Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was irate following her team’s loss to the New York Liberty in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, saying the title was ‘stolen’ by poor officiating
In the immediate aftermath of her team’s Game 5 loss in the WNBA Finals, Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was not in the mood to pull punches.
“I know all the headlines will be ‘Reeve Cries Foul.’ Bring it on. Right? Bring it on,” Reeve said in her postgame press conference. “Because this s--- was stolen from us. Bring it on.” In particular, Reeve was upset with a call in the waning seconds of regulation when Lynx center Alanna Smith was whistled for a foul on Liberty star Breanna Stewart. The Lynx challenged the call, which came with 5.2 seconds remaining, but were unsuccessful. “I thought today was incredibly disappointing,” Reeve said. “We have got to change our challenge rules. The officials doing the game should have a third-party because that was not a foul. That call should have been reversed on that challenge.
“When someone is being held, be consistent,” Reeve said. “If you don’t want to call holding at one end, then don’t call it at the other. Be consistent. Every team asks for that. Sandy asked for that. Three of the games in this series, we’re talking about the same damn thing.”
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