found their buzz<\/a>, holding off late-charging Rose to win their first game of the season, as well as their first in club history.<\/p>\nBoth Kelsey Mitchell and Sonia Citron appeared to have made their full acclimation to Unrivaled, with Mitchell dipping deep into her scoring bag with 24 points and Citron showing off a more confident stroke with 14 points. From the bench, Saniya Rivers and Monique Billings injected Hive with extra offensive production and defensive energy, with Rivers contributing 14 points, nine boards and two more blocks and Billings putting up a 12-point and 10-rebound double-double.<\/p>\n
Hive will test the resiliency of their winning formula against Phantom (8:45 p.m. ET, truTV).<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
In particular, Phantom will look to stress Hive\u2019s defense by demanding that they find a solve to the fast-developing two-woman game between Kelsey Plum and Aliyah Boston. Plum\u2019s proficiency as a pull-up shooter and driver, combined with Boston\u2019s effectiveness popping for a jumper, operating out of the short roll or diving all the way to the basket, creates an action that can crack even the most disciplined defensives.<\/p>\n
The likes of Natasha Cloud and Tiffany Hayes also might be two of the defenders best suited to slow Mitchell, while Phantom\u2019s two-big look with Boston and Kiki Iriafen can close off Hive\u2019s opportunities for rim finishes.<\/p>\n
The Ghost Gang likely are better than their 2-2 record, losing their two games by a combined eight points. Off a loss, they\u2019re likely to come out with an extra edge, requiring that Hive, fresh off their first win, maintain a locked-in level of focus.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
Although not as highly-anticipated as Rose-Laces, this also has the makings of a fun one, with a battle between the Kelseys, a face off between Fever stars, the first Kitron contest and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What happens when when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? We might find out on Sunday night…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":525690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[1491,4552,2602,15535,1495,15536,20022,1493,5610,34429,233511,1492,8733,88621,19713,78349,22125,8199,34428,62,71569,9771,67,132,3506,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-525689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aliyah-boston","9":"tag-alyssa-thomas","10":"tag-brittney-sykes","11":"tag-chelsea-gray","12":"tag-fever","13":"tag-jackie-young","14":"tag-kahleah-copper","15":"tag-kelsey-mitchell","16":"tag-kelsey-plum","17":"tag-kiki-iriafen","18":"tag-laces","19":"tag-lexie-hull","20":"tag-maddy-siegrist","21":"tag-monique-billings","22":"tag-natasha-cloud","23":"tag-naz-hillmon","24":"tag-rose","25":"tag-saniya-rivers","26":"tag-sonia-citron","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-sug-sutton","29":"tag-tiffany-hayes","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-unrivaled","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115917485968324120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}