{"id":756733,"date":"2022-08-18T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T03:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=756733"},"modified":"2022-08-18T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T03:24:32","slug":"vickie-johnson-didnt-recognize-dallas-wings-team-that-lost-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wnba\/vickie-johnson-didnt-recognize-dallas-wings-team-that-lost-game-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Vickie Johnson Didn&#8217;t &#8216;Recognize&#8217; Dallas Wings Team That Lost Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Connecticut Sun won Game 1 in dominant fashion after beating the Dallas Wings, 93-68. The Sun was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Jonquel+Jones\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Jonquel+Jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonquel Jones <\/a>(19 points and eight rebounds) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Alyssa+Thomas\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Alyssa+Thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alyssa Thomas<\/a> (15 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Allisha+Gray\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Allisha+Gray\" target=\"_blank\">Allisha Gray<\/a> led the Wings with 17 points and five rebounds, followed by a 13-point, five rebounds, and three assists outing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Tyasha+Harris+\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Tyasha+Harris+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyasha Harris<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Marina+Mabrey+\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Marina+Mabrey+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marina Mabrey<\/a> contributed 11 points, and four rebounds, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Satou+Sabally\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Satou+Sabally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satou Sabally<\/a> rounded out Dallas&#8217; double-digit scorers with 10 points, two rebounds, and two dimes in 15 minutes of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SUN TAKE GAME 1 \u2600\ufe0f\u2600\ufe0f\u2600\ufe0f<\/p>&mdash; WSLAM (@wslam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wslam\/status\/1560447380041990146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Created to create separation in the third quarter after going on a 13-0 run that helped build a 20-point cushion in the third seed&#8217;s favor. The Suns kept the Wings scoreless for over five minutes, leading to the Sun closing out the third quarter with a 17-5 run that gave them an 18-point lead going into the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the tough Game 1 loss, Coach Vickie Johnson told assembled reporters that she didn&#8217;t &#8220;recognize&#8221; who the Dallas Wings were on the hardwood and noted that some players were noticeably &#8220;complaining&#8221; and &#8220;not taking accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The first thing I told my team is &#8216;I didn&#8217;t recognize my team tonight.'&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;If we can think we can do it individually and beat Connecticut, it&#8217;s not gonna happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vickie Johnson: &quot;The first thing I told my team is &#39;I didn&#39;t recognize my team tonight.&#39;&quot;<br><br>Said players were &quot;complaining,&quot; &quot;not taking accountability.&quot;<br><br>&quot;If we can think we can do it individually and beat Connecticut, it&#39;s not gonna happen.&quot;<\/p>&mdash; Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexaphilippou\/status\/1560451149714571267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Arike Ogunbowale, Dallas&#8217; leading scorer, is still not healthy enough to play due to an abdominal injury she aggravated during the final days of the regular-season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s really that simple for DB \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/do0bk85mpV\">pic.twitter.com\/do0bk85mpV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WSLAM (@wslam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wslam\/status\/1560422110421549057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wings will look to tie the series up with a Game 2 win over the Sun on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connecticut Sun won Game 1 in dominant fashion after beating the Dallas Wings, 93-68. The Sun was led by Jonquel Jones (19 points and eight rebounds) and Alyssa Thomas (15 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists). Allisha Gray led the Wings with 17 points and five rebounds, followed by a 13-point, five rebounds, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":756734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63826,62493,21,64136],"tags":[63587,9476,46356,13122,13515,64356,1863,63726],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-756733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-newswire","category-wnba","category-wslam","tag-allisha-gray","tag-alyssa-thomas","tag-arike-ogunbowale","tag-dallas-wings","tag-jonquel-jones","tag-vickie-johnson","tag-wnba","tag-wslam"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756738,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756733\/revisions\/756738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756733"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=756733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}