re: Angel was awesome tonight

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This is probably one of my favorite performances of her career.

She gave that giant hell in the paint, blocked multiple shots, hit a long midrange jumper in a clutch spot, dealt with getting mauled the entire game, played like 38 minutes, and pumped Van Lith all night — including immediately after fouling out on some absurdly bad breaks.

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Same here. Last year, I think the combo of Boston & Cardoso outsized Angel and held her way below her averages, and I thought it might happen again. But Angel outplayed the bigger Cardoso... and played as well as any game I've seen her in. And her passion made the game more enjoyable.

Not sure what to say about the officiating. It's hard to tell on TV sometimes. Cardoso was all over Angel's arms on that shot block, which should have been a foul. When Angel returned the favor and blocked a couple of Cardoso's shots, I held my breath a little because on at least one of them, looks like there might've been some contact on Angel (though she might've got the ball clean first). Some called fouls, including when Cardoso fell on Angel, did not look like fouls. Some things that weren't called look like they should've been called. Definitely affected the game.