{"id":468168,"date":"2026-02-14T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/468168\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:08:07","slug":"marina-mabrey-reveals-what-really-fuelled-her-career-game-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/468168\/","title":{"rendered":"Marina Mabrey reveals what really fuelled her career game in Philadelphia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every basketball fan who hasn\u2019t been living under a rock knows about Marina Mabrey\u2019s record-breaking 47-point performance in Unrivaled. For the league, it only added to an already historic night<\/a>. For Mabrey, it was a response to fans\u2019 disrespect towards the Lunar Owls, as she revealed on Sue Bird\u2019s podcast\u00a0Bird\u2019s Eye View.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a lot of people on social media talking about, \u2018Oh, the Owls shouldn\u2019t be in this. Trade them for someone else.\u2019 Alright, keep that same energy. Hold that, and I\u2019ll see what I can do about that,\u201d Mabrey said<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t like that because we\u2019re all professionals, and we\u2019ve had a lot of injuries, and we\u2019ve been very close in a lot of instances. Our record doesn\u2019t reflect that. We\u2019re not as bad as our record is by any means whatsoever. So, to disrespect us like that and the work and the time that we\u2019ve put in, that kind of hit me a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mabrey\u2019s 47-point performance was a bright spot for a struggling Lunar Owls team<\/p>\n

The Lunar Owls got hit by injuries early on. Napheesa Collier has to miss the entire season<\/a> and was replaced by Temi Fagb\u00e9nl\u00e9. Skylar Diggins also had to miss the team\u2019s first three games. Losing Collier and replacing her with a role player, basically ended the Lunar Owls\u2019 title chances before the season even started.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Lunar Olws haven\u2019t looked much like a contender either. They lost eight of their first ten games. They beat the Vinyl in January and the Rose in Philadelphia. A few of their losses were close, though. They lost to the Laces by four points and to the Hive by three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fans have been especially critical of Rebecca Allen and Rachel Banham. Some have even suggested that they should be replaced by players from the development pool. A lot of that criticism goes back to their struggles with the Chicago Sky in the 2025 WNBA season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Allen and Banham have largely done their jobs, though. Banham has made at least one three in all but one game, and Allen has been playing solid defense and has had a handful of good scoring games. She scored nine points against the Mist and 10 against the Vinyl.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With only two wins and just four games left in the season, the Lunar Owls\u2019 chances of securing a playoff spot are slim. It\u2019s not the end of the world, though. This would be a much different team if Collier weren\u2019t out for the whole season. Plus, there have still been a few bright spots. Mabrey\u2019s scoring explosion in Philadelphia was one. Aaliyah Edwards\u2019 strong play and development is another.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every basketball fan who hasn\u2019t been living under a rock knows about Marina Mabrey\u2019s record-breaking 47-point performance in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-468168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}