A clumsy on-air silence occurred throughout ESPN’s broadcast of the Indiana Fever-Las Vegas Aces recreation on Sunday after analyst Rebecca Lobo mentioned, “That’s what makes America nice.”
Lobo’s remark was in reference to saying she disagreed with officers making a foul name within the last minute of the Aces’ 89-81 win over the Fever.
“They disagree with you,” play-by-play announcer Pam Ward mentioned to her accomplice Lobo.
“They do, and I disagree with them,” Lobo responded. “And that’s advantageous. That’s what makes America nice, proper Pam Ward?”
After asking that query, there was a protracted silence between the 2 earlier than Lobo mentioned, “I ought to rephrase that,” to which Ward responded, “Sure.”
Ward, then, urged Lobo say “distinction of opinion,” which she agreed. She even mentioned “sorry about that” earlier than persevering with to name the sport.
The Caitlin Clark-led Fever had been down for the second straight recreation, because the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Yr struggled capturing from the 3-point line but once more.
After going 0-for-7 within the loss to the Golden State Valkyries final Thursday, Clark was simply 1-for-10 in Las Vegas.
As Clark couldn’t discover the stroke from lengthy vary, the Aces got here again within the fourth quarter to beat the Fever, who led via the primary three quarters of the sport.
Clark went 7-of-20 from the sector with 4 made free throws for a complete of 19 factors.
In the meantime, three-time league MVP A’ja Wilson scored 24 because the Aces began taking on the sport in crunch time.
Teamed up with Jackie Younger (19 factors, seven rebounds, 5 assists, three steals) and Chelsea Grey (18 factors, three rebounds, three assists), Wilson and the Aces outscored the Fever, 31-20. within the fourth quarter to run away with the victory.
Whereas Clark was struggling along with her jumper on this recreation, the Fever had been seeing nice contributions from the sport’s main scorer, Aliyah Boston, who had 26 factors on 12-of-19 capturing, and Kelsey Mitchell, who had an enormous chunk of her 20 factors within the fourth quarter to maintain Indiana within the recreation.
Nonetheless, after Mitchell’s 3-pointer tied issues at 69 apiece with 5 minutes to play, the Aces strapped in and began to drag away, due to some key baskets from Younger, Wilson and Grey.
The West Coast schedule continues for the Fever with a last recreation in opposition to the Seattle Storm on Tuesday earlier than heading again residence.
