With all eyes on Diana Taurasi, it was Minnesota's Napheesa Collier who stole the show Sunday as the Lynx went up 1-0 in their series with Phoenix. 'Hopefully, we can end her career on Wednesday,' Collier said of the WNBA legend and fellow UConn great.
. The respect between the two is clear, but this is basketball, and Collier sees Taurasi and the Mercury only as an obstacle standing in her team's path to a championship.
There were pump fakes and smooth layups. There were clutch 3-pointers and finishes around the rim. She made key defensive stops, too. The Mercury seemed to draw straws at times to see who would get the assignment to guard her. But nothing really worked. "The great thing about is that it's just so much more than scoring," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said."That's why it's so special. That's why she's the first in league history to do so many things because she's a box-score stuffer. It's well beyond scoring."With 2:06 to play in the game, Cloud's layup gave the Mercury a 92-91 lead before they were outscored 11-3 the rest of the way.
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