NEW YORK — Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said the 2024 WNBA title was “stolen” from her team due to what she called “incredibly disappointing” officiating in Sunday’s 67-62 overtime loss to the New York Liberty in the deciding Game 5 of the Finals.
Reeve took umbrage in particular with a foul call on Lynx center Alanna Smith with 5.2 seconds left in regulation. After missing a pair of foul shots a few plays earlier, 2023 WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart went to the free throw line and made both attempts for New York to tie the score, effectively sending the game into overtime.
“All the headlines will be, ‘Reeve cries foul.’ Bring it on.” Reeve said. “Bring it on. Because this s— was stolen from us. Bring it on.”
The Lynx challenged the call, but it was upheld. Reeve said after the game that a third party should be involved in reviewing challenges.
“At the other end when they challenged it, if we would have turned that clip in, they would have told us that this was marginal contact,…
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