Caitlyn Clark and the Indiana fevers defense is on another planet of terrible how are you making this mistake this late in the season Lexi Hall just guard the ball you cannot lean towards screens early how basic is this look at Lexi Hall leaning towards the screen about 3 hours early so you're blown by the other way that force is a two-on-one right here just wide open what is Kelsey Mitchell doing here she does a nice job stunting at the ball so the defend can get back in the play but you stunt and then I'm recovering back out why is Kelsey Mitchell like right there I'm fine all right back to the Baseline I I'm still in the gaps I can stunt and recover why is Kelsey Mitchell doubling here why are you in the paint what was the point of that what are you doing wide open again this just cannot be real life this what is Lexi Hall doing please stay at the top of the key and guard why is Lexi Hall in the paint here what what are you doing why are you beneath the free throw line what are you doing th it's like pick up basketball this is just horrendous one-on-one defense by Caitlyn Clark the defender here does an amazing job getting in the gaps and getting that dribble picked up does Caitlyn Clark know that help is there because all Caitlyn Clark has to do here she has the easiest job just show your hands and slide your feet and the help is there why is Caitlyn Clark gambling here stop why slide your feet show your hands the help is there but it doesn't matter because you gambled you're off balance now and that can't be easier you just cannot make this stuff up do the fever work on guarding screens in practice Lexi Hall does a nice job hedging and there's a great job here with the backside Defender getting in backside help but when Lexi Hall recovers back to who she's guarding the girl in backside help has to recover to who she's guarding why is that girl just standing in the paint in the absolute middle of nowhere why are you not recovering what there's a size mismatch down low Lexi Hall's getting destroyed all game down low do you know the help comes from the middle of the floor Aaliyah Boston Nelissa Smith Nelissa Smith's about to come over and double so if you're Lexi Hall you have the easiest job in the world just keep the girl in the post coming to the middle of the floor that's where your help is that's where your double team is literally coming but look at Lexi Hall she's given her Baseline so now I can spin off you away from this double and it's just I'm just going to shoot right over you on the Block the Indiana Fever how many times are people just going to be standing in the middle of nowhere could Nelissa Smith get up the line into the wing why is she standing in the paint up the line into the wing you're still in the paint up I'm guarding someone on the wing get up the line here look at this I'm still helping on the ball but now I can recover you're standing in the paint open three obviously the Indiana Fever clearly do not work on transition defense like it all Nelissa Smith you're not going to be able to get back to the girl you're guarding you're going to have to take the Girl Aaliyah Boston's guarding right here and Aaliyah Boston who's behind who she's guarding is going to have to take that final Minnesota lyns player trailing the play on the weak side of the floor and then Caitlyn Clark and Lexi Hall are going to take these two Minnesota lyns players who are ahead of the play and this all needs to be communicated but no one's communicating Nelissa Smith's getting back to the middle of nowhere Aaliyah Boston's going to double the ball for some reason so now the wings wide open this is an easy rip Ando drive but Kelsey Mitchell could you please get underneath the top of the key please get in the gaps with your feet set in a defensive stance so I can stunt and recover nope Kelsey Mitchell's got her back to the ball doesn't rotate to the ball even sort of so it's just rip and go for two this drives me to Insanity that you're not hedging the screen the sidelines right there could Aaliyah Boston get up and push the ball handler to the sidelines the second she picks up her dribble Aaliyah Boston's going to be able to recover Nelissa Smith standing and waiting in backside up Aaliyah Boston's going to be out hedging for half a second and she'll be able to recover back to who she's guarding and Nelissa Smith can go back to the top of the key but if you're running your stupid drop coverage Nelissa Smith again cannot she's got to get up the line you're going to jam the player rolling through here so I got to be up the line so I can jam the player and then recover back to the top of the key what does Melissa Smith do in the pain a for absolutely no reason waiting to jam the player rolling through and now you have no chance of recovering back out another open three this is coaching you cannot ever not ever talk and think about switches in the middle of the play during a timeout at half timee in practice every time Lexi Hall and Melissa Smith are a part of a ball screen it is a switch when you're talking and communicating about a switch in the middle of the play this will happen all the time Lexi Hall's going to switch Nelissa Smith's not going to switch so two people go to the ru now two people go back out to the wing and then layup this is more coaching this is