Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever, July 15, 2011

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So we got to see the Indiana Fever take on the Minnesota Lynx last night at Conesco Fieldhouse. The Fever had won six in a row, and tonight they were looking to hit #7. I decided to tweet as much as I could during the game, so here are my tweets, along with any additional commentary.


  • Getting ready for the @IndianaFever game against the Minnesota #Lynx. #Fever can make it 7 in a row tonight.


  • I think I could use @jessdav50's knee socks as a sleeping bag. #indianafever #donotangerthecenter (Jessica Davenport is a very tall woman — the Fever program has her listed at 6'5" — and she wears some honking big knee socks. Some players wear calf-high or even ankle high socks. But JD and a few of the other players roll on the knee-highs.)


  • I think earlier I accidentally called the Minnesota #Lynx the Lunx. Didn't mean to insult the #Fever opponents. #PleaseLoseAnyway (Turns out I didn't actually call them the Lunx. But after the way they manhandled — womanhandled? — the Fever, I wouldn't feel that bad if I had.)


  • The #fever struggled in the beginning, but have come back to 33 - 30 in the 2nd qtr.


  • Would love to see the #Fever Inferno perform at an Indiana Ice game. (I'm sure every WNBA team has a dance squad, and my kids actually like watching them perform.)



  • If the refs keep blowing calls, #fever's @Coach_Dunn is going to yell at them. #DontPissOffMemaw (One of the funnest parts of a Fever game is watching Coach Lin Dunn get wicked pissed at the refs, and she'll go out on the floor and holler at them.)


  • @indianafever 41 - Minnesota #Lynx 41. Lynx is hammering on the Fever, but refs are missing the calls. (There were more than a few missed calls today, and the Lynx were playing awfully hard. A lot of women getting knocked to the floor. The Fever stepped up their game though, and fought back.)


  • The @indianafever are strict on #grammar usage by fans. Fan code of conduct says you can be removed for "improper language." #writing


  • Would love to see 5'2" Shannon Bobbit in a jump ball situation. #fever


  • Freddy Fever is in the crowd firing us up for the start of the 4th quarter. #fever 54 - #lynx 59




    • (In all the weeks we've been going to the Fever games, this is the closest we have been to Freddy. Dude, how about a little love for Section 17?)

  • Dear Minnesota #Lynx, 1985 called. It wants its uniforms back. (After the physical drubbing the Lynx is giving the Fever, I felt less bad about possibly calling them Lunx.)


  • Erin Phillips has committed 4 fouls in 15 seconds. If you need a break, tell @coach_dunn you're tired. #fever (Erin was a fouling machine, taking several for the team. She didn't reach #5 though.)


  • #Fever's Shavonte Zellous with a beautiful open field tackle on Lindsay Whalen. (I think Shavonte was getting a little tired of the rough play.)


    • The Lynx ended up stopping the Fever's streak, 80 - 70. The Fever fought hard, but had a few things not go their way -- they missed some important shots, the refs missed some important calls, and the Lynx's rough play was a little surprising to the Fever players.


    (Special thanks to the Indiana Fever for the tickets to the game.)


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