The Phoenix Mercury will try to stay alive in their first-round WNBA playoff series against the Minnesota Lynx this Wednesday, Sept. 25. The Lynx, who won Game 1 of the series last weekend, will once again host the Mercury; tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
While it certainly wasn’t for a lack of effort in Game 1, the No. 7-seed Mercury still find themselves in an 0-1 hole after falling to Minnesota 102-95 in the series opener. The game had all the makings of an instant classic: The widely-favored Lynx led by as many as 23 points early on, but the Mercury chipped away in the second half, eventually taking a brief lead thanks to a flurry of 3-pointers and a superb performance by Natasha Cloud (career-high 33 points and 10 assists).
In the end, though, Minnesota proved why it’s the No. 2-seeded team in the WNBA playoffs. Star forward Napheesa Collier was at her very best, scoring a game-high 38 points, and the Lynx as a team were highly efficient offensively,…
