Minnesota dominated New York in the regular season. Can they do it again in the WNBA Finals? Will the weight of a first title overwhelm the Liberty?
in the Commissioner's Cup in June. Now, they meet in the best-of-five WNBA Finals that start in the Big Apple on Thursday .
The Lynx franchise launched in 2000 and started a dynasty period when Maya Moore was the No. 1 draft pick in 2011, with Minnesota winning four championships in seven years.By seed, the Liberty are the favorites. How will they deal with the pressure of trying to finally capture the franchise's first WNBA title?The message was clear in Las Vegas after the Liberty knocked off the Aces to advance to the Finals:"We haven't done anything yet," two-time MVP Breanna Stewart said.
From the moment they walked off the floor at Barclays Center in October 2023 while the Aces celebrated a second straight championship, the Liberty players had a mission to not let that happen again and to bring the first title to New York. The last step is the toughest, but the Liberty have been able to focus on the next possession, the next stop and the next play all season. That shouldn't stop in the Finals.
And it's a fun twist that the franchise's first team to reach the Finals since their last title in 2017 came absent much star power. Moore, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and Lindsay Whalen were all lottery picks , but these Lynx feature just two: McBride and, who has had a reduced role this season returning from injury. Collier, of course, should never have dropped to sixth in the 2019 draft.
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