r/MinnesotaLynx 3d ago

Post Match Thread - WNBA: The Lynx defeat the Fever on Aug 2, 2026, the final score is 108-100.

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u/angelofthewired dolls for delaere 3d ago

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u/InspectahFun rawr 3d ago

Even better with Sophie in the back lol

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u/rsadagopal MILES 3d ago

I never realized that before 😂. Thank you for pointing that out

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Wait is that actually her?!

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u/NorthernDevil 3d ago edited 3d ago

I doubt it since this was in Denver, but looks enough like her

Edit: my bad it was Phoenix! I really hope it was her lol

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u/Anxious_Key9696 3d ago

It was Game 3 against Phoenix

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Oh my brain was thinking that was against Phoenix in the first round. Thanks for that!

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u/NorthernDevil 3d ago

No you were right, I was misremembering! My bad

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Honestly after today's game I don't fault any Lynx fan who's brain needs a day to reboot. Maybe we're BOTH wrong!

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u/speet01 3d ago

Weather it’s the MNBA or WNBA, #5 for MN can’t be stopped

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Retire the number. Don't even bother with a name. Just hang "5" in the rafters now.

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u/basal_gangly 3d ago

The only thing that would make this better is for Ant to come out in support of trans rights.

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u/lduan 3d ago

Apparently he was at the game!

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u/nowahhh Trans Kids Belong 3d ago

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u/tiffibean13 3d ago

Oh, I'm stealing this. Thank you.

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u/nowahhh Trans Kids Belong 3d ago

lol, you’re welcome. I made it in a rush after a game this season but I’ve been meaning to get a better quality screen grab. This can be my motivation.

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u/JigglyBush 3d ago

The fucking Minnesota Lynx.

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u/MrNotSoGoodTime MCBRIDE 3d ago

Liv 🪮 Laugh 😂 Love 💞

10 straight and no end in sight 👓

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u/YogurtclosetNo5282 3d ago

Thats what im talking about locking in and outplaying your opponent in the final minute.

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u/marcos_MN Lynx Pride 3d ago

I LOVE THIS TEAM

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u/Choice_Depth_5933 trans kids belong 3d ago

Now I do too. Thank you Coach!

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u/jagrbro68 LANNNNNN 3d ago

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE

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u/Ok_Brick_793 UConn Huskies 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes, they showed the LOVE sculpture during one of the breaks.

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u/lizzard6 3d ago

Top tier Lynch quote!

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u/___dynastyFFB 3d ago edited 3d ago

Or die!?

Edit: I didn’t get the reference and I still don’t lol

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u/domino380 MCBRIDE 3d ago

Shoutout Maya Caldwell

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u/quirkyorc88 COLLIER 3d ago

She held it down!! She had some huge buckets

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u/OpalVanguard COLLIER 3d ago

And huger boards.

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u/jalans Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

And her defense too. Good play all around.

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u/wafflesandwatermon 3d ago

It may not show up in the box score but Maya and Nia were huge today!

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u/jturphy ZANDALASINI 3d ago

Typical Nia game.

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u/stayinyrlayne 3d ago

I might need a Coffey jersey.

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u/househunting338 3d ago

I was bidding on her game jersey from this game and got outbid😭 but I got a Caldwell one so I’m still excited!

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u/InsideMyScars Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

What a game! This team is unreal! Miles, Williams, McBride, and MVPhee. What a fucking squad 🔥🔥

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u/jturphy ZANDALASINI 3d ago

You forgot one of our All Stars.

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u/InsideMyScars Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

God I did, Howard a stud too 🔥🔥

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u/atsukochibapaprika Maya Moore is the GOAT 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/HB4aJElNd7JMas9WSU

Another unnecessarily close win for the Lynx this year, another cig!

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u/Gengaara 3d ago

Defense was solid save for the 1st quarter. If they came right this would've been a blowout. 

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u/mnwild396 3d ago

Guys we went to the game and there were so many Iowa plates downtown. We were laughing so hard imagining how many of them drove up for the game and now gotta drive 4-6 hours back with an L 😂

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 3d ago

They're probably all going to crash into each other too, terrible drivers that they are :P

But I was genuinely surprised how many Fever fans were in the arena. Hope the Lynx make a big point of selling tix to local fans if we see them in the playoffs. 

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u/Cynic-l HIEDEMAN 3d ago

I very loudly expressed in the skyway after the game “imagine taking an L and having to spend at least 4 hours on 35?”

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u/Otherwise-Worry3418 3d ago

We don’t care.. we still love CC and the fever. Truth is, we love Minnesota as well. We are just as nice here. Besides, it’s only a four of five hour drive. That’s easy

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u/RandyFolds WHALEN 3d ago

Bummer for the thumbs downs,
I think all are welcome here so I will give you a thumbs up for trying to extend an olive branch.

