Joining us now in the program, and I'm sure thrilled to be doing so based on that segue.

He's on the Express Pro Tire and Auto Guest Line.

And of course, you hear him not only on the Pacer's broadcast, but also covering the fever as well.

Pat Boylan, and Pat, I will begin with this.

I thought that was clearly a disappointment, I think, for the fever in terms of an afternoon game against Washington,

which is one that you hope they don't, at the end of the year, look back and circle and go, gosh,

that one really did us in not getting that game.

It's just one game, albeit.

But what did go wrong for them in that outing?

Yeah, you know, I think the last five days or so have been a perfect encapsulation of just the highs and lows and the growing pains of having a young talented team. You go out and beat the best team in the WNBA on Saturday on a national television platform. And then you come back and you lose to the Washington Mystics who, look, I don't want to sit here and

suggest that they're a good team, but they've been much, much better since they're horrible

start Washington. They're six and five in their last 11. This is a team that has very capable

players on it. So I wouldn't call them a bottom feeder, even though they're technically near the

bottom of the

standings. They've been playing much, much better lately. You know, Christy'side spent a lot of time

in practice marching home the directive of we can't have a letdown. It's the game after the

game. And whether that specifically was the issue or something else, unfortunately,

the fever did have a bit of a letdown on Wednesday. They just, they got into an early

hole. Alia Boston got into some significant foul trouble, which is really challenging.

You know, if you look at the fever and their stretch before that loss, they were six and three

over their last nine. And in that

stretch, and Leah Boston had been averaging 18 points, 10 rebounds, 59% shooting. Obviously, all the

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