Fever Coach Stephanie White Assigns Blame After Preseason Loss at Home vs Dallas
Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images ©Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images It’s a bittersweet day for Indiana Fever fans. While a home return and a star performance gave them something to cheer for, the result didn’t match the moment. But atleast head coach Stephanie White knows where to put all the blame.
The Fever entered their second preseason game riding momentum after a strong finish against the New York Liberty. But this time things didn’t go the same way around. Facing the Dallas Wings at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana struggled to maintain control after a promising start and eventually fell 95–80 in front of their home crowd.
So speaking after the loss, coach White didn’t hold back in her assessment of the team’s performance. “I thought our urgency wasn’t there,” she said. “We let them move the ball and move themselves whereever they wanted to.
I didn’t feel like we had a sense of urgency. ” “I felt like we were disconnected on the defensive end of the floor. We weren’t moving where the ball moves.
And then we were standing and watching. They crushed on the glass. I thought we got out-toughed, I thought their level of efforts or level of urgency I should say was different than ours and we can’t have that,” Stephanie White further added.