As the Wings approach the middle of the WNBA season, they find themselves far from a finished product. “We’re still becoming,” coach Vickie Johnson said. “We...
Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale, front right, reacts after her last-second shot did not fall at the end of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm in Arlington, Texas, Friday, June 10, 2022.As the Wings approach the middle of the WNBA season, they find themselves far from a finished product.
Only two of the Wings’ losses have been by double-digits. The other six were all by eight points or less, and all six went down to the final few minutes. That wouldn’t have been the case last year. Games like June 12′s five-point loss to Seattle — where Marina Mabrey, Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally all were unavailable by the end of the third quarter — likely would have been settled by much larger margins.
Dallas, who has only one Commissioner’s Cup game remaining against the Lynx, could presumably finish second in the West standings. While second place doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme, it would mark an improvement on last year’s 3-7 record.Some coaches have a strict lineup rotation. Not Vickie Johnson. She is a tinkerer who enjoys the challenge of identifying mismatches and attempting to exploit them.
Playing with discipline results in consistent, steady play from half to half and game to game. Johnson will continue to hammer that home the rest of the season. At 6-7, McCowan provides an interior presence unlike anyone else on the Wings roster. Her offensive rebounding and defensive prowess were a difference-maker in the win over Phoenix. At her best, she can be that difference on a day-in, day-out basis. The question is whether she will have the time to get to that level consistently this season.Ogunbowale quietly has been playing great basketball over the last two weeks.
For one, Dallas lost to the Sky in the first round of the playoffs last year in a game that many players have said stuck with them long after the final buzzer. Wings president Greg Bibb scheduled Chicago in the preseason because he thought it was important to return to where their 2021 campaign ended. They won that game, but the Wings will still have that chip on their shoulder when they face off for the first time in the regular season on July 16.
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