An electric Target Center played host both to Pride Night last night in a wonderful celebration of the Twin Cities’ LGBTQ+ community, and a thrilling 45-minute slugfest between four of the W’s very best frontcourt players and two of its most talented teams.
The Las Vegas Aces / Minnesota Lynx matchup was headlined by podcast co-hosts and 2021 Tokyo Olympians Napheesa Collier and A’ja Wilson, and the two did not disappoint.
The back-and-forth from the 2020 All-WNBA selections began from the tip. But, while Collier scored nine points on 3/4 shooting and 3/3 from the free-throw line, and Wilson — the reigning MVP — added 11 points on 4/8 shooting and 3/3 from the free-throw line of her own in the first frame, it was Sylvia Fowles — an MVP in her own right — who set the tone for the rest of the game.