Minnesota Lynx
Coach Cheryl Reeve has already won a gold medal this year, can she add her fifth WNBA Championship?
The Minnesota Lynx has a history of winning in the W, with six conference and four WNBA championships. After back-to-back years finishing below .500 the Lynx are sitting nine games above.500 with a record of 17-8.
Minnesota had a hot start to the season going 14-4 while winning the Commisoner’s Cup over the New York Liberty. The star of the Lynx has been the Commisoner’s Cup MVP Napheesa Collier.
Collier is having an outstanding year. An early MVP candidate was sidelined for the last seven games with a foot injury. The Lynx went 3-4 in that time frame. The good news is after taking home gold in the Olympics as part of Team USA, she seems to be healthy and ready to make a deep playoff run.
Key Stats
17-8 straight-up
14-10-1 ATS
8-15-2 to the over
81.2 points per game
43.6% field goal percentage
38.4% three-point field goal percentage
9.8 three-pointers made per game
78.5% free-throw percentage
7.6 offensive rebounds per game
14.4 turnovers per game
75 points allowed per game
40.4% opponent’s field goal percentage
28.1% opponent’s three-point field goal percentage
6.2 three-pointers allowed per game
79.4 opponent’s free-throw percentage
9.6 offensive rebounds allowed per game
16.1 turnovers forced per game
The key to the Lynx’s success is clear, they are shutting down their opponents while punishing them offensively.
Key Players
Napheesa Collier
Collier also known as Quenn Phee has been killing it this year. Collier is leading Minnesota in the following categories:
Points-20 per game
Rebounds- 10.2 per game
Steals-2.2 per game
Blocks-1.5 per game
Collier has to keep up her outstanding play for the Lynx to take home their fifth championship.
Kayla McBride
McBride has been the perfect running mate for Collier. McBride’s three-point shooting has been a key to Minnesota’s success.
McBride is making a career-high three three-pointers a game while shooting a career-high seven per game. Her 16.4 points per game is the highest she has averaged since 2018.
Remaining Schedule
The Lynx currently sit in the three-seed due to holding the head-to-head tie-break over the Storm. 2.5 games behind the Liberty for the number one spot, they have a legit chance of having a home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Lynx have the easiest remaining schedule with one matchup left with New York, Connecticut, and Phoenix. Their hardest opponents will be Las Vegas with two matchups left.
Fanduel has the following bets available for Minnesota:
Season win total 26.5 -113 to the over and under
To win it all at +800
To be the number one seed at +3600
As I’m writing this, I just fired on the win total over and the number one seed bet.
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