‘We were so good’ – Sophie Cunningham now blames FIBA for Indiana Fever’s first-round exit

THIS ONE MADE ME PUT MY PHONE DOWN BECAUSE SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS LEGITIMATELY BLAMING FIBA FOR THE INDIANA FEVER LOSING TO THE LAS VEGAS ACES IN THE PLAYOFFS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY WERE ELIMINATED IN THREE GAMES BY A’JA WILSON WHO WAS A TOTAL BEAST! SOPHIE SAYS THE SQUAD WAS VIBING SO HARD AND PLAYING ELITE BASKETBALL BUT THAT WHOLE FIBA WORLD CUP BREAK KILLED THEIR MOMENTUM! APPARENTLY CAITLIN CLARK AND ALIYAH BOSTON WERE OFF WINNING GOLD WITH TEAM USA AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK THE FEVER JUST WENT TWO AND TWO AND LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD COACHING ISSUES WHICH IS HONESTLY SO DRAMATIC! SHE LITERALLY SAID THEY MIGHT HAVE PEAKED TOO SOON BECAUSE OF THAT BREAK AND NOW I AM JUST STRESSED FOR THE TEAM DYNAMICS. ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THIS BECAUSE THE FEVER WENT FROM PLAYING ELITE BASKETBALL TO A VERY MESSY TWO AND TWO FINISH AFTER THE FIBA BREAK AND NOW SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS CALLING IT OUT! THEY WERE PLAYING SO WELL AND LOVING EACH OTHER BUT THEN TEAM USA TOOK CLARK AND BOSTON AWAY FOR GOLD AND THE WHOLE VIBE SHIFTED WITH THE COACHING STAFF WHICH IS JUST SUCH A TOUGH BEAT! THE ACES ENDED UP KNOCKING THEM OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND AND A’JA WILSON WAS LITERALLY UNSTOPPABLE SO MAYBE IT WASN’T JUST THE BREAK BUT SOPHIE IS CONVINCED FIBA HURT THEIR FLOW AND I AM JUST STANDING HERE TRYING TO PROCESS WHY PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL HAS TO BE THIS COMPLICATED AND EMOTIONAL. ANYWAY, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.

Sophie Cunningham believes the FIBA World Cup break disrupted the Indiana Fever's momentum, contributing to their first-round playoff loss to the Las Vegas Aces after a strong season.

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