SPORTS
Friday, August 11, 2017
East Oregonian
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Basketball
Minnesota’s Fowles staking her claim in the WNBA MVP race
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Blood poured
from the nose of Sylvia Fowles after
an elbow from an Atlanta Dream
player caught her in the face.
As she kept chasing after the loose
ball, longtime friend and teammate
Seimone Augustus just shook her
head.
“She gets beat down every game,”
Augustus said on Thursday. “She’s
had a broken nose, jammed fingers.
If you pay attention to the games
and see the defenses she has to go
through, other players in her position
may get the little ticky-tack fouls.
“Sylvia’s got to fight through
an arm bar. She’s doing dumbbell
curls with players out there. It’s been
impressive to see her getting through
those things.”
Fowles has done so much more
than just get through the punish-
ment this season. She is averaging
20.7 points and 10.0 rebounds and
shooting 68.2 percent from the field to
lead the Minnesota Lynx to
a WNBA-best 21-3 record
heading into a WNBA
Finals rematch with the Los
Angeles Sparks on Friday
and has cemented herself as
the runaway favorite for the
MVP three-quarters of the
way through the season.
Long one of the most
skilled centers in the league, Fowles
Fowles has been more domi-
nant than ever in her 10th season. She
insists that there have been no major
adjustments, no special workouts or
different approaches this season.
“I’m just poised and consistent,”
Fowles said. “Back then, if I got
bumped and got hit, I would probably
shy away from where I’m used to
scoring or I would pass the ball more.
This year, coach is just like if you can
go through three people, go through
three people.”
In much the same way that
Shaquille O’Neal made it difficult
on officials to recognize fouls
committed on his hulking frame,
the 6-foot-6, 212-pound
Fowles is often a victim
of her own strength and
size. A foul that would
cause a smaller player to
tumble to the court barely
makes Fowles flinch as
she powers to the basket.
“You know that you’re
going to get hit and get
popped and every third
foul is probably going to
get called,” she said.
“It gets you prepared mentally to
just let stuff roll off and not to click
within those moments. That’s been a
key for me this year, playing through
all the negative, the good, the bad and
the ugly.”
Fowles shot 58 percent from the
free throw line as a rookie, but is
shooting a career-high 79.7 percent
this year, inflicting her own kind of
pain on the opponents when the play
gets rowdy.
“People are going to do everything
in their power to stop me, whether it’s
just playing hard defense or playing
dirty defense,” Fowles said. “You’ve
just got to keep the mindset that
you’re just going to keep going.”
Another big factor in Fowles’
career season has been a meeting of
the minds with coach Cheryl Reeve.
Before the season started the fiery
Reeve listened to an interview in
which Fowles stated that she didn’t
need to be yelled at for motivation.
Fowles prefers more measured
conversation with the coach, and
Reeve has made the adjustment and
better understood how to get through
to Fowles when she grows frustrated.
“I wanted to keep her in a place
where she’s focused,” Reeve said.
“If I get to a spot where I’m needling
her and not talking to her, then she’s
going to lose her focus and have to
handle me and go handle what is
happening to her out there.”
Since arriving midseason in
2015, Fowles has gradually become
a bigger and bigger part of the Lynx
offense.
With Augustus, Lindsay Whalen
and Maya Moore, Minnesota used
to rely more on its athleticism and
quickness on the perimeter. But
Fowles’ presence has changed the
dynamic entirely, so much so that
Reeve is still haunted by her inability
to get the center more involved down
the stretch in Game 5 against the
Sparks.
Fowles had 10 points on just 10
field goal attempts — and no free
throws — in a game that came down
to the final possession.
“We vowed that we’re not going
to have the best center in the league
and not be able to use her,” Reeve
said. “So we completely switched the
focus.”
That, Reeve said, is the definition
of an MVP.
“I’m not going to lie, it crosses
my mind,” Fowles said with a smile.
“But I don’t get too consumed by
it because we have about 10 more
games to go. Once we handle busi-
ness in these games, then I’ll start
focusing on the next part of that. If
that’s what it is, I’d be happy and
grateful. We shall see.”
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$129,000 - 2,000 Sq. Ft.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
At Storage Office
EZ Mini Storage
2315 Hwy. 395 S.
Hermiston, OR
97838
Christian Marshall
Shawnessy Sullivan
Scott Sullivan
Unit A-37
Sale on site, 11AM
August 16th, 2017
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8 SHEARERS wanted for
temporary
position
from
08/10/2017
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days of the contract. Shearing
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$250,000 - Investment Property.
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Custom 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath
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