05/09/2026
No matter who you were rooting for…this game did not disappoint!!! What a great record setting game for both teams!!! All of the hate that I have received discussing how talented Paige Bueckers is at this game called basketball and that her team’s success last year was not indicative of her talent level and then some of Caitlin Clark’s fan base had to continuously chime in stating how much better Caitlin is when CC was not even mentioned in the post. It was only 1 game and it was very very close…but I think Dallas’ success this year will be a lot greater than last!!! Honest assessment Paige should have shot better from the line down the stretch to ice the game…shooting 50% from the line is uncharacteristic of an 89%FT shooter, but her shooting percentage this game was legendary at 80% from a variety of spots. 7/7 from the field and 33% from 3 is not her best from 3, but what an efficient scorer overall!!! 20 pts., 3 Reb, 4 assists, 1 steal, with only 1 turnover is a good solid game from Paige!!! People have argued that Lexie Hull is the Paige Killer. I know she is coming off an injury, but I did not see it today as Paige went behind her back to go past Lexie to the basket. On the other team CC went off in the 3rd quarter and was super impressive in that quarter with 2 nice 3s and a bunch of nice assists, but overall was not super efficient shooting 7/19 from the field and 2/9 from 3 and perfect 4/4 from the line with 20 pts. 5 rebounds 7 assists with 5 turnovers. This is all I have been talking about with my criticism about CC’s play… she has some truly spectacular passes but she has way too many to TOs….including 1 time getting the ball taken right out of her hands on the dribble. No hate, but I agree with the GMs choosing Paige as my first pick also.
