If Reeve rests starters down the stretch and the Lynx lose their timing and rhythm heading into the playoffs, some will argue that she should have kept her foot on the gas.
If she handles the remaining games as if nothing has been achieved yet and an injury occurs, well, you know what the reaction would be in that scenario.
Nobody is crying for Reeve, of course, but it’s something on her mind as a special season inches closer to playoff time.
“If there were some things that could be guaranteed, this would be a heck of a lot easier, these decisions,” she said before the game. “There is nothing guaranteed. You can limit minutes, and something can still happen. There are just a lot of scenarios that are well beyond your control.”