Cassidy Hettesheimer
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reporting on the Lynx, Frost and more women's sports for @startribune.com 📰 | @cassidyhsports on Instagram | Georgia grad, bundled up in Minnesota news tips? 📧 cassidy.hettesheimer@startribune.com
I'm having fun looking at Lynx two-player lineup stats and while I know that with a small enough sample size, stats can be wild, but that Miles and Hamzova have a 190 offensive rating in six minutes on the court together lol
🎥 Few WNBA players have had a faster start to July than Lynx guard Kayla McBride, averaging 26.2 ppg, 2.6 steals per game, and shooting 21-for-41 from three.
Cheryl Reeve on Olivia Miles postgame: “Her impact on this team, the magnitude of it, shouldn’t be understated.”
Lynx honor Gophers gymnastics and the team’s program-best Final Four run after the first quarter
Lynx players reppin’ Olivia Miles’ SLAM shirts during warmups
Back at it! Lynx (17-6) vs PHX (8-16), at Target Center for the first time this szn Lynx are 2-0 against the Mercury so far, both on the road: 88-84 on May 12, and 111-77 on June 1
This was the bench 4Q minutes for the Lynx last night. “They’re here for a reason,” Reeve said postgame. “That pushing sort of gives them the confidence to do things that maybe they didn’t think they could do.”
Per league injury report, Olivia Miles downgraded from doubtful to out for tonight’s game @ Connecticut
Howard picks up two early fouls, so Juhász subs in here early in 1Q, gets a quick hug from former UConn teammate Aaliyah Edwards
Standing O at Target Center as Reeve is recognized for her Hall of Fame induction in the Lynx’s first home game since
First Lynx home game since All-Star announcements means new additions to the screens at Target Center
Olivia Miles officially downgraded from questionable to out today (right calf) on the latest league injury report, post-shootaround
Frontcourt huddle Juhász (probable) said at shootaround that she is still TBD but “I'm feeling good, got in a great practice yesterday, today's shoot around.” Said still game time decision “but feeling good now.”
A little throwback to summer 2024 and one of my first Strib stories in honor of Dorka Juhász’s “probable” designation for today’s Lynx game vs CT:
From today’s Lynx media avail: chatting size, potential lineups when the team is at full strength (+ All-Star nods)
At Lynx media avail today and Otter transcript caught me seeing the U.S. soccer news via push notification and announcing to everyone once the scrum had ended 😭
And there’s update No. 2: both Dorka Juhasz and Napheesa Collier have returned to practice. Media will hear from them around noon-ish today
Napheesa Collier has returned to team practice activities, per the Lynx
Looking at some stats, and if you factor out players with 1 game played, Courtney Williams leads the league in % of her points scored in the midrange by a humongous margin. Knew she was at the top, but 49.1% to 27.5% drop-off is pretty wild.
Cheryl Reeve is in Knoxville being inducted into the HOF this weekend, so we caught up with Lynx associate HC Eric Thibault at practice today. Asked about the recent roster move w/ McCowan + injury updates. Didn't want to take anything out of context, so here's the full bit:
Also, a very relevant photo to this story, from last night's game, by @startribune.com's Jeff Wheeler (@/jeffersonwheeler on Instagram):
Far fewer Australia fans present today, compared to the last time I went somewhere to watch them play a World Cup game
I know I share a lot of Lynx and Frost coverage here, but if you’re over on Instagram, I’ve also got video and photo stuff going as well at @/cassidyhsports on the gram