Sunday’s double dose of Game 2s, with the No. 6 seed Minnesota Lynx taking on the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun and the No. 8 seed Chicago Sky seeking to upset the No. 1 seed Las Vegas Aces, gave WNBA fans one thriller and one (mostly) thrashing.
Behind the dynamic duo of Napheesa Collier and Kayla McBride, the Lynx forced a Game 3 back in Minnesota, escaping Connecticut with the 82-75 win. In Las Vegas, outside of a brief fourth-quarter burst from the Sky, it was all Aces, as 38 points from A’ja Wilson allowed the defending champs to finish their first-round series in a tidy two games with a 92-70 win.
Behind a combined 54 points from Collier and McBride, the Lynx force Game 3
Head coach Cheryl Reeve’s demonstrative dissatisfaction with her team’s Game 1 performance clearly penetrated. Minnesota came out looking like a different team, prepared to play with the presence necessary not only to compete with Connecticut but also to prevail with a 82-75 win that sends the series to a Game 3 in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
After struggling in Game 1, Napheesa Collier captained the Lynx’s improved effort. From the tip, she played with high activity on both ends of the floor. On offense, she was assertive. In addition to getting buckets in the post or out of isolation, she…
