{"id":732178,"date":"2026-06-29T03:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/732178\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:49:17","slug":"lynx-weekly-a-pair-of-wins-and-a-pair-of-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/732178\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynx Weekly: A Pair of Wins and a Pair of Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a few weeks packed full of games, the Minnesota Lynx had a bit of a lighter week to conclude June, finishing a perfect 2-0 with a pair of road wins to remain at top the league.<\/p>\n

Along the way, Minnesota saw a few player moves made, could have its two players who have not stepped on the court yet return soon, and saw its legendary coach get celebrated while on the verge of history.<\/p>\n

The Lynx\u2019s first game of the week came last Wednesday when they traveled to Washington D.C. to take on the Mystics for the second time in four days. Minnesota arguably played one of its worst games of the season, but clawed and scratched back into the game in the second half and squeezed out a two-point road win.<\/p>\n

To conclude the week on Sunday afternoon in Texas, Minnesota got off to a hot shooting start against Dallas, connecting on nine threes in the first half, and led by as much as 23 points on the road. The Wings battled back, bring the game back to single digits in the fourth quarter, but the Lynx held strong to grab back-to-back road wins while improving to 9-1 on the road this season.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, June 24: Lynx 78, Mystics 78Sunday, June 28: Lynx 85, Wings 77<\/p>\n

OFFRTG: 110.8 (3rd) \u2193
DEFRTG: 97.4 (1st) –
NETRTG: 13.4 (1st) –
eFG%: 54.3 (T-2nd) \u2193
FTr: 24.9 (14th) \u2191
TOV%: 17.7 (9th) \u2193
OREB%: 33.7 (2nd) –<\/p>\n

OFFRTG: 112.6 (T-1st) \u2191
DEFRTG: 98.2 (1st) –
NETRTG: 14.4 (1st) –
eFG%: 55.2 (1st) –
FTr: 24.6 (15th) –
TOV%: 18.2 (9th) \u2193
OREB%: 35.3 (2nd) –<\/p>\n

Pair of Moves … With More Changes Coming Soon?<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the week, Minnesota announced a few more roster moves, waiving veteran center Teaira McCowan and shortly after announcing the signing of Liatu King to the roster.<\/p>\n

McCowan, who signed with the Lynx as a free agent on May 28 to help with Minnesota\u2019s lack of depth in the post, wasn\u2019t really able to find her footing with the Lynx while playing in 10 games. Over her time in Minnesota, McCowan averaged 1.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.5 blocks over 6.8 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n

On Sunday hours before the Wings game, the Lynx announced the signing of King to a standard contract, removing her as a developmental player and adding her to the main roster. King was originally signed as a developmental player on May 8 after spending training camp in Minnesota. She has appeared in five games this season, averaging 3.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 blocks over 11.3 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"MINNEAPOLIS,<\/a><\/p>\n

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JUNE 15: Emma Cechova #22, Napheesa Collier #24, Liatu King #2, and Dorka Juhasz #14 of the Minnesota Lynx poses for a photo before the game against the Portland Fire during the 2026 Commissioner\u2019s Cup on June 15, 2026 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman\/NBAE via Getty Images) NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

With those two roster moves made, a few more key decisions could be made in the coming days as well. For starters, the Lynx now have an open developmental spot with King being signed to a standard contract. Perhaps Minnesota looks at a player like Saylor Poffenbarger, who was recently waived by the Chicago Sky. Or the Lynx could look at a guard to add to the guard depth.<\/p>\n

Now to the two names everyone has had on their minds to start the season: Napheesa Collier and Dorka Juh\u00e1sz. Collier and Juh\u00e1sz, who have been practicing with the team and have been ramping up to make their debuts, could return to action soon. And what better story would it be than for them to return to help Cheryl Reeve break an all-time record on Friday in New York?<\/p>\n

Reeve Ties a Record, Enters the Hall<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the great Cheryl Reeve entered the Women\u2019s Basketball Hall of Fame, a fitting and well-deserved honor for one of the best the game has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Reeve was part of the Class of 2026 \u2014 which included the likes of Candace Parker, Elena Della Donne and more \u2014 that was inducted and honored with a ceremony in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\"Women\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 Inductee Cheryl Reeve waves to the crowd at the Women\u2019s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 Induction Ceremony at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn., on June 27, 2026. Angelina Alcantar\/ News Sentinel \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Just hours later, Reeve was back with the Lynx in Texas the next morning ahead of Minnesota\u2019s afternoon showdown against the Dallas Wings. And in that game, Reeve made even more history.<\/p>\n

Reeve, who already owns the all-time record for playoff wins, secured regular season win No. 379, tying former WNBA coach Mike Thibault \u2014 father of Lynx Associate Head Coach Eric Thibualt \u2014 for the most regular season wins in league history.<\/p>\n

Reeve will have a chance to break that record and sit at the top of the list as soon as this Friday when the Lynx travel to play the New York Liberty in New York \u2014 which would be a fitting location for this record to be broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a few weeks packed full of games, the Minnesota Lynx had a bit of a lighter week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[108863,1077,99,434],"class_list":["post-732178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-lynx-scores","tag-minnesota-lynx","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}