Very few players can set the tone on the road quite like Washington Mystics guard Natasha Cloud did tonight in a big win over the Minnesota Lynx, without two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne.
The Athletes Unlimited and former Saint Joseph’s standout came out firing, scoring from all over the court and talking a ton of trash while doing it. Cloud put the league on notice in the first quarter by shooting 3/5 from behind the arc in an explosive 12-point quarter.
Cloud, as well as fellow starting guards Ariel Atkins and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, got into the paint as a result of a schematic advantage drawn up by Mystics head coach Mike Thibault.