Entering Saturday’s matchup with Indiana the Minnesota Lynx already had their playoff fate decided. Win or lose they would be the fourth seed and avoid a first round single elimination game on Tuesday. But that didn’t mean that their regular season finale was rendered meaningless. Minnesota was on a season-long three game losing streak and needed to right the ship, get back on track defensively and restore morale.
They ticked all three of those boxes in part due to a career night from Rachel Banham. The former Golden Gopher notched a career high in points (29), assists (10), FGM (10), FGA (14), three-pointers made (seven) and minutes played (33.