NOTE: This episode was recorded LIVE on July 17th

Three-game losing streak. Close games. Same late-game breakdowns. Storm faithful know this feeling — and Erica and Roberta aren't sugarcoating it.

On this episode of Tempestade Talk, the crew breaks down back-to-back losses to the Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky, pulls the tape on the fourth-quarter collapse patterns, and asks the hard question: is this a young team learning, or is there something deeper going wrong?

What we get into:

• 0:00 — "Uh-Oh, Here We Go Again?" — Storm on a 3-Game Skid
• 1:25 — Game Recap: What Went Wrong vs. Washington & Chicago
• 7:36 — The Lead Tracker Doesn't Lie — Storm Never Had Control
• 10:13 — Sonia, Flau'jae & Awa Speak After the Loss
• 10:31 — A Three-Game Losing Streak. We've Seen This Before.
• 13:39 — Is Flau'jae the Leader of This Team Now?
• 16:30 — Sonia's "Next Play" Mentality — Is It Working?
• 17:54 — Free Throws, Turnovers & the Late-Game Collapse Pattern
• 45:41 — Fourth Quarter: Jeff & Optimus Prime Take the Wheel
• 1:00:49 — The Skylar Diggins Accountability Conversation
• 1:04:42 — Will the Storm Trade Ezi Before the Deadline?
• 1:06:40 — That Chicago Defense Was ROUGH (And We Said It)
• 1:26:03 — Rekia Talked to Dom After the Game — She Wants to Be a Storm
• 1:27:40 — BRM Is Going to All-Star Weekend 🌩️
• 1:38:22 — "If Flau'jae Ain't Got a Problem, I Ain't Got a Problem Either"

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