Team Thirteen

Kia Ora and hello!

On this episode recapping the Valkyries 81-78 loss to the Liberty. A good game, and one that the Valkyries came oh so very close to winning. If you would like to watch the episode with video you can find them on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@Takakauri

Thanks for listening! V's Up and Ballhalla!

0:00 Reacting to the Loss

2:35: On Kate Martin (her shooting, her drives and her defense) and others

4:10: Breanna Stewart is very good

6:40: The defense on Sabrina Ionescu

7:30: The Liberty depth

8:25: How the Valkyries tried to attack Sabrina Ionescu

12:10: Valkyries second half defense

15:20: Quick Chicago Sky preview

16:20: EuroBasket update 

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The Golden State Valkyries got another Win! Let's talk about it! On the defensive approach to Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, the 4th quarter Valkyries offense and more. 6-6 has never felt so good.

2:30: The Valkyries defense: Defending Cailtin Clark, Aliyah Boston and the Fever

10:00: The Valkyries offense: Finding space for Tip Hayes to attack, offensive rebounds and 2nd-chance points

17:20: EuroBasket updateThanks for watching

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New Episode of the podcast! Recapping the Wings game and the performances from the Valkyries playing in EuroBasket earlier today

I appreciate you for listening and hope today finds you well

0:30 Giving credit to the Wings

4:20: On Paige Bueckers and the Wings taking advantage

6:45: Some positives and growth areas

10:00 EuroBasket recap

10:05: Janelle Salaün and Iliana Rupert

13:10: Cecilia Zandalasini

14:20 Justė Jocytė

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New Team Thirteen on the Golden State Valkyries taking the 76-70 win vs the Seattle Storm. Carla Leite’s offense, Veronica Burton’s defense, the coaching of Natalie Nakase and more!

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0:30: General approach to the game: the plan of the coaches, the play of the team

4:00 The defense of the Valkyries: bringing the zone back in a big way. Veronica Burton’s defense, the ability to do multiple things on defense

8:45 The offense of the Valkyries: Carla Leite as a driver, making quick decisions, Temi Fágbénlé as a roller

12:35: Two plays that stood out to me: Carla making things happen

14:30: Closing thoughts

Kia ora!New Episode of Team Thirteen is up with Steve Jones Jr of the Dunker Spot podcastAn absolute pleasure getting to talk hoop with SteveOn the Golden State Valkyries, Veronica Burton, Ballhalla, Natalie Nakase and more

V's Up and Ballhalla0:00 Early takeaways from the Valkyries: Exceeding expectations, 3:30 Takeaways from how the Valkyries defended the Aces6:00 The Zone defense: (“Living in the Zone”) and the ability to be versatile9:00 Most impressive win this season and beating teams in your tier10:20 Ballhalla has been amazing12:30 On Veronica Burton21:20 The buy-in that Natalie Nakase has from the team25:35 The Valkyries attempting threes and how teams may adjust to them30:35: The offensive growth of the team: working to find advantages, developing more side to side movement37:35: On Kate Martin, Janelle Salaün and Kayla Thornton42:10: Concerns and opportunities for the stretch coming up48:00: How Steve watches games and some questions to think through as we watch the games

Kia ora and hello!Behind double doubles from Kayla Thornton, Monique Billings and Veronica Burton the Golden State Valkyries won against the Las Vegas Aces. On how the Valkyres defended A'ja Wilson, the growth of the offense and more0:33 – Recapping the game (double doubles from Kayla Thornton, Veronica Burton and Monique Billings)2:00 – the defensive gameplan from the Valkyries (playing off of non-shooters, sending all the attention possible towards A’ja Wilson)8:00 – the offensive side of the ball (transition, side to side movement and pick and roll)15:00 News: (Cecilia Zandalasini, Kyara Linskens and Laeticia Amihere)17:40 Wrapping up this Episode

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On this episode recapping the Golden State Valkyries loss to the Phoenix Mercury. The 18-1 run by the Mercury, the Valkyries trying out some smaller ball lineups and incorporating more get-action in the offense

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0:30 The Mercury 18-1 run

3:30 It was right there for the Valkyries

7:30 teas with T

7:40 Areas of growth (giving up 17 second chance points, 19 turnovers and travelling, the miscommunications on defense

11:00 Some cool things the Valkyries did on offense (running more get-action in Horns, working through to second or third option on a play, fake hand-offs being incorporated, playing small-ball

16:00 Janelle Salaün’s shot-profile

16:30 Wrapping up the pod

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A little note to say that I did a video on the Liberty game but lost the audio only version. If you want to see the version with video that is available on Youtube, as is every other episode https://www.youtube.com/@Takakauri

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0:30 Recapping the game

-              The Valkyries won the first half: hang the banner, 

-              the comfort the Lynx have in a high scoring game 

-              the Lynx 21-3 run

-              the Valkyries finish to the game

5:00 Valkyries defense and Lynx offense 

-              me going “Yeah the Lynx are awesome and Phee is incredible”

-              how the Lynx were able to spread the Valkyries defense

-              some good defense from th Valkyries

9:40 The Valkyries offense

-              the importance of the drives from Veronica Burton and Tip Hayes

-              The Kate Martin run

-              The off ball cutting and movement

13:30 The rotations

-              Who plays in the games

-              First half vs second half minutes

-              Impact of EuroBasket on the rotation

15:35 Mercury and Aces coming up + wrap up

The Carla Leite game!

The Golden State Valkyries are 2-1

On this episode: how the Valkyries contained Kelsey Plum, how defense fuels the offense, Golden State’s approach in the half court and some thoughts on the matchup with the Liberty,

0:40: Reviewing the Sparks game

1:30: The Valkyries defense (Showing Kelsey Plum different looks, Veronica Burton, attention to detail, how it fuels the offense, points off turnovers, what will the defense look like vs the Liberty and Lynx)

8:50: The Valkyries offense (More Horns, Player in the dunker spot, attacking Kelsey Plum in the post, “our offense is we want to take the shots that are open”, more Carla Leite pick and roll)

11:35: Fourth Quarter Offense and adjustments by Sparks

14:50: Quick thoughts on other players (Kate Martin, Kyara Linskens)

15:35: Looking ahead to the Liberty

Recapping the first win in Golden State Valkyries History! On the play of Veronica Bruton, the impact of Kayla Thornton, how the Valkyries are using Janelle Salaün and the more

Timestamps:

0:35: Veronica Burton

5:30: Kayla Thornton

7:20: On the shooting and offensive identity

9:40: The versatility of the defense

13:45: Some offensive growth and the use of Janelle Salaün

16:00: General recap