The Minnesota Lynx were coming off a four-game win streak, including an impressively dominant win over the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces in their own barn just 48 hours earlier. It was a big victory for the Lynx, who continued to extend their lead as the top seed in the Western Conference standings. The Aces, who were flustered with the officiating among many things in the loss, got a chance for immediate revenge at Target Center on Friday evening.
Would leading Most Valuable Player candidate, A’ja Wilson, be able to enact vengeance?