Indiana Fever guards Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark talk loss to Golden State Valkyries

I think we had a little bit of too many turnovers. They definitely slowed the pace down. At the end of the day, we've got to play what works for us. We've got to keep our pace high. We've got to play our defensive schemes, take care of business on the defensive end, get boards and run. That's what we're good at. We have great people who are awesome in the open court. I just think we lacked pace tonight, honestly. I can't miss calls. She said I initiate. I'm fine. You can't need me in the leg. Knock me over. If they did, just defensively make it a little tougher. Yeah, I mean, I got some good looks, obviously. It's hard. I think I played like 10 minutes in the first half. I was just struggling a little bit to find the flow. They're in my grill. They're probably the best defensive team in the league. They're really good at that. They do what they do. And I had some good looks that didn't go down. And then, you know, I shot some tougher looks, too. But, you know, I thought I finally kind of played with a little bit more pace and a little bit more burst, especially down the stretch in the fourth. But as far as the confusion goes, it's not such a shout. We had more goals on it. On the other end of it for Golden State, what were the issues with that? I mean, they're a really good team. They have an offense, and they stick with their offense. And they have fast guard. They have great spacing. They really are a very fundamental team on both sides of the ball. And that's a tough matchup for anybody. But, honestly, at the end of it, we have to stick to our schemes. We've got to stick to our scout. We have to do what works for us. And I think we got away with or we just didn't, you know, live up to the standard tonight. We had a long West Coast trip, and I think our legs are a little tired. I think a lot of people saw that. But we had a slow start. The second unit came out and left their unit. Their second unit kind of go off. It's like a unit because we have to go out there and set the tone. But we just weren't good enough tonight. Yeah, I mean, I think the difference was, like, we played right into what they wanted to do. They're last in the league in pace. We're first in the league in pace. We scored 75 points. They scored 88. Like, we just did what they wanted to. We didn't dominate in that area. But it's also hard to play with pace when, you know, you're not creating turnovers. You're not getting collections. You're not getting stops. I feel like that's kind of what allowed us to make a run there in the third and in the fourth is, like, we finally got stops and we were pushing in transition. Like, they're a great at-court defensive team. Like, they're hard to score on. That's just reality. And they do things really well. They're really athletic. They rotate really well. You know, I mean, we still beat them from the three-point line, and that's their game. So, you know, it's got to be the other areas. Like, I think we had 22 points off of our turnovers. Like, that's a huge difference in the game. Like, I have to take care of the ball. You know, we can't let teams dictate how the game's going to go. We need to be the ones dictating.