Izzy Borlase

I think some of them.

Look, I think Izzy Borlase is just scraping the surface of her talent.

And so I did predict Izzy Borlase will get the back-to-back MVP.

So her being number one, I did agree with.

Look, Annalie's always been super consistent the last chunk of years.

Dewana Bonner was not featured in any of those games.

I think Izzy Borlase started one of those games.

Like they were giving like Okot a lot of minutes in those games.

So it's, you know, so I think it's just like this is such a different Dream team at this point versus what they were for those three games.

We know Alicia Gray can hit the three.

We know Ryan Howard can hit the three.

So at any given point, no matter what lineup, and now we've seen kind of Izzy Borlase come along, I don't know who they're going to leave.

You know? Like, I don't know if they can maybe get away with the, like, "We're gonna pack the paint and kind of bother you," because you swing that out to Bonner The way Bonner's been playing, that's cash.

They got contributions from pretty much everybody, and we're gonna touch on everybody.

We're gonna talk about Angel Reese obviously, Rhyne Howard, uh, even Alicia Gray for a little bit for game one, and then even some of the bench players, whether it is Izzy Borlase, Tanaya Paopao, Dewanna Bonner, wh- who we keep saying is the X factor, but the way she's playing, she's not an X factor anymore.

I think she's just a contributor.

So before we get to all of those though, we are gonna start with who we kind of deem the MVP of this series, the smallest player on the court at 5'6" making an impact, and that is Jordan Canada.

I mean, Dewanna Bonner does it, too, as a veteran presence, but people forget Jordan Canada is a vet, too, and as a pure point guard, 'cause she plays like one, she said, "Listen.

Settle down." We got this.

She was directing Izzy Borlase on a play after she had made a bucket.

"Hey, g- get here.

But, I mean, they just, I mean, for Alana's sake, they just got a lot of contributions from everybody.

It's fucking Izzy Borlase.

I was like, they put her in the game.

She had great minutes anytime she stepped on the court.

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Why not? Izzy Borlase, Aussie.

She really proved that she belongs in this league properly on this stage.

And we probably knew from the regular season and the punch she gave Atlanta that she belonged in the league.

from Jordan Canada, you still need those outside shots to stretch the floor.

And Izzy Borlase did that last night.

Jordan Canada did that last night.

Like that's going to have to continue.

So she's playing a high level of minutes, but she's not fatiguing.

Like she got herself in shape and she's able to, you know, play a lot, especially at their style where it's so physical, like that's not easy to do.

And so everyone's got to do a little bit more, but I think with Alicia gray out, Definitely Izzy Borlase is expected to do more and have an impact.

We'll see what Pow Pow can do, right? Like she is an X factor.

Because what was the discussion going into July and August? If they don't have the bench help, this team is in trouble.

If Brianna Jones is hurt, who do you have? Are you going to trot out Sika Kone? Are you going to trot out Tahina Pau Pau and give something up on the defensive end? What can Izzy Borlase do for you that is going to help you? Now you have somebody that you can stagger with Ryan Howard.

You have someone that if you lose Alicia Gray, you at least feel like you have a scoring option that can come back.

You can take...

Like again, one of those really kind of big game changers.

But beyond that, you have 10 minutes for Izzy Borlase.

You have four for Tahita Powell.

You have two for Medina Ocott.