The Las Vegas Aces are still running rampant over their competition and remain No. 1 in ESPN’s WNBA Power Rankings. But no WNBA team impressed more this week than the Minnesota Lynx, who despite starting the season 0-6 have showed 2023 will be far from a rebuilding year for one of the league’s most storied franchises.
That Minnesota would have its most impressive stretch of the season with three-time All-Star Napheesa Collier sidelined would have seemed far-fetched even a week or two ago. Collier suffered a sprained ankle Wednesday toward the end of the Lynx’s win over the Washington Mystics, and she is expected to miss 7-10 days. With Collier on the bench, Minnesota managed to beat the second-place New York Liberty on Friday and the third-place Connecticut Sun on Sunday — both games on the road, no less. Through Sunday, which saw all 12 teams play, the Lynx (13-13) climbed to sixth place in the standings, a half-game ahead of the Mystics and 1½ games behind the Dallas Wings…