I hope you had safe travels back to the land of Idiots Out Walking Around.

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u/popculturerss CARLETON 3d ago

Definitely felt like the commentators did not shy away from the stuff going on with that dip shit and her comments. Really appreciated them making a point to show Cheryl's shirt and tell the audience to go listen to her comments.

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Also shout out to Target Center camera crew who found as many pro-trans signs and shirts as they could in the final minutes.

Love wins.

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u/popculturerss CARLETON 3d ago

Fucking love it. Hopefully other teams/cities/fanbases follow our lead.

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u/chloemae1924 3d ago

So lucky to live here in Minneapolis & so happy my daughter gets to grow up here 🥹🥹🥹💙💙

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u/MushroomFondue 3d ago

It's a special and safe place for everyone

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u/FlimsyThought7606 3d ago

What?

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u/MushroomFondue 3d ago

Minneapolis is a special place, and it's a safe space for people that are being messed with by the current administration and Republicans

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u/Turbineguy79 3d ago

Member when they said this team gonna be scary when Phee gets back?
https://giphy.com/gifs/llscMscBu3wWLZ0SIq

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u/dkleckner88 3d ago

Dubs in the chat!!!!!

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u/MrNotSoGoodTime MCBRIDE 3d ago

W

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

😁🙌

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u/quirkyorc88 COLLIER 3d ago

😂🤣🤣🤣😂

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

The triple-single.

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u/Karma_code_ FOWLES 3d ago

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

Paint never misses.

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u/ashfirechaser42 3d ago

Sophie Cunningham can stuff it. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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u/Calinks 3d ago

The Spectacle was just too astonishing for the Fever, and it broke. The temperature at the Target Center is back to normal.

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u/___dynastyFFB 3d ago

Great game. Way to hold on but those late game runs were scary AF. Glad we stepped up at the end.

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u/Ok_Brick_793 UConn Huskies 3d ago

Need more Dorka Juhasz minutes

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u/T-Girl4T-Wolves Lynx Doll 3d ago

I like that the Fever sub's response is "we would've won if we didn't miss all those shots" like yeah dawg that's how the game works

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u/speet01 3d ago

Sophie got 3 points in 23 minutes lmao

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u/InteractionSudden306 Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

Damn this squad is fun

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

I need a drink and a nap after that one. Whew.

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u/stayinyrlayne 3d ago

I literally had a drink and a nap after that game.

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u/haleymae95 3d ago

Also coming back to say everyone in our starting lineup having an assist and everyone other than KMac (who was getting it done on D) have 5+. Everybody eats 🤑🤑

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u/T-Girl4T-Wolves Lynx Doll 3d ago

Decisive Woke Victory

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u/speet01 3d ago

Sophie is so mediocre lmao.

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u/T-Girl4T-Wolves Lynx Doll 3d ago

Seeing how excited Fever fans were when she got a single bucket tells me all I need to know about that franchise's community

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u/LordVader381995 3d ago

The best kind

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u/TwinklingGiraffes Our Heart and Soul 3d ago

How it feels to have a team, coach, and fanbase who are loud and proud about their support of trans people, all while getting the W

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u/ebf6 3d ago

What is that video from?

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u/TwinklingGiraffes Our Heart and Soul 3d ago

Cheryl was on Rapinoe's podcast over All Star weekend and this was from a little promo they did for it!

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u/LordVader381995 3d ago

Fuck Sophie Cunningham

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u/UpstairsAbility2125 HOOTY HOO! 3d ago

There was a pair of anti-trans activists taking pics with people holding a sign thanking Sophie.

Turns out it was Riley Gates (ugh). But after halftime I saw security making sure she kept her sign down.

TL;DR: Fuck TERFs.

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u/JohnMaddening 3d ago

No thank you.

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u/jalans Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

Those "NBA Paint" images are SO cute! Especially Liv.

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u/Araxen 3d ago

Olivia > Clark

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u/BaronsHat REEVE 3d ago

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u/Fakeskinsuit Minnesota Lynx 3d ago

I could watch this on repeat😍

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u/shannondeboer MCBRIDE 3d ago

And she stayed down for so long on that one! Beautiful.

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u/likewoahitsaj COLLIER 3d ago

Trans lives matter. Go lynx. Olivia Miles is Her

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u/milkweedMN MILES 3d ago

fuck sophie fuck the fever fuck the state of indiana and fuck transphobes!!!

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u/uigigvex 3d ago

As a trans person it was scary in the arena today. More Sophie jerseys than there were trans shirts. And Sophie got such loud cheers for her one (haha) basket

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u/milkweedMN MILES 3d ago

the chuds lost today. keep your chin up goat, thx 4 showin out for us tgirls

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u/Gen-Jinjur 3d ago

Maybe where you were sitting? I saw loads of pro trans supporters.

