The Trail Blazers acquiring a cool free agent? First time kind of nervous

After quadruple OT Portland Fire, spending the night with the @cherrybombsfc.bsky.social

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Playing a 4OT game must have been such a shock to the Portland players, as no one played over 30 mintues per game on this team. This stat is probably about to go away because Bridget Carleton played FIFTY minutes today

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Carla Leite misses the game-tying FT #2. It's 124-123 and Serah Williams gets the offensive rebound. Portland ball with 3 seconds left in 4OT

52 seconds left and Meg Gustafson is out. Portland Fire running with Leite, Puoch, Buhner, Williams and Barker in 4OT

3 minutes left tied at 116-116 and Bridget Carleton fouls out

There's been 1 other 4OT WNBA game and Washington was in that one too. It was in 2001

You get an overtime! You get an overtime! You get an overtime! You get an overtime!

Bridget Carleton with a turnaround jumper with 3 seconds left. It's 116-116 and a 4th overtime is looming

Carla Leite gets the mismatch in Shakira Austin and says "screw it iso 3-pointer" and drains it. Are you kidding me?

When Carla Leite drains a clutch 3 does she shout "allons y!"

Ok guys it's not fun anymore

Two minutes into 2OT and Portland can't buy a bucket. Washington up 101-99

Washington couldn't get a good look with 10 seconds left and the game tied at 99-99. Double OT here we come

If her name was Carla Early the Portland Fire would be unstoppable

I was about to hit publish I'm not even kidding. @kellydoyle.bsky.social would have superkicked me in the face

WHAT THE HELL? Washington was trying to kill the clock as Florez missed a FT. Carla Leite grabbed the rebound and hit a prayer 3 to end regulation at 87-87. Are you kidding me? This game was OVER over

The Mystics have taking over late thanks to a couple of offensive boards. Stop me if you've heard this before.

77-75 Portland lead with 2:54 left in the game. The Fire are the WNBA's clutchest team. Sonia Citron is the WNBA's clutchest player.

Meg Gustafson has had a couple of TOUGH finishes in the fourth quarter. She's got 12 points and the Fire lead Washington 75-69 with just under 6 minutes left in the game.

In the preseason, @ryantclarke.bsky.social and I talked about how Jordan Harrison was playing super well. The only thing is that she's short. Through 3 quarters today, she hasn't attempted a shot, but has 4 assists and a block. She's doing pretty well in a backup PG role

67-64 Portland after three quarters of play. The Fire have been MOSTLY in control since the end of the first quarter, but can't seem to truly put this game away.

UPDATE: this group did surprisingly well, even if the run was brief

Midway through the third quarter, Portland Fire have a lineup of Teja Oblak, Jordan Harrison, Nyadiew Puoch, Frieda Buhner & Serah Williams. All rookie lineup with the game tied 58-58

Georgia Amoore (right knee soreness) is OUT for the rest of today’s Fire-Mystics matchup.

Luisa Geiselsoder, who DNP'd Friday's game at Chicago, hasn't entered this game against Washington yet

Bridget Carleton 12 points, 3/5 3PT and 2 steals in the first half. Frieda Buhner 9 points. Carla Leite 8 points, 4 assists and 0 turnovers.

Oof. Serah Williams' lkate shot is blocked by Shakira Austin. Williams gets the ball back and tries a buzzer-beater layup and Austin gets a hand on that one too.

Megan Gustafson just picked up her 3rd foul of the game. 30ish seconds left in the first half

Then back-to-back steals for Portland, one by Gustafson and one by Engstler. The Fire are winning 36-30 with 7:02 left in the second quarter

3 turnovers in the first 2 minutes of the second quarter for Portland. Playing like the ball is hot

With 41 seconds left in the first quarter, Bridget Carleton draws a shooting foul on a 3-point attempt. She hits all 3 FTs and the Fire are up 31-28 after 10 minutes of play. What a wild first quarter...

Jordan Harrison has subbed in. Seems that she's found her way into the rotation as Portland navigates a tough stretch

Washington was once up 12. The Fire brought in Frieda Buhner, Serah Williams, Nyadiew Puoch and Teja Oblak. Bridget Carleton is HOT from 3 and it's down to 23-21 Mystics with 2:36 left in the first quarter.

Megan Gustafson dinged for a foul 22 seconds into the game is no bueno. She's going to be VERY important today against a strong Washington frontcourt

2:45 into the game and Washington is on a 10-0 run. It's 14-4 Mystics and Portland just has no early answers defensively outside of a few steals

Today could be another hard matchup for the Portland Fire. Chicago just obliterated the Fire with play in the paint. Washington is among the WNBA leaders in play in the paint and Shakira Austin is playing her best basketball yet. With Kiki Iriafen and Lauren Betts, this is a hard matchup for PDX

Portland Fire guard Karlie Samuelson is unavailable for today's game against the Washington Mystics with a left middle finger injury She's the only player listed in the injury report

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I guess FWIW the Portland Fire didn’t turn the ball over a lot this week. And today they didn’t get crushed on the boards. They just could not stop Chicago. At all.

The Portland Fire have proven that they are more than capable at making adjustments to beat good teams that have beaten them. Except for Chicago. The Sky swept the season series and actually beat the Fire worse every time. Sometimes one team just has your number I guess

Notably, Luisa Geiselsoder hasn’t entered the game yet. She wasn’t listed on the injury report. But Meg Gustafson’s backup tonight has mostly been Serah Williams

When I say “picked things up” I mean that Carla Leite is still 0/4 from the floor but attempted 10 FTs in the second. Bridget Carleton went from 0/4 to 3/10, which is better but also a result of just really working a lot more offensively. She’s also 6/6 in FTs

Kamilla Cardoso has 17 points and is 7/7 shooting. At this point the Fire would benefit from leaving her alone and running back on offense

Carleton and Leite really picked things up offensively in the second quarter. A 12-point lead after the first quarter is 53-48 Sky at halftime

Portland isn’t getting wrecked on the boards so far. But also can’t shoot at all. 6/21 from the floor. 1/8 from 3. Chicago up 29-17 after one

Portland Fire clearly trying to mix things up. Jordan Harrison subs in late in the first quarter. I don’t think she’s played since the season opener