The Minnesota Lynx returned to action on Friday night in the desert, where they took on a Phoenix Mercury squad that looked very different from the one Napheesa Collier and Co. took down in Minneapolis one week ago.
Mercury star Brittney Griner returned to the lineup, making her 2024 regular season debut after missing the past month with a fractured toe injury she suffered in the team’s preseason game against the Seattle Storm back on May 7. Griner was on a limit of roughly 20 minutes. Versatile 3-and-D wing Bec Allen was activated and in the first five after clearing concussion protocol.