SEATTLE — The Storm ended the Minnesota Lynx‘s undefeated start to the 2025 season Wednesday, rallying from an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to win 94-84 at Climate Pledge Arena and drop the Lynx to 9-1.
Behind much of the final period after a Seattle surge late in the third, Minnesota cut the deficit to one on a Kayla McBride 3-pointer with 1:07 to play. The Storm’s Erica Wheeler answered with a 3, kicking off a 9-0 run to end the game.
Despite the outcome, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve played down the significance of a single loss during the WNBA’s expanded 44-game regular season.
“I’m not concerned,” Reeve said. “This doesn’t mean anything. We didn’t play well enough to win. It’s probably a good message: If you want to win on the road, especially a place like Seattle and a team like Seattle, you’ve got to play a hell of a lot better.”
Coming off last year’s loss to the New York Liberty in a WNBA Finals that went the full five games, Minnesota had matched 9-0 New York win for win to start the season as two of nine teams in league history to start 9-0 or better.
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