“It was a grind,” Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said after her team’s hard-fought, comeback win over the New York Liberty. “It was a grind for both teams. After having a big first quarter, things got difficult for us.”
Where the Lynx changed their tune tonight was the sense of desperation they played with despite offense becoming progressively more difficult to generate as the game marched on.
Minnesota led by as many as 13 in the first quarter, but Sabrina Ionescu, Han Xu and Natasha Howard came punching back in the second quarter to bring things within three at the half.