NEW YORK – Years ago, when the Minnesota Lynx were in the middle of winning four WNBA titles in seven seasons, coach Cheryl Reeve started getting asked if she’d ever be interested in taking her coaching talents to the NBA. Her automatic response: No.

However, it wasn't just a thrilling, back-and-forth contest that caused cheers at one Minneapolis bar. During the game, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was seen sporting a shirt from A Bar of Their Own, Minnesota's first sports bar dedicated to women's sports.

Though disappointed they didn’t close out the finals in Minneapolis, Brondello remained optimistic of New York’s chances as the series flips a final time back to Brooklyn. The Liberty worked all season for what it has in front of them — a deciding game at home — and she knows what to expect.

The WNBA Finals are here, and when the Minnesota Lynx take the floor, head coach and president of basketball operations, Cheryl Reeve, will lead the team.

Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve broke down Napheesa Collier 's play and shared her thoughts on recent head coach firings in the WNBA in an afternoon press conference in Target Center on Friday. Reeve said Collier has experienced a natural evolution as a veteran.

It took all of two practices in April for Cheryl Reeve to truly believe that this might work. The new pieces she had acquired through the WNBA offseason — not through high-profile signings or super-team denominations — and the remaining players developed in Minneapolis over the past few years might actually pan out in a way that felt like seasons past.

Either the Liberty win their first title or the Lynx win their fifth as the thrilling series comes down to a winner-take-all.

And now after a 40-game regular season and three playoff rounds, just one game remains in 2024, the WNBA Finals’ Game 5 on Sunday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Lynx forced that decisive Game 5 with Friday’s 82-80 home victory over the New York Liberty,