The Minnesota Lynx hosted their fellow four-time WNBA champion mates, the Seattle Storm, on prime time television, getting their game bumped up from ESPN2 to ESPN. To fans who don’t play close attention to the league, they would imagine this would be a marquee game to tune in for. To those who have been watching, they would know that these two franchises were going in opposite directions.
The visiting Storm weathered an early season COVID-19 outbreak and rattled off three straight victories to push them to second in the league standings. Meanwhile, the Lynx are amidst a season full of inconsistency (18 different players have suited up) and injuries, losing three in a row to drop back down to bottom in the standings.