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Minnesota Lynx -Head coach Cheryl Reeve came into a heated quarrel and was thrown out during the team’s game 3 losses against Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.
Reeve received his second technical error in the last minute of Lynx’s 84-76 defeat. She was annoying after Mercury tip ALYSSA Thomas crossed Lynx star Napheesa Collier’s body to steal and then dribbled the length of the court for that game seal.
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Minnesota Lynx Main coach Cheryl Reeve, number two from the right, shouting at officials as she is detained by Lynx Associated Head coach Eric Thibault, Center and Lynx -Guard Natisha Hiedeman, right after being pushed out after earning another technical error in the second half of the game 3 of a WNBA -BASKET BASKET BASKET BACK – -Serie against Phoenix Mercury in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The long -standing WNBA head trainer jerked when Collier was down on the floor in pain. Reeve entered the face of an official and Lynx -Guard Courtney Williams and other assistants had to hold her back.
Instead of taking questions about the game, Reeve went on a two-minute race about the league’s official. WNBA’s inconsistent official official was the topic you jour of players and coaches throughout the season.
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Minnesota Lynx Main coach Cheryl Reeve responds to getting a technical error by an official during the first half of Game 3 of a WNBA Basketball Playoff SemiFinal’s Series game against Phoenix Mercury Friday, September 26, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
“If that’s what the league wants, OK, but I want to call a change of leadership at the League level when it comes to officating,” Reeve said via ESPN. “The official crew that we had tonight, for the management that considers these three people semi-final playoff worthy, it’s F — ing Malpractice.”
Reeve said Collier “probably has a bone fracture,” though she or the team elaborated on her status. She was upset with Collier had no free kick in the game, five violations and finished it “with her legs that were taken out.”
Phoenix took a 2-1 series lead with the victory.
Las Vegas Acer’s head coach Becky Hammon was also upset by how her series against the Indiana fever became official. She said after Game 2 that the physical in the playoffs was “out of control.”
A wounded Minnesota Lynx fronts Napheesa Collier is helped from the field during the second half of Game 3 of a WNBA -Basketball -Final Game SemiFinal’s Series game against Phoenix Mercury Friday, September 26, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
“Physliness is out of control of security,” Hammon said. “You can beat and grab a broad recipient in the NFL in the first five yards but you can do it in W for the whole half court. You put two hands on someone, it should be an automatic error. The movement?
