So Much For The Lynx's Revenge Season | Defector
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So Much For The Lynx's Revenge Season | Defector
"When the Minnesota Lynx's season ended, their head coach was in a hotel room and their best player left the court on wheels. That's one explanation for their surprising semifinal loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Game 4 was set up by the chaotic ending of Game 3, in which Alyssa Thomas made a critical steal as she collided with Napheesa Collier, and a furious head coach Cheryl Reeve ran up on the refs, shouting while her staff held her back."
"Reeve's on-court blowup continued for several minutes. In the postgame press conference, she picked up where she left off. The officiating crew in this game, she said, was "fucking awful." It was a layered and colorful enough performance that when the WNBA announced Saturday afternoon that Reeve had been suspended for the next game of the series-for "aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the court in a timely manner upon her ejection with 21.8 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, inappropriate comments made to fans when exiting the court, and remarks made in a post-game press conference"-the punishment hardly seemed out of line."
"Reeve got her money's worth. And then she really got her money's worth: The Lynx injury report said Collier would miss Game 4 with an ankle injury. The team's championship odds, unquestioned all season, were looking slim. They no longer existed by the end of yesterday's 86-81 loss, in which Minnesota surrendered 31 fourth-quarter points."
The Minnesota Lynx lost their semifinal series to the Phoenix Mercury after chaotic late-game events and injuries. Alyssa Thomas made a critical steal in Game 3 while colliding with Napheesa Collier, triggering coach Cheryl Reeve to confront officials and be ejected. Reeve publicly castigated the officiating, was suspended for Game 4 for multiple violations, and made inappropriate comments while exiting. Collier missed Game 4 with an ankle injury and the Lynx, also missing DiJonai Carrington and lacking size, surrendered 31 fourth-quarter points in an 86-81 loss as Phoenix executed a targeted game plan.
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