WNBA playoff results, takeaways: No. 1 Minnesota Lynx stumble against No. 8 New York Liberty

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• WNBA playoff results, takeaways: No. 1 Minnesota Lynx stumble against No. 8 New York Liberty

  MINNEAPOLIS — When the Minnesota Lynx ended the regular season with a 20-point win over the Indiana Fever, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was pleased with the product on the floor. Her team put the exclamation mark she had wanted on the regular season after dropping four of its previous five games. What did she think the most important aspect of that win to carry into the playoffs? “The shot-making,” she said succinctly. “Quite simply. The shot-making.” Quite simply, that didn’t happen Sunday over four

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• Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty could turn No. 1 vs. No. 8 seed WNBA playoff game into a classic

  MINNEAPOLIS — When Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve ran into Liberty coach Chris DeMarco before their first-round playoff game in the Target Center (which also happened to be DeMarco’s first career WNBA playoff game), the veteran coach gave DeMarco her honest assessment, which is a thing that Reeve does well and often. “That they’re an eight seed is really,” she said, not mincing words, “cruel.” She said it again to the media ahead of the game with a knowing smile. Nine days earlier, New York h

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