Given that the Lynx were coming off two losing seasons and were expected to be a middle-of-the-pack team, at best, this season, their season, is already a success.
But that’s not the way a four-time WNBA champion coach or one of the five best players in the world will think.
After they lost at Connecticut on Sunday night, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve and star Napheesa Collier kept their postgame comments and tones of voice subdued. They held a halftime lead and missed their first 10 three-pointers in the second half after leading the league in three-point shooting percentage in the regular season.
It’s time for the Lynx to take advantage of what they worked so hard to earn. Losing just once after the all-star break and passing Connecticut down the stretch gave the Lynx the No. 2 seed, which is why Game 5 will be played at Target Center.
The Lynx tied the top-seeded New York Liberty for the best home-court record in the WNBA, at 16-4 and are 3-1 this postseason at home.
The Lynx have the reigning USA Olympic head coach (Reeve), executive of the year (Reeve), coach of the year (Reeve) and defensive player of the year (Collier.) The Sun have the previous coach of the year (Stephanie White) and a U.S. Olympian of their own (Alyssa Thomas.)