UNCASVILLE, Conn.– A chippy playoff series in between the Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx simply got back at more intriguing. The Athletic reported that after the Sun beat the Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA semi-finals, Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve challenged Sun gamers near their locker space:
Reeve’s run-in with Sun gamers took place as they strolled to the challenger’s locker space in Minneapolis, with the 2024 Coach and Executive of the Year differing with how Connecticut commemorated its series-opening triumph, the sources stated.
She “added” on Sun gamers, as one source informed on the occurrence explained, and arena security required to get included to pacify the scene.
No gamers or coaches have actually openly discussed the run-in, however The Athletic reported that the league understands the occurrence.
Cheryl Reeve and Lynx gamers Courtney Williams and Napheesa Collier were inquired about the press reporter after the Lynx’s 90-81 Game 3 win.
“It’s like the gamers constantly state, there’s actually competitive individuals– actually competitive individuals in the playoffs,” Reeve stated.
“I didn’t even see their events, to be sincere with you,” Williams stated. “We concentrated on us. Whatever they did, it’s what they did.”
Sun head coach Stephanie White likewise decided not to elaborate more about the event when inquired about it postgame.
“I wasn’t there, however that was a week back. I do not actually have any talk about that,” White stated.
Stephanie White inquired about the report that Cheryl Reeve challenged gamers after Game 1:
“I wasn’t there, however that was a week back. I do not have any discuss that.” pic.twitter.com/aG3d26wgtc
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzell) October 5, 2024
Reeve is among the most embellished coaches in the WNBA– she’s coached the Lynx to 4 WNBA champions, and was called WNBA Coach of the Year in 2024. She likewise coached the U.S. ladies’s basketball group to a gold medal in the Paris Olympics.
It’s been a chippy series in between the Sun and the Lynx up until now– with Game 2 being the emphasize of that– though beyond this report, it’s all been restricted to the court.
Courtney Williams and Marina Mabrey– previous colleagues– were jawing at one another throughout Game 2, though Williams stated at shootaround that it was all in excellent enjoyable.
“That’s my dawg now,” Williams stated of Mabrey at Friday’s shootaround, keeping in mind that she routinely trash talks, even in practice.
“Like, I do not truly get mad when I trash talk,” Williams stated. “Some individuals garbage talking– they seethe, out there playing mad. I trash talk, I’m still smiling and pleased, so there’s various levels. Some individuals take themselves out of video games when they begin garbage talking.”
The Lynx reacted to the Game 1 loss with wins in Games 2 and 3 to take a 2-1 series lead– and Reeve applauded her group’s physicality and aggressiveness after Game 2,