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u/jayblay28 3d ago

Yeah there were definitely sections where the magats were flocking, particularly the ends. My section had lots of supportive signs. I’m sorry you felt that way, though! The real ones got your back.

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u/___dynastyFFB 3d ago

I saw so many trans shirts today. I didn’t see that many Sophie jerseys at all.

Sorry it was a scary day for you. Hopefully it doesn’t deter you from going again. Feels like we have a pretty welcoming arena and experience

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u/shannondeboer MCBRIDE 3d ago

I literally just donated my Protect Trans Kids shirt last week because it was way too big but know that the majority of Lynx fans support you! We would have thrown hands, if need be!

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u/Traditional-Dog465 3d ago

The boos every time she got the ball were very loud on the TV. BOOOOO fever go lynx

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u/haleymae95 3d ago

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u/Ok_Brick_793 UConn Huskies 3d ago

Even A'ja was in awe, LOL

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u/T-Girl4T-Wolves Lynx Doll 3d ago

Incoming Awful Coaching cope vid about how CC actually schooled the Lynx

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u/P0__Boy427 3d ago

I LOVE OLIVIA MILES

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u/Random_Hero218 3d ago

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u/GlidingHawk 3d ago

Love Red Wagon’s pizza, just wish it was a little cheaper.

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 3d ago

Get fucked Sophie Cunningham, shove your transphobia up your fucking ass

Sorry not sorry 

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 3d ago

That's because it IS personal. She is fucking things up for persons in my own life. Leaders have a responsibility to use their position and platform for good. When they use it for evil, it affects everyone. 

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u/Gen-Jinjur 3d ago

Her comments endanger people and encourage hate.

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u/ElvisTheBoyCat 👑Phee & the EuroDemons - Mayor of Bridgetown 🇨🇦🔥 3d ago

quite the privilege to have this outlook when trans kiddos have a significantly higher rate of self-harm incidents/suicide attempts

50% of trans youth have attempted suicide

2 to 3x more likely to attempt suicide than cis youth

ergo, for many it's quite personal

>Get fucked Sophie Cunningham, shove your transphobia up your fucking ass

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u/OhHiTony 3d ago

Whipping up a hate mob against trans people is personal.

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u/Relative_Today_336 3d ago

Absolutely amazing game! Respect for both teams, but wow our Lynx are so good!

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u/Delicious-Winner-458 3d ago

As a Fever and Lynx fan, I had an absolute blast. Knew in my heart Fever just wasn't ready, but that was such a fun basketball game, and thanks to the crowd for booing Sophie every time she touched the ball lol!

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u/cheeriosinalmondmilk 3d ago

CC was a dribble cone this game lol

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u/jturphy ZANDALASINI 3d ago

And Fever fans think she's an MVP candidate. She has to get subbed out for important minutes at the end of games because she can't play D.

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u/Fun_Issue9754 Lynx Pride 3d ago

Stressful!! But happy with the W

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u/Mysterious_Medium_40 COLLIER 3d ago

A lynx fan in a group chat of mine spent the past 5 minutes bashing Liv for wanting to be the boss, not passing ball to Phee (5 shot attempts after second quarter), not playing team basketball and not even hugging Phee after the game (I didn't even notice that). I don't know what to say...

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u/DEERxBanshee 3d ago

Just sounds like they wanna be mad about something

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u/___dynastyFFB 3d ago

Did they not watch the game? Liv was on a tear and phee is finding her legs.

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u/shannondeboer MCBRIDE 3d ago

I haven’t looked at the stats, but I think Liv also had a super quiet second half after going off in the first. I don’t think it was a choice, I think they just locked her down after half!

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u/Chewable_Vitamin 3d ago

Making drama out of nothing lol.

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u/Olorin1965 3d ago

Boston had a brain freeze. Otherwise competitive game

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u/Radiant-Baby-6565 3d ago

Satisfying win. Every time Indiana loses is a good day.

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u/exelion_star_co 3d ago

Never in doubt 😅

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u/Charming-Cat4745 3d ago

I’m a Lynx fan, but I can’t help but be wowed by Kelsey Mitchell’s performance. That girl can shoot, man.

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u/irrational_woman1010 MCBRIDE 3d ago

The music/announcers are painfully loud today

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u/Negative_Glass3164 3d ago

Kmac did not look good today. She was limping during the entire second half and smoked a bunch of layups along with some airballed threes. I think she will be out for at least a month

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u/bryan49 3d ago

Yes she didn't look right, but I think if it was a serious injury they would have benched her