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With Olivia Miles out for Lynx, Fever surge to a big lead
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Miles has been a revelation in her first professional season, guiding the Lynx to the best record in the league.
Flau’jae Johnson, Sydney Taylor and Pauline Astier made the cut. Awa Fam, Kiki Rice, and Laura Juskaite did not. Here’s why.
Olivia Miles has already surpassed Caitlin Clark’s magical 769-point rookie season record against the Connecticut Sun. However, former ESPN analyst Linda Cohn believes the Minnesota Lynx guard will inevitably fail to break a rare Clark milestone during her first WNBA season.
The Minnesota Lynx have three games left to secure the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs — but a three-game losing streak has tightened the race. Three consecutive losses have the Lynx (31-10) leading second-place Golden State (30-11) by just one game in the WNBA standings.
A’ja Wilson, Olivia Miles, and Caitlin Clark headline my All-WNBA First Team. Here are my full picks and rationale.
Olivia Miles is learning one of the less glamorous realities of becoming a WNBA star. The Minnesota Lynx rookie has already established herself as one of the league’s most exciting young guards, but the physical attention coming her way has also started to test her patience.
Kelsey Mitchell set the WNBA single-season scoring record with 1,076 points as the Indiana Fever face the Minnesota Lynx in the regular season finale.