Napheesa Collier, Lynx look to stymie Storm in rematch

After taking down the Seattle Storm on the highway this week, the Minnesota Lynx look to do the identical at dwelling on Sunday in Minneapolis.

Led by star Napheesa Collier, the Lynx can document back-to-back victories for the primary time since successful three in a row from July 26-30 by beating the Storm for the second time in three days.

Collier collected 24 factors and 10 rebounds and Kayla McBride scored 21 factors because the Lynx (15-16) led by as many as 15 factors en path to Friday night time’s 78-70 highway win towards the Storm. Minnesota presently owns the sixth playoff spot within the WNBA regardless of successful simply two of its final 5 video games.

Collier, in the meantime, has averaged 29.3 factors and 9.3 rebounds to assist Minnesota win all three of its video games towards Seattle this season.

“She’s only a nice participant,” Storm ahead Ezi Magbegor instructed The Seattle Instances. “She’s in a position to rating inside and outside, which makes her robust to protect.”

Seattle star Jewell Loyd averages a league-leading 23.8 factors however went simply 1-for-8 from 3-point vary and scored 15 on Friday towards the Lynx. Loyd made simply 3 of 24 pictures from past the arc within the final 4 contests for the Storm, who reside outdoors of playoff place.

“It is laborious to win video games when our main scorer is not scoring effectively,” Storm coach Noelle Quinn stated.

“When Jewell is flattening pictures, and is snug, every little thing opens up for us.”

Sami Whitcomb scored a season-high 23 factors and went 5-for-8 from 3-point vary on Friday for the Storm (9-22), who will play all however two of their closing 9 video games on the highway.

In the meantime, the Lynx are set to play 5 of their subsequent seven video games at dwelling earlier than closing the common season with two consecutive highway contests. McBride has averaged 19.3 factors throughout Minnesota’s three video games with Seattle in 2023.

—Discipline Stage Media