The 6-foot-8 center became the first player in league history to average at least four blocks a game with 105 in just 26 contests. “If I’m blocking shots or changing shots or even preventing players from taking shots, I’m helping the team and we are likely to win when our defense is playing well”.
The 2015 WNBA Playoffs begin Thursday with former Oklahoma women’s basketball star Courtney Paris looking to guide the Tulsa Shock to a league title.
“You always have to be ready”, Quigley said. Kiesel led the Shock to a 91-87 victory over the Mercury and the two teams will be paired against each other in the Western Conference semifinals. Those players don’t get the recognition they deserve. She averages 6.3 minutes of action with Phoenix in her second season.
She joins Tamika Catchings, Sheryl Swoopes, Sylvia Fowles and Teresa Weatherspoon as players to win the award in multiple seasons.
In the game prior to that, Kiesel dished out a career-high eight assists against the Chicago Sky. The Shock are 1-3-2 ATS in the last 6 meetings in Phoenix and 5-2-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings overall.
Karima Christmas, who won a WNBA title with the Indiana Fever in 2012, has been steady.
The league on Thursday announced Griner as the 2015 Defensive Player of the Year, marking the second consecutive season Griner has come away with the award.
“There’s a lot of things that didn’t go in our favor over the course of the season, but I thought the team really responded well, really bared down and rolled their sleeves up and went out and played hard”, Fred Williams said. She has started 15 of the Shock’s 34 games.
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