the yumminess that was last night’s game, here are some of the results:
Mechelle, ESPN: Lynx follow Lindsay Whalen’s lead to even WNBA Finals
Sylvia Fowles sensed it was going to happen. So did Renee Montgomery and Rebekkah Brunson. They all felt like Minnesota’s Lindsay Whalen was ready to have a big performance in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.
“I was telling her all day today: ‘The way they are guarding you, you can score,'” Montgomery said after the Lynx held off the Sparks 70-68 and evened the best-of-five series at 1-1 on Tuesday. “I told her, ‘You’re the pull-up queen, that’s your wheelhouse.’
Pat Borzi, ESPN: Rebekkah Brunson bounces back to help Lynx win Game 2
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has coached Brunson for eight seasons, through three title runs and two WNBA Finals defeats. She can sense when Brunson is disgusted with her play and knows how she usually responds — with tenacity.
Swish Appeal: Brunson’s timely steal halts LA’s comeback; Lynx tie series
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Lynx hang on to defeat Los Angeles 70-68 in Game 2, tie series 1-1
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Lynx’s Lindsay Whalen helps orchestrate one more victory at the Barn
This should have been a night to celebrate, but after she dribbled out the final seconds Whalen wearily flipped the ball to an official and accepted a mobbing by her teammates as if she wanted nothing more than a soft couch and a hard sleep.
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Defense down the stretch allows Lynx to win Game 2
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Bravo to Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve
One my pet peeves about Minnesota media is that there are so many in our ranks who will ask the soft, easy, question in an attempt to either ingratiate themselves to a coach or player, or because they’re simply afraid to ask anything pointed.
So I applaud Cheryl Reeve. When the Lynx coach was asked soft questions about her team’s gutty comeback in a Game 1 loss in the WNBA Finals, she didn’t take the easy way out.
Canis Hoopus: Lynx Beat LA, Even Series
Summitt Hoops: Lynx takeaways: how Minnesota evened the WNBA Finals
Bleacher Report: Lynx Survive Sparks Rally to Even 2017 WNBA Finals at 1-1
Deadspin: Lynx Hold Off Sparks Comeback To Take Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals
FanRag: Lynx defense the difference in series-tying Game 2 win
The Daily Breeze: Sylvia Fowles, Lynx even series with Sparks
Excelle Sports: Lynx hold off Sparks rally to win Game 2 of WNBA Finals
SB Nation: Lynx tie series with Sparks in ANOTHER wild WNBA Finals finish
Swish Appeal: Fowles’ record night sets tone for a raucous Lynx victory
Zone Coverage: FAKLIS: When Championship Pedigree Doesn’t Matter for the Lynx
this isn’t a series that is based on the wealth of experience the Lynx have built over the last half decade (and change). This is a series built around two teams so evenly matched, that a double-digit victory seems less likely than the 20-plus point comebacks seen in the first two games.
It’s become clear that, despite making six WNBA Finals in seven years, Minnesota’s championship pedigree and experience isn’t good enough to beat LA.
Los Angeles Times: Sparks let one slip in 70-68 loss to Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals
On the final play, Sparks point guard Chelsea Gray — a hero in Game 1 after making a last-second shot — couldn’t produce a replay, as three defenders engulfed her, making it impossible to shoot or pass, and the ball was stolen as the clock expired.
The Sparks fell 70-68. The series is tied 1-1.
“It was disappointing,” Sparks coach Brian Agler said. “We had a play, we just didn’t execute it.”
Swish Appeal: Sparks melt down, get taste of own medicine in Game 2
Summitt Hoops: Sparks come up short in Game 2 as Lynx set tone, tie series
I will say, it was disappointing to hear so many Minnesota fans supporting racial injustice with their boos. I thought more of them. Perhaps they haven’t read the news?
Bitch magazine: All Of The Work, None Of The Credit: Don’t Drop The Ball On The WNBA’s Activism
Ah, HAH!!! (but no details): San Antonio Stars guard Moriah Jefferson undergoes successful knee surgery
Show them the (bonus) money: Top rookie Allisha Gray highlights All-Rookie team
Yes: Imani Boyette speaks up to save lives, lead others to hope and help
Sweet: Women’s National Basketball Players Association to donate money from league fines (Girls Who Code, the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign, the Greater Houston Community Foundation for Hurricane Harvey relief and the Southern Poverty Law Center)
NCAA
Dayton Daily News: Deeper roster ‘a good feeling’ for Wright State women’s basketball
A little history, as a program on the rise reflects on its beginnings: First Belmont women’s basketball team reunites at Friday morning convo
“For a college president to listen to a female, 24 years old, in the 60s, is unheard of,” said Wiseman.
The Lady Rebels — Belmont’s nickname wouldn’t be the Bruins until 1995 — were formed, but spent most of the first year in the shadow of the men’s team.
The women practiced after the men’s team finished around 9 or 10 p.m. At the time, women were also not allowed to wear shorts on campus. They had to wear pants to the gym. When leaving campus, the women were not allowed to wear pants at all — they had to wear dresses.
“We were behind them in everything else, but we had an opportunity, and that was the whole point,” Wiseman said in a video that played during the convocation.
So, looks like men’s D-1 basketball is in a whole lotta trouble. Some thoughts/questions:
- Why didn’t the community speak out? It’s clear many knew this level of corruption was going on, and yet no. one. said. a. word. And the journalists who are hinting there’s worse to come? How much did your access pay for you silence?
- What about men’s football? ’cause we know it’s all connected
- What about those shoe folks? ’cause they underwrite a LOT of other teams who are honest. They get into trouble, the money dries up.
- What about women’s basketball? I’ve often heard it said that “there’s not enough money” in wbb to warrant illegal activity. Unethical? Oh, sure. Just wondering how deep the roots are.
- How will this impact the “Olympic Sport” athletes? ’cause the U.S. Government does not underwrite them.
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