The Washington Mystics are down so bad right now that fans are starting to feel sorry for them.
Unfortunately, Washington’s nightmare season hasn’t gotten any better. Injuries to two starters — Brittney Sykes and Shakira Austin — are not helping, and the team can’t seem to finish games. On Sunday, they had a chance to upset the red-hot New York Liberty, but a lackluster end to the fourth quarter and a sequence near the end of the game doomed them.
After pulling the score to within one point, Washington had Sabrina Ionescu trapped in a corner. But when they couldn’t get her to turn over the ball, they mystifyingly didn’t foul to put her at the free-throw line and potentially line up another possession. The sequence ended with a Jonquel Jones bucket on the other end and a possible backcourt violation that wasn’t called, adding salt to the wound. WOOF.
Sabrina Ionescu escapes the double-team.
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton finds Jonquel Jones up ahead.
And the @nyliberty secure their 7th win in a row. 🗽💪
pic.twitter.com/sTKpir9Dc1— NBA (@NBA) June 9, 2024
The Mystics are now 0-12 (YIKES!), and fans are starting to feel sorry for them because they are a much better team than their record shows.
Here’s what hoops fans are saying:
9 more losses and the mystics would've lost half of the season. This is kinda sad. pic.twitter.com/qkOHydaq0z
— Ntsika (@Snipershot30) June 9, 2024
Mystics, you were so close pic.twitter.com/kZZM89znR7
— lilly 💫 (@LTE08) June 9, 2024
The Mystics could easily be 5-6 right now and I’m not even joking. They’ve been in almost every single game they’ve played. Simple execution and defensive intensity seem to wane down the stretch in the clutch usually, though
— christan (no i), ß (@Snacks4Tweets) June 9, 2024
My heart breaks for MyStics! https://t.co/kfJnalq7bF
— TheShadyElephant🐘🐘 (@MsMajorayes) June 9, 2024
I be thinking it’s finally the Mystics day to get a W and the God of death says not today
— El Flaco (@jaelan_7) June 9, 2024
Did I let the last 90 seconds of the Mystics game fool me into thinking the comeback was on? Did I think the 2v1 trap of Ionescu in the corner was the moment they'd make the needed play in crunch time?
Folks,,, I did.
Still time to finish 28-12 tho
— Jason Anderson (@JasonDCsoccer) June 9, 2024
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