Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said the WNBA title was 'stolen' from them due to what she called 'incredibly disappointing' officiating.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve vents her frustrations about the officiating in the Lynx's Game 5 loss to the Liberty. coach Cheryl Reeve said the 2024 WNBA title was"stolen" from her team due to what she called"incredibly disappointing" officiating in Sunday's 67-62 loss in Game 5 of the Finals.with 5.2 seconds left in regulation. After missing a pair from the charity stripe a few plays earlier, 2023 WNBA MVP"All the headlines will be 'Reeve Cries Foul.
Reeve initially brought up her issues with the officiating at the beginning of Minnesota's postgame news conference when asked about her offense's lack of production in the second half. "It just doesn't feel right that you lose a series with that level of discrepancy," Reeve said."We don't have a team that whines and complains, and all that stuff. Sometimes it probably hurts us. Maybe being a little more, I don't know, something. But you have a star player like Phee, that just, I don't get it. I don't get how she can be held and go to the basket and get hit, and then a marginal, at best, at best, sends their best player to the free throw line.
Both coaches previously critiqued the officiating in the series, with Reeve calling out how Collier was officiated differently than Stewart after Game 3 and Brondello pointing out the foul call disparity after Game 4 when the Liberty shot nine free throws to the Lynx's 20.
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