This week, the WNBL saw two Atlanta Dream players find themselves at opposite sides of a rematch of last year’s Finals between the Southside Flyers and the Perth Lynx. Naz Hillmon and Laeticia Amihere not only are both focal points for their teams, but their performances also are proving that the Dream’s future is in good hands.
Naz Hillmon improves and impresses
Coming off the best season of her WNBA career, Naz Hillmon is back in Australia. With the Melbourne Boomers, her previous WNBL team, now defunct, she joined the reigning champs, the Flyers, who started the season with a new coach and a new roster. Last season, she made the All-WNBL Second Team, with averages of 15.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
This season, the Flyers got off to a slow start, but the former Michigan Wolverine has been great. In the six games played so far, she has shot below 53 percent from the field only once, and scored below 17 points just one time as well. She’s averaging 19.7 points and 9.2 rebounds, and remains a bright spot for the Flyers, who were once again beaten by the Lynx in the second rematch of last season’s Finals, 89-82. The Flyers played without starting forward Alice Kunek and put up a fight, getting close to overcoming an 18-0 scoring run by the Lynx.
