After starting the season 0-4, the Minnesota Lynx are not only back in the playoffs for an 11th straight season, but they will also enter the postseason dance as the No. 3 seed after defeating the Washington Mystics 83-77 behind a season-high 27 points from Aerial Powers in her return to D.C.
“I don’t give a fuck what our record is,” Kayla McBride said after the Lynx fell to 0-4 on May 28. “I truly, truly believe in this group. I believe in this culture, this team. That’s why I came here, to be a part of the Minnesota Lynx, and I know that we’re going to figure this shit out.