Reeve postgame: "I can't foresee the future. I just know we have some work to do. I have to help us. I have to get us the appropriate help to do it. Make the, you know, hard decisions to do that ... I couldn't get us there in this series, and so it's on me...

The Lynx’s season is over. Fall to NY in Game 2 87-71. Williams leads with 18/7/5, shares a long hug with Collier and McBride as the seconds wind down. Howard and Miles limited minutes.

Liberty lead 68-56 heading into the third quarter. Lynx cut it to as few as nine w/ McDonald and Brodie off the bench, but Ionescu has hit some timely three-pointers (4-of-9) and the Liberty have 10 second chance points off 9 ORB. Miles, Howard have played just a combined 29 min.

Lynx trail 49-37 at half. Williams leads the Lynx with 10 pts, Collier w/ 9, Brodie w/ 8. Again, it's New York capitalizing on the Lynx's empty offensive possessions, with 8 pts off 5 TOs and 13 fast-break pts. Jones has 14 pts, and is cleaning up on the offensive glass.

Reeve promised a more assertive game so far from Collier, and I'd say we're seeing that. She leads with 7 FGA, 3-7, and five rebounds. Lynx down 31-27 with 5:59 to play in the first half.

Nia Brodie is leading the Lynx with 8 points again tonight, but she just picked her third foul.

Having a 6-11 center who is a 39.1% three-point shooter is something.

Maya Caldwell and Nia Brodie bench reinforcements helped cut it to 20-17 with 1:49 to play in the 1st.

Well, three o-boards for Jonquel Jones in four minutes is not a great start for the Lynx.

Patience was a recurring theme in Cheryl Reeve’s pregame presser — ex: more patience to convert Liberty TOs into points. Lynx forced 21 TOs Sunday.

Cheryl Reeve pregame, asked about balancing coaching a star returning from injury who holds herself to a high standard (Q: @alexaphilippou.bsky.social) “I’m fully confident you’re going to see a very assertive Napheesa Collier.”

Live from New York… it’s a must-win Game 2. The Lynx head to Barclays Center with their season on the line. Follow along with our @stribsports.startribune.com blog. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...

Live: Lynx face Liberty in must-win Game 2 of WNBA playoffs

A loss tonight would end the top-seeded Lynx’s season. A victory sends the series back to Target Center for a decisive Game 3 on Thursday.

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Cheryl Reeve spoke with media at Lynx shootaround this morning. A 🧵 of key takeaways ahead of Game 2: On Game 1: "It's not anything that we didn't anticipate in terms of the matchup. If you look through the season, there's a reason why people are talking about teams [being] ...

Brooklyn!

Cheryl Reeve’s T-shirts always have something to say. Here’s the back story.

Cheryl Reeve’s T-shirts always have something to say. Here’s the back story.

The Lynx coach uses her sideline wardrobe to support causes she believes in — and hears from fans who say the messages make them feel seen.

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the dichotomy of the day for the Lynx, on A1 and C1. celebrated ROTY and COTY Monday; need a Game 2 win in New York Tuesday to stay alive in the WNBA playoffs. photos by Alex Kormann and Aaron Lavinsky for @stribsports.startribune.com

In the past three szns, the Lynx faced must-win playoff games on the road. 2024/25 was where their szn ended. 2023, they had to win Game 2 of the first round in Connecticut during the old 2-1 format. Won behind a combined 54 pts from Collier + McBride, but lost G3 back at home.

Forgot to share the Game 1 follow-up, with all the news this a.m. Lynx are in familiar territory: Once again, they need a road playoff win to save their season. For @stribsports.startribune.com www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...

Lynx are in familiar territory: Once again, they need a road playoff win to save their season

This year’s WNBA playoff field is deeper than ever. The Lynx will need more from their stars against the Liberty to avoid being on the wrong side of history.

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Reeve said at the Lynx's awards press conference this year that she and Miles talk in "if-then-else" statements. "That's a computer science term," she added as an aside. Reeve was a comp sci major at La Salle. Both of Miles' parents are engineers. "It's how we're programmed."

Rookie of the Year award — official official “Here, Olivia, here!” Napheesa Collier shouts out from the crowd, playing paparazzi

Cathy Engelbert at Target Center today to present Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year

They’ve got the screens updated at Target Center this a.m., certainly with the team hoping Lynx fans are around Thursday to see ‘em.

Cassidy Hettesheimer@cassidyhett.bsky.social · 2d ago

Playoff time means bringing the suitcase to the wnba awards press conference so I can go straight to NY after

Playoff time means bringing the suitcase to the wnba awards press conference so I can go straight to NY after

In leading up to the ROTY announcement, we put together a list of the highlight moments of Miles' rookie season. Did I miss any? Probably a non-exhaustive list, but: www.startribune.com/olivia-miles...

Olivia Miles is the WNBA Rookie of the Year. These moments defined her historic Lynx season.

From a historic debut to a rookie scoring record and plenty of highlight-reel plays in between, the No. 2 pick in the 2026 WNBA draft delivered a first season to remember.

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A moment worth seeing from every angle 🥹 More from the moment Olivia Miles learned she was the 2026 WNBA Kia Rookie of the Year! #KiaROY | #WNBASeason30

Too much news on the women's sports beat in Minnesota this morning! Frost will open their season Dec. 5 @ San Jose.

To little surprise, Olivia Miles is this year's WNBA Rookie of the Year. The sixth Lynx with the honor, and the sixth unanimous Rookie of the Year in league history. Led the Lynx in points (19.8) and assists (6.0), becoming the first rookie to do so for the No. 1 team.

The WNBA announces this a.m. that Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wins a record fifth COTY nod; no other WNBA coach has won the award more than three times.

More leagues should do what the PWHL does and let the top seed in the playoffs pick their first-round opponent. Don't want to play New York? Cool, you don't have to

Reeve on Game 2, postgame: "It’s a 120 minute series. We said it before the game. Nothing’s decided in the first 10 minutes, or the first 40 minutes." "We still got work to do ... These next 40 being extremely vital to be able to get to the 120, but we have the ability to do it.”

Cassidy Hettesheimer@cassidyhett.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Too much grinding." The Lynx got "sticky" in Game 1 vs New York, plus had trouble defending the "tall task" of the Liberty and Breanna Stewart without fouling. They face win-or-go-home Game 2 on Tues. in Brooklyn. @stribsports.startribune.com postgame blog ⬇️ www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...