After missing the playoffs for the first time in over a decade last season, the Minnesota Lynx started this WNBA season 0-6 and appeared destined for another trip to the lottery, if not an extensive rebuild. Fast forward two months, and they’re back to .500 at 13-13 and closer to a top-four seed than missing out on the playoffs.
Their remarkable in-season turnaround continued on Sunday afternoon with a thrilling 87-83 victory over the Connecticut Sun. They’ve now won three games in a row, and four of their last five, with the last two coming against the New York Liberty and Sun despite the absence of All-Star forward Napheesa Collier, who is sidelined with an ankle injury.
“We’re understanding what it takes a little bit more as the season wears on, and was really happy for them,” head coach Cheryl Reeve said. “The way that we came out, the way we’re getting stops, getting rebounds, that sort of thing. Really happy for them to feel it. It’s one thing to talk about it and hope that they do it. It’s another when they do it and feel the success, and I feel really happy for them.”
All four victories during this hot streak have come by five points or fewer, which is fitting because their impressive…
