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Michael Voepel
Minnesota Links Home-court benefited in the WNBA playoff as he won his franchise-ridding 31st game on Saturday, 94-70In connecticut.
Links had five players double figures, under whose leadership Alana Smith And Dijonai Carrington With every 18 digits. Nefeesa colir There were 17 points and nine rebounds.
“The games are very difficult, no matter where you are,” Smith said. “So if you have that [home-court] Benefits, obtaining that energy from your fans, it is very big. ,
The league was runner-up for Minnesota New York last season, which had a home-court advantage in the WNBA final and won the decisive game 5 in Brooklyn. This year the final expansion is the best.
Links not only have the best overall record at 31-8, but also the best home mark on 18-2.
“We now have a scenario that if we win our domestic games, we win a WNBA championship,” said Cheryl Reve, coach of Links. “We believe our abilities at home; our fan base is great. They are going out like crazy for us.
“This does not mean that it is easy. But anything you can get in your favor, we needed to be able to secure it. It was one of our goals, and happy that the team completed it.”
Reeve is the longest running coach in WNBA, directed by Links since 2010. He led Minnesota for the WNBA titles in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, as well as in 2012, 2016 and 2024 with Runner-up Finnish.
The WNBA season has expanded up to 44 games this year; Minnesota won the 31st game in his 39th game. It tops the 30 wins of the previous season in 40 games. The best win percentage of Links in a regular session in 2016 was 82.4%, when he left 28–6. The second best win percentage of the franchise is 79.4%, which Links did in 2017, 2012 and 2011. They are currently at 79.5%, with five games to go with.
“From the week to the week in the league … we have never seen our records really,” Reeve said. “So when you clinn, and you look at the record, you go, ‘Holy Cow!” What does it mean?
Even though the links have already taken advantage of the house-court, Reev said that they will not take their legs from gas for the rest of the regular season.
“We do not have that mindset that it means nothing. It always means nothing,” Reeve said. “Can we work on some things that we have had the opportunity to see? Maybe some combinations, build some speeds in some areas.
“This group, I can’t imagine that they are going to go to a game at all,” that’s nothing. ” It is a very dangerous place to compete, when you go to a game with a mindset that you are not going to give it your everything. ,
In addition, four of the five remaining sports are against teams, who have already received their playoff spots or are in the race: Las Vegas, Indiana and Golden State twice. Thursday’s game in Las Vegas, which has won 12 consecutive games, is also bigger as the final regular-season matchup between the top MVP candidates and ACES Center. A’aza Wilson,
