One game. One overtime. Five total points.
That’s all that separated the Minnesota Lynx from winning a fifth championship in last season’s WNBA Finals. If they played just three minutes of better basketball in Game 5, they’d be entering this season on the top of the world. Instead, they have a sour taste in their mouth, and failing to redeem their title aspirations will only make it worse.
For the Minnesota Lynx, it’s championship or bust in 2025.
Betting on experience
The Lynx will look very familiar from a season ago. Their first six of Napheesa Collier, Kayla McBride, Bridget Carleton, Courtney Williams, Alanna Smith and Natisha Heideman are all returning. No big changes in usage or minutes seem to be forecasted for any of them. Dorka Juhász had an impressive EuroLeague campaign in the winter and could trend more towards her rookie season minutes after a downtick in court time last year.
The only real change in Minnesota’s rotation will be trading ex-Washington Mystics off the…
