The unofficial theme of this season for the Minnesota Lynx has been change. Other words like unprecedented, atypical, and uncharted have been accurately deployed all summer. The latest event to inspire the media to dig through those terms yet again occurred Sunday night as the Lynx did not start point guard Lindsay Whalen.
The last time Whalen came of the bench was in her WNBA debut way back in May of 2004. Since then, she has been in the starting lineup every game of her illustrious career. Cheryl Reeve cited pace and defensive issues as the catalyst in her decision.