Fever over 26.5 regular season wins an easy bet
Vaughn Dalzell and Trysta Krick discuss the Indiana Fever's recent return to form powered by Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston and why that means their regular season win total should amount to over 26.5 easily.
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Let's talk the W, Trista.
Caitlin Clark and Aaliyah Boston made history.
First teammates in WNBA history to have 30 points and a double double in the same game.
Fever are starting to roll now.
They're 7-5 in their first 12 games, 3-1 their last four.
Their win total for the season, though, is 26.5.
It was 29.5 in the pre-season.
Any value you're buying into the Fever?
Yeah, I just cannot see a world where I would go under on this win total, Vaughn.
I mean, the team is just putting things together.
the, if the team doesn't win 28 to 30 games and everyone stays healthy, I think that this is a big time failure.
You have Caitlin and Aaliyah Boston, who just set a record for the first set of teammates to both score 30 and 10.
Their Achilles heel to me is really much like the San Antonio Spurs in that they know how to take the lead, they just don't know how to hold the lead.
Ah.
and they, they don't have nearly the entire defensive int- identity that the San Antonio Spurs have.
So you've got Caitlin and Kelsey Mitchell, who are cones at times on the perimeter, and their wings aren't great either.
It just really falls on Aaliyah Boston to defend the paint and, and be that shot blocker that she is.
but the thing that I think really is largely in the Fever's favor is their strength of schedule.
They're right in the middle of the pack.
the biggest thing, though, is they're gonna have to close these games out.
That game against the Sky, they should not have allowed to go to overtime, and that's a big point of concern.
But I think this team is just starting to figure out their flow, and so I am bullish on the Fever for the year
