Reinforcements are on the way for the Minnesota Lynx in the thick of their playoff chase.
Two-time WNBA All-Star forward Napheesa Collier is set to make her 2022 W season debut at Target Center tonight for the Lynx — currently 10th in the standings and 1.5 games back of a playoff spot — against the No. 7 seed Atlanta Dream, who are half a game up on the No. 8 seed Phoenix Mercury.
Collier is returning to the court just 10.5 weeks after she gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Mila, back on May 25. She set a goal of coming back to make one final run with her beloved teammate Sylvia Fowles, with whom she shares an especially close relationship, and Collier will achieve that goal tonight.