Fever Win Third Straight! Christie Sides, Rowdy Gaines, and Pat Boylan Join!

(00:00-28:53) – Query & Company opens on a Thursday with Jake Query, Jimmy Cook, and producer Eddie Garrison congratulating the Indiana Fever on winning their third straight game. They discuss how comfortable things are starting to look for the Fever offensively with Caitlin Clark starting to figure things out with Aliyah Boston. Finally, Jake and Jimmy dive into why they believe Indianapolis could be a terrific host city for the Olympics in the future. (25:50-42:07) – Jake and Jimmy shift their conversation back to the Indiana Fever with the success the team has been having lately. They applaud Caitlin Clark for how quickly she has been able to respond to how teams are defending her, the physicality of the league, and being the consummate professional during all the noise through the first half of the season. (42:07-50:19) – Hour one concludes with Jake and Jimmy examining the players that have been selected 36th overall in the draft with Indiana possessing that pick right now in the 2024 NBA Draft. (50:19-1:16:35) – Pat Boylan from the Indiana Fever and Indiana Pacers joins the show to provide his perspective on why the Indiana Fever have been able to win their last three games. Additionally, he highlights how important Aliyah Boston is to the overall success of the team and ranks this team’s potential with the other teams he has seen in his 10 years at Pacers Sports & Entertainment. Finally, he weighs in what kind of player the Indiana Pacers need in order to take the next step in their rebuild. (1:16:35-1:33:13) – Indiana Fever Head Coach Christie Sides joins Query & Company ahead of her team’s five game road trip starting in Atlanta tomorrow night and states how proud she is of this team for sticking together after the rough start to the season. Addresses Jake’s question about whether Caitlin Clark had to adjust to her teammates, or they had to adjust to her and states that she is looking forward to the month break that the team will get for the Olympics. (1:33:13-1:39:05) – Jake and Jimmy close out the second hour of the program by listing why Mikal Bridges would be a fit with the Indiana Pacers, but also explain why the team won’t acquire him from the Brooklyn Nets. (1:36:07-2:04:05) – The final hour of the show starts with discussing Jake’s golf swing with video surfacing on Twitter of it. Jake and Jimmy shift their focus on the rookie season for Jarace Walker and discuss the growth they were able to see in his limited minutes. Additionally, they try to remind the Pacers fan base that it takes time to build a championship pedigree in connection to the Boston Celtics. (2:01:58-2:21:34) – NBC Sports Swimming Analyst, Rowdy Gaines, joins Query & Company to assess the job that Indianapolis has done hosting the Olympic Swim Trials and believes that the city would be a fantastic host city for the Olympics. Previews what events are still left for fans to watch, applauds the job that the swim coaches have done across the state because of how dominant some of the Indiana swimmers have been in the trials, and what he’s heard from the swimmers about their experiences swimming inside Lucas Oil Stadium. (2:21:34-2:26:12) – Today’s show ends with JCook Plays of the Day and Jake asking Jimmy and Eddie which countries in South America people don’t realize is in South America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.