Pan-American Games

[DaBball]

https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/BKB/PAG2019_BKB_C73_BKBWTEAM5-------------FNL-000100--.pdf

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'd pretty much forgotten about de Souza, she's still kickin'. Tough player. She's almost as old as Bird and Taurasi.

 

[Plebe]

I'd pretty much forgotten about de Souza, she's still kickin'. Tough player. She's almost as old as Bird and Taurasi.

A few months older than Taurasi, in fact.
She had a fairly productive 10-plus-year WNBA career, most recently played for San Antonio in 2017.

 

[eebmg]

Looking at the box score, Brazil got contributions from all positions but the one who killed the US was Taina Da Paixão with 24 points on 6-9 FG and 12-14 FT (!!).

Experience and maturity count for a lot at this level, and you could tell which team had the professionals and which ones were the amateurs.

Da Paixão had some killer drives including a real highlight reel to put
Brazil up by 8 with 3 minutes left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

A few months older than Taurasi, in fact.
She had a fairly productive 10-plus-year WNBA career, most recently played for San Antonio in 2017.

Oops, my bad. I remember her mostly from Atlanta. She used to scare me. Meanest, toughest player in the league back then I thought.