Sunday’s matinee loss to the Dream was Minnesota’s first truly disappointing result of the season. It wasn’t simply that their opponent entered the game on a ten game losing streak and holding a record of 2-11. The fact that the Lynx lost by getting beat on the boards and by not playing as hard as Atlanta may haunt them for a few days. The pain of this defeat is exacerbated by how fantastic Minnesota looked in the first quarter which ended with the Lynx leading by ten points.
“They played harder than we did,” head coach Cheryl Reeve said after the game.