Five takeaways from Natasha Cloud’s game winner over the Sparks

Natasha Cloud is probably running on all adrenaline as we speak on a flight from Washington to Minneapolis when the Mystics play the Lynx tomorrow night. But that’s not going to stop the bloggers from dissecting every possible meaning of her game winning shot against the Sparks on Friday night, which you can see above.

1. Cloud had to take a difficult shot into the clouds to win the game

The Mystics only had a bit over three seconds to take the last shot in Friday’s game. Elena Delle Donne or Kristi Toliver would normally take that shot. But Toliver wasn’t open and Delle Donne couldn’t make herself free. Hell, even Cloud wasn’t open when she had the ball. If anything, the Sparks were looking…