Sparks @ Lynx - 10/04/17

[Kaizen]

Yes 85-76
We beat LA ....

 

[msf22b]

I was for Minny but LA never had a chance with the officiating I saw.

 

[BigBird]

Just wow.

 

[UConnCat]

Refs had nothing to do with this win for Minny. The tougher team won!

Lynx are champs again.

 

[UConner]

Refs had nothing to do with this win for Minny. The tougher team won!

Lynx are champs again.

Minnesota is the UConn of the WNBA

 

[Geew1992]

I was for Minny but LA never had a chance with the officiating I saw.

Ummm....the officiating sucked both ways. Lucky it wasn’t a tie

 

[j66kicker]

LYNX!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Blueballer]

I was for Minny but LA never had a chance with the officiating I saw.

Really? I saw it completely the opposite. The refs tried like hell to keep LA in the game. That foul on Maya on that 3 was a disgrace. She never touched the girl.

 

[j66kicker]

Ummm....the officiating sucked both ways. Lucky it wasn’t a tie

Lucky for the Sparks, with Nneka fouled out, Beard with 5 and Sims with 4

 

[Shades]

Really? I saw it completely the opposite. The refs tried like hell to keep LA in the game. That foul on Maya on that 3 was a disgrace. She never touched the girl.

You are correct, sir

 

[Shades]

 

[Shades]

 

[UConnCat]

That shot by Maya with 20+ seconds left and after the Lynx had turned the ball over twice. Unbelievable.

 

[bballnut90]

Congrats to the Lynx--they played better as a team and appeared to want it more. Fowles was an absolute beast tonight and Whalen had a great game. Moore did a lot of little things well and made the biggest play of the night.

3rd year in a row that Nneka has performed quite poorly against the Lynx in the playoffs. She hit the winner last year but was subpar most of the series. Tonight she was flat out bad...she got owned on the boards and was largely ineffective besides a few buckets early.

Sad for Parker that she didn't get another title tonight. She worked her butt off all night and did what she could to rally LA. I thought it was an uphill battle for the Sparks with the reffing tonight but they had their chances and didn't make the most of them. Lots of missed shots by Lavender, Sims and Beard. They need a better backup post to replace Lavender next year. Someone with size and who can rebound. I think La is the favorite next year if the starting 5 return. The guards are onl getting better and Nneka/Parker aren't slowing down.

 

[j66kicker]

Really? I saw it completely the opposite. The refs tried like hell to keep LA in the game. That foul on Maya on that 3 was a disgrace. She never touched the girl.

At least they tried to keep Parker clean. If any other Sparks player was within 10 feet they gave Parker's fouls to someone else.

 

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[UConnCat]

Sweet Syl is MVP.

 

[Kaizen]

Sweet Syl is MVP.

Syl has 17 pts 20 rebs... just wow

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Thank God Parker lost

 

[MilfordHusky]

Another Lynx fan at the game:

Three words for Paige: Be like Maya!

 

[UConnCat]

Maya is trending on twitter for this shot. It's being called Jordan-esque.

 

[MilfordHusky]

That shot by Maya with 20+ seconds left and after the Lynx had turned the ball over twice. Unbelievable.

She could have run the clock down, but the ball was such a hot potato at that point, so she decided to get more points.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Maya has not gone consecutive seasons without a championship since the dawn of time. The Lynx had to win.

Or at least since 8th grade.

 

[eebmg]

I loved the response by Cheryl Reeves to Holly Rowe's question " Were you nervous when the Sparks cut the lead to 1 basket with under a minute to go? " Answer. "No. We wanted them to the make the game close and then we ripped it away from them."

That is how rivals are supposed to respond.

Next year. Same time. Same Channel. Same Result.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Congrats to the Lynx--they played better as a team and appeared to want it more. Fowles was an absolute beast tonight and Whalen had a great game. Moore did a lot of little things well and made the biggest play of the night.

3rd year in a row that Nneka has performed quite poorly against the Lynx in the playoffs. She hit the winner last year but was subpar most of the series. Tonight she was flat out bad...she got owned on the boards and was largely ineffective besides a few buckets early.

Sad for Parker that she didn't get another title tonight. She worked her butt off all night and did what she could to rally LA. I thought it was an uphill battle for the Sparks with the reffing tonight but they had their chances and didn't make the most of them. Lots of missed shots by Lavender, Sims and Beard. They need a better backup post to replace Lavender next year. Someone with size and who can rebound. I think La is the favorite next year if the starting 5 return. The guards are onl getting better and Nneka/Parker aren't slowing down.

Nneka said she had never been in such physical games. She had to match up with Sylvia 5 times in 2 weeks. That's a load.