The Lynx turnaround has been impressive, but they now face another tough team

Not a lot of depth, but moving the ball around the perimeter, raining threes and playing fierce defense – it earned a 30-10 record and the second seed. And after the Olympic break, where Reeve was the winning coach and Collier took a gold medal, the Lynx were a winning machine.

Not even the New York Liberty would be safe from this team, the way the Lynx played.

And the first playoff series against the over-the-hill Phoenix Mercury was a cruise, with the Lynx getting what they wanted offensively, scoring 101 and 102 points in two wins.

The Lynx had caught and passed the Connecticut Sun for the second seed with that post-Olympic surge.

The Sun won two in a row to eliminate the Indiana Fever, insulting famed sportswriter Christine Brennan over an incident involving Caitlin Clark.

The WNBA players association overreacted by chastising Brennan for asking a tough question to The Sun’s DiJonai Carrington. On the other hand, Brennan was said to be writing a book about Clark and was overly unhappy about Caitlin not being part of the Olympic team.