Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalenis an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and for AGÜ Spor of Eurobasket. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun. Whalen has won World and Olympic titles with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as three WNBA titles with the Lynx...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 May 1982
CityHutchinson, MN
cracked days few half healed incapable next obviously played possible running second situations spot swelling wait worst
Obviously it won't be healed before the end of the finals, but it's one of those situations where the swelling, if it can go down, and it's not in the worst possible spot ... Obviously it cracked in the first half (Saturday) and I played the second half, so it wasn't like I was incapable to run, ... Obviously there's swelling and there's some stiffness in there, so right now running I wouldn't be able to do. But you never know over the next few days how things work. We'll just wait and see what happens.
pace walk
I could go out there and walk around, but I wouldn't be able to play at the pace we want to play.
conscious exactly game horrible played ran rest second swollen
I ran the rest of the game, ... It's just a little swollen and a little stiff. It's not painful. It's not horrible pain. Obviously, I played with it in the second half. I was conscious of it, so I could feel something wasn't exactly right. I just played through it. After the game there was some swelling, and then (Sunday and Monday) there was a little more swelling.
instinct understanding
It's just a lot of instinct and it's a lot of understanding of what's there and what's not there,
four playing rhythm trying
I'm trying to get used to playing with it. And not playing four days, I kind of got out of rhythm a little bit.
next today wait whether
I feel good, ... We'll just wait and see what it's like (today). I can't really say today whether I'll play tomorrow, the next day or even next Sunday.
create felt middle stay track
It felt like a track meet. I was getting a little winded out there. I just wanted to stay aggressive, stay in the middle and create things that way.
expected last next playoffs year
Last year we were 18-16, and the playoffs start, and the next thing you know, we're in the finals. Pretty cool. This year, we expected to win.
goes good hopeful kinds optimistic reacting
You know, each day goes by, and you get a little more optimistic and a little more hopeful because you just see how it's reacting to everything, ... It's just day-to-day kinds of things. So I feel good about it.
gotten hard pride run takes team three
You just run up and down the court, play really hard and be unselfish. Those are the three things that our team takes a lot of pride in. They've gotten us to the finals.
chance confident definitely excited win
We are definitely confident in every one on the team, and are excited about the chance to win the finals.
ability hurt sure swelling
We did everything we could. At the end of the day, you couldn't say anything more about our staff, ... Everyone did what they could to get the swelling to go down and get it back. ... Basically, it's just all about my ability and making sure I can't hurt it any worse.
became knew run settle ticked
We knew they were going to make a run at us. We just had to settle down. We weren't panicking. We just became more ticked off at that point.