NEW YORK — Courtney Williams once joked that it was a big moment when her mom, Michele Williams, admitted Courtney was the best basketball player in the family.
That came more than a decade ago, when the Minnesota Lynx guard broke her mother’s single-game scoring record at Charlton County High School in Folkston, Georgia, about 40 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida.
Williams has been filling up hoops for a long time: at South Florida in college basketball, then in the WNBA starting as a first-round draft pick in 2016. She is playing in the WNBA Finals for the third time.
But Williams’ biggest stage yet came Thursday, when the Lynx completed an improbable rally to win Game 1 of the WNBA Finals 95-93 in overtime over the New York Liberty. Williams had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
She hit the shot of the night — a 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds left in regulation — and then the ensuing free throw to seal a four-point play. According to Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time a team took the lead…
