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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Hit the damn FTs....

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

The streak is dead...long live the streak.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Augustus got a and one called on the floor and then the refs go to replay for some reason and overturn what was clearly the correct call in the first place. Just stole three points from us. 23-12 with Mercury shooting FTs after Foul call on Whalen. Then Augustus gets a Tech. What a bunch of BS.

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Augustus got a and one called on the floor and then the refs go to replay for some reason and overturn what was clearly the correct call in the first place. Just stole three points from us. 23-12 with Mercury shooting FTs after Foul call on Whalen. Then Augustus gets a Tech. What a bunch of BS.

I'll have to watch a replay of the game since I dont know what the camera caught .... but Maya got thrown to the floor and ended up in the near the floor camera guy & fans just a 'Mone had the beautiful finish & was fouled. It seems they veiwed Maya