disgusting this is just down screen is being said what is that girl for Indiana doing I've got to be attached to the screener with my arms fully extended and showing so the girl coming off the screen can't curl you force her to have to go out and now Caitlyn Clark has time to get over the screen the defender nowhere so this girl is going to curl right off the screen now you've got to step up when she's already got the ball in her hands and that just creates a two-on-one and that couldn't be easier the Indiana fever's transition defense is a mess an absolute clown car this defensive player you're trailing the play I can't just Sprint back to the middle of nowhere I've got to take one of these Minnesota lyns players trailing the play look at the defender where are you getting back to the absolute middle of nowhere so pass it no one's guarding anyone trailing the play pump go open jumper what do the Indiana Fever do defensively what Lexi Hall is fine here why is this girl for Indiana coming to double stay home like what are you doubling for but if she's going to double you got to rotate you got to rotate to one pass away that girl on the opposite Wings got to rotate to the strong side wing and then Kelsey Mitchell would come up to the weak side Wing the girl in the paint would have to go to the corner and the girl doubling would have to go to the block but no one wrote you double for no reason and then nobody's rotating you cannot double and then rotate right back to one pass away so this is going to be an easy grab and go drive now the defense is in rotation and it's just who a matter of who's wide open Lexie Hall you have a size disadvantage down low I'm always seeing ball and who I'm guarding because the second this girl tries to cut and post me up I'm jamming her and battling for position well well outside the paint look at Lexi Hall staring at the ball so now look I got to be jamming her now now I cannot wait you're waiting for her to get in the paint it's over at that point easy post seal throw it over the top this is unbelievable to watch the Indiana Fever are in their stupid drop coverage which sends me up a wall but if Aaliyah Boston's going to drop here you cannot let the ball handler turn the corner you got to keep her towards the sidelines backside help should be coming on the roll but look at Aaliyah boss right here I can't that ball handler turns the corner the backside helps coming the girl in the corner is two passes away but if I let the ball handler turn the corner now she's in the paint and that girl in the Corner's one pass away and wide open I mean this pick and roll defense is on another planet of atrocious the fever are icing this ball screen right here so the defender here in backside El's got to come over start to cheat over now now because that pass to the roll can't get made see right now I got to already be gone I can't let that pocket pass get through right now if they throw a skip pass that girl's two passes away and I can easily recover but if I don't get in backside help whoops now she's one pass away and I'm not recovering from that can the Indiana Fever guard a ball screen please like what are you doing about this first screen I would ice the screen keep the ball handled to the sidelines there's no place for this links player to roll to or pop to Aaliyah Boston standing and waiting in backside help you do nothing Caitlyn Clark screen you did nothing she's four steps from the ball handle you know cuz she was just screened so now off the second screen Caitlyn Clark has no ability to get over the top of this second screen because he's playing from so far behind now the backside defender's got to wait in the paint for an hour until aiyah Boston recovers and now this is going to force a rotation up to the wing so not only giving up a wide open three but there's nobody to box out the girl in the corner so even on this Miss it's coming right back to Minnesota and now they'll stick this open three this is an impressive amount of terrible defense from Kelsey Mitchell like what what do the fever do in practice could Kelsey Mitchell back to the Baseline stay in front of who you're guarding why is Kelsey Mitchell fronting here what are you doing so not only could you easily get beat back door but now when she sets this screen she's screening two Indiana Fever players so now that's going to send two to the basketball right here Force another rotation to the wing because no one's going to the wing and now when they swing this to the top of the key the girl who had to just rotate has no ability to stay in front of the ball one-onone cuz she's off balance oh and then could Kelsey Mitchell please get to the Elbow with her back to the Baseline so she's in the gaps so I can stunt and recover Kelsey Mitchell's got her back to the sidelines not even seeing the ball and one get out of drop coverage hedge this screen please you push the ball handler to the sidelines now Aaliyah Boston can get in backside help if a skip pass is made to the wing it's an easy recovery but you're in drop coverage so now this ball handler first of all has her dribble Al for forever now Aaliyah Boston that means she's got to drop all the way to the paint and Lexi Hall and that's not a skip pass the girl's just one pass away now so now it's just swing swing open three game over