far] is when the first time I met the veterans, when they came back from overseas," Morris says with admiration in her voice. It's well worth a read! The ladies in Section 20 Sam Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18330510433424254095noreply@blogger.com