FIBA Women's World Cup Day 1 Matches
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MilfordHusky
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USA leads by 21 after Q3. Wilson, Plum, and Gray all in double-figures.
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The Aces contingent were on tonight. The Gray-Wilson connection was wreaking havoc, and then Plum went on a scoring binge late.
MilfordHusky
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POG: Gray!
All-Star 5: Carleton, Xu, Talbot, Stewart, Wilson
MVP: Wilson
All-Star 5: Carleton, Xu, Talbot, Stewart, Wilson
MVP: Wilson
Im gonna go to my grave saying LJ shoulda got more minutes against China. She's their most skilled offensive big. I don't care if she was 50. Woulda gave the ball to her instead of Ezi at the end of the game. I know she is older and struggled a bit defensively (though it made me smile at times how everyone was like bouncing off her) but I think for a final offensive possession she shoulda been on the floor. Anyways very happy for her. Also happy for team China. Of course really outstanding/consistent performance from team USA.
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A friend messaged me during the game and said "She's playing like it's 2008". Loved the comment.
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Didn't Thomas get Defensive MVP and a Second team nod?
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Yup ... Here's are the others, including Gabby Williams:
World Cup 2022 All-Second Team, Best coach and Best Defensive Player Awards known
SYDNEY (Australia) - A number of new awards were announced at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 including the Best Defensive Player, Best Coach, and Second Team All-Star Five.
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I just watched a replay of this game and it reminded me of a good player coming back from an absence and just catching fire. Everything was working. Could she have done as well in a next game? Who knows? (Who cares?).
If she retires again after this game, that's some memory she'll take with her.
As per 2008, something I remember Jackson doing better than just about anyone is establishing her seal/position. Once she does that, she can get off whatever shot she likes.
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Thanks, I missed that.
I missed this, I can't recall FIBA having an all second team or defensive mvp. Great job!
Glad AT is receiving her kudos. Best player to come out of Maryland. Frese better be capitalizing on this publicity!
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I wasn't aware that FIBA added some new awards. I'm glad that AT got some recognition. I'm also very happy for Gabby!
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I think LJ was totally gassed, but she provided an outstanding and dominant 21 minutes. She turned the clock back for 2 hours.
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Finals viewership numbers. For a game at 2 am EST (for some of us), this is great to see.
That's really good considering the last World Cup was in Spain and likely was played at a much more reasonable time for the US.
I could be wrong but I always thought these ratings were based on the US only.
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I believe it includes all viewers worldwide.
446,000 is more than watched Game 4 of the WNBA finals. I know that game was up against NFL football but there is no way that many US households watched a FIBA World Cup game broadcast at 2 am edt.
I figured since it aired on the main channel with basically no competition it seemed plausible. If the stats are worldwide, I would assume the Australian viewership must be the bulk of the non-American viewers.
It is US viewers only. The broadcast before it was Washington-UCLA football, which averaged 1.7 million viewers, so the number seems pretty plausible to me. Every so often, middle of the night ESPN replays of major games from the day before do some pretty impressive numbers.