Tamika Catchings
Tamika Catchings
Tamika Devonne Catchingsis an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Associationand Turkish team Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E. Stevenson High School and graduating from Duncanville High School, Tamika Catchings became one of the stars of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team. In 2001, she was drafted by the Indiana...
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One of the coolest things is when he gets together with guys he played with, Bob Lanier and people like that, and they talk,
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That really propelled us in the second half. We got some easy shots early in the second half, and we finally got going.
defensive grown potential
From that first day to where we are now, we have grown so much, ... And we have the potential to be an even better defensive team.
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But, hey, we love our fans just as much, ... It doesn't matter if we have a big crowd, a small crowd. Tonight it felt like a big crowd.
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I think it's motivation that we made it this far. Everybody always doubted us. We've never gotten the respect the Indiana Fever deserve for all the hard work we've put into it.
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She hit that shot when we needed it.
growing
This is the growing stage. We need to remember, we're still the pioneers.
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Coming of losses to good teams - Connecticut and Washington -- we knew we needed this one. We want homecourt for the playoffs and that means we have got to take care of business at home or on the road.
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The Liberty have more size, with Baranova, Wauters and Christon. Between those three, they can pretty much switch everything because they all play the 3, 4, and 5.
blew came last time
We came in really composed. Last time we came in here, they blew us out.
ruth
We got killed on the boards, Cheryl Ford, Ruth (Riley), Plenette (Pierson), Swin (Cash) everyone killed us on the boards.
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Yes, we've had a great season, and some nights we pack them in and some we don't, but people are still getting a feel for us. We've only had that one home playoff game (before this season, in 2002). The more we win, the more people will come.
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Unbelievable. Kelly Miller has hit a couple this year for us. Just as long as it doesn't happen again.
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We both kept doing our thing. . . . I just think it's part of the game.