
Napheesa Collier powers Lynx to WNBA semifinals with 42-point Game 2 win over Mercury
New York TimesMINNEAPOLIS — The “MVP-MVP-MVP” chants for Napheesa Collier began around the 6:30 mark in the final quarter and rained down on the floor throughout the final minutes. Behind Collier’s 42 points, the Minnesota Lynx downed the Phoenix Mercury, 101-88, sending Minnesota back to the WNBA semifinals for the first time since the 2020 bubble season. “Phee just has the ability to know, each game, what it is she’s going to get and how she’s going to get it,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. Ahead of the game, Reeve had joked with the team that Collier wasn’t going to be able to get 38 points again that night. “Yeah, she had 42.” The Lynx separated themselves in the third quarter, where Minnesota has been excellent this season, and provided enough runs that Phoenix couldn’t quite dig out of a hole.
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