Allisha Gray on Dream vs Aces win
Allisha Gray had words for the Dream after their win over the Aces. She said, "If we continue playing like this, this is championship basketball." The final score showed Atlanta Dream 97, Final 82 Las Vegas Aces.
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Now this was a big win for you. Not only was it a win, it was also a win on the road. How were you able to just attack that Aces defense? Can you repeat that? I'm sorry. Attack, attack, attack. That's the general concept here. How were you guys on the road able to attack that Aces defense? We know at our best, we're best in conversion. So we knew we had to limit them to one shot because if you get an Aces second shot, then they catch and get open shots. So the biggest thing was to limit them to one shot and then get out in conversion. We know we're at our best when we're pushing the pace. You know, Alicia, I also think you guys are in your best when everyone's involved, whether it's you, whether it's Ryan, whether it's Angel. You guys are the best when all those people are contributing. And it was a big bounce back game for Angel Reese tonight. What did you see from your all-star teammate in this matchup against Asia Wilson? Angel, she's just a dog. I mean, she plays hard no matter what. I mean, she just goes, goes, goes. I mean she has high energy I mean she was big for us tonight when the score started to get close she made big buckets for us so I mean I'm glad to have injuries on my team. When you have games like this one tonight and you get sort of like the team effort and the team output and the big performances from everyone what does that give you hope for the potential down the road for this group I mean if we continue playing like this I mean this is championship basketball I mean it's hard winning in Vegas I mean they have great fans they are a great team so when we play together I mean it shows what we can do and everybody's at their best. We share the ball I mean in our offense it shows that everybody eats. I mean Rob me Angel Jace had double figures, but you can't forget Nas either because, I mean, she had some big defensive possessions and rebounds. So, I mean, it was just a complete game by everybody. And even Medina, Medina came big first, too. She came in and made some big buckets, made a free throw, so it was an overall good team effort. Alicia, I don't know if you heard this right before you put your headset on, but if the playoffs were to start today, you guys would play the Aces. I know we got a few games left to play in the regular season before that gets solidified, but how much standings watching are you guys doing right now in terms of where you guys are in the seating? I mean, you want to win, win, win. The biggest thing, you want to get home court advantage. I mean, it's hard playing a team twice at home. So right now, it's win games. I know we're on a long road stretch. So it's kind of, we want to win all the games, but win as many games as possible so we can get that home court advantage during playoffs. Well, the way you guys are playing on the road, you may play yourself into a home court advantage in that first round. Alicia, we appreciate the time. Thank you. Congrats.
