The Minnesota Lynx made history on Wednesday, erasing a 17-point third-quarter deficit to edge out the Golden State Valkyries 75–74 in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. This comeback secured a sweep for the top-seeded Lynx and punched their ticket to the WNBA semifinals for the second straight year.
Trailing by 14 with just one quarter to go, the Lynx were facing long odds. Coach Cheryl Reeve urged her squad to play with urgency—no easy buckets, just hard work. Napheesa Collier led the charge with 24 points, including the go-ahead 18-footer with roughly 1:24 left on the clock. The team’s grit helped overcome what had been a historic weakness: Minnesota was previously 0–76 when down by that margin entering the fourth quarter in both regular season and playoff games since the league switched to quarters.
