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In the biggest game of her career, Collier played like a superstar, a development that bodes well for the Lynx the rest of this series, and for the next decade.
"Yeah, she was again what we hoped for," Reeve said. "When your best player performs like your best player, that gives your team a chance to be successful.
"What I liked was the variety of ways she was getting it done. Mixing in the three-balls, and we were getting her the ball inside, and she was creating her own plays at times. Phee was incredible."
She made four of her five three-pointers and finished a beautiful step-through move against Stewart near the basket. She blocked shots without getting into foul trouble. She moved the ball beautifully.
Collier has it all, and you have to wonder if she has been underrated for so long because she rarely displays the ego of a star.
She might have been the best player on the court when playing what might be the best team in the league, but you wouldn't have known that from her demeanor in the postgame interview.
She's soft-spoken and polite. Even her blocks are polite — she doesn't swat shots into the stands; she merely impedes their progress. (Favorite line)
"Phee made big plays," Reeve said. "Really, really big plays, coming over from the help side, even when she had Stewie one-on-one. She's learned a lot defensively, I think. She's bought into positioning and the idea of going airborne vertically.
"She's outstanding at elevating and meeting you at your shot. Six blocks is obviously a lot. There were three in a little over a span of a minute. That was pretty exciting for us."
Napheesa Collier plays like a superstar on both ends of the floor for Lynx
In the biggest game of her career, Collier played like a superstar, a development that bodes well for the Lynx the rest of this series, and for the next decade.
"Yeah, she was again what we hoped for," Reeve said. "When your best player performs like your best player, that gives your team a chance to be successful.
"What I liked was the variety of ways she was getting it done. Mixing in the three-balls, and we were getting her the ball inside, and she was creating her own plays at times. Phee was incredible."
She made four of her five three-pointers and finished a beautiful step-through move against Stewart near the basket. She blocked shots without getting into foul trouble. She moved the ball beautifully.
Collier has it all, and you have to wonder if she has been underrated for so long because she rarely displays the ego of a star.
She might have been the best player on the court when playing what might be the best team in the league, but you wouldn't have known that from her demeanor in the postgame interview.
She's soft-spoken and polite. Even her blocks are polite — she doesn't swat shots into the stands; she merely impedes their progress. (Favorite line)
"Phee made big plays," Reeve said. "Really, really big plays, coming over from the help side, even when she had Stewie one-on-one. She's learned a lot defensively, I think. She's bought into positioning and the idea of going airborne vertically.
"She's outstanding at elevating and meeting you at your shot. Six blocks is obviously a lot. There were three in a little over a span of a minute. That was pretty exciting for us."
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