The minnesota lynx won the advantage of the home at home throughout the WNBA qualifiers when they won the 31st 94-70 match of the franchise in Connecticut on Saturday.
The lynx obtained five two -digit players, led by Alanna Smith and Dijonai Carrington with 18 points each. Napheesa Collier had 17 points and nine rebounds.
“The matches are so difficult, no matter where you are,” said Smith. “So, if you have that [home-court] Advantage, to obtain this energy from your fans is huge. “”
The Minnesota was a finalist of the League last season in New York, who had a home advantage in the WNBA final and won the decisive match 5 in Brooklyn. The finals have extended to the best of seven this year.
The lynx has not only the best global record at 31-8, but also the best brand at home at 18-2.
“We have a script now that if we win our home matches, we are winning a WNBA championship,” said Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve. “We believe in our capacities at home; Our fans base is great. They will prove to be crazy for us.
“It doesn’t mean it’s easy. But everything you can be an advantage in your favor, we had to be able to secure this. It was one of our goals, and happy that the team accomplished it.”
Reeve is the oldest coach of the WNBA, after having guided the lynx since 2010. She led Minnesota to WNBA titles in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, as well as the finalists in 2012, 2016 and 2024.
The WNBA season has developed at 44 games this year; The Minnesota obtained his 31st victory in his 39th match. This is at the top of 30 victories last season in 40 games. The best percentage of Lynx victories in the regular season was 82.4% in 2016, when they were 28-6. The second best percentage of franchise victories is 79.4%, which the Lynx did in 2017, 2012 and 2011. They are currently 79.5% with five games to play.
“From week to week in the league … We have never really watched our record,” said Reeve. “So when you drop out and watch the record, you go,” Holy Cow! “What does that mean? This group is really special.”
Even if the lynx won the advantage of the courtyard at home, Reeve said that they will not withdraw the foot of the gas for the rest of the regular season.
“We don’t have this mentality that it means nothing. It always means something,” said dream. “Can we work on certain things that we have the opportunity to look at?” Perhaps some combinations, taking momentum in certain areas.
“This group, I cannot imagine that they will never enter a current game,” it means nothing. “It is a very dangerous place to compete, when you enter a game with a state of mind that you are not going to give everything.”
Four of the five remaining Lynx games are against teams that have won their place in the playoffs or are in the race: Las Vegas, Indiana and Golden State twice. Thursday’s match in Las Vegas, which won 12 consecutive games, is also the last regular season game between the best MVP Collier and Aces Center A’ja Wilson candidates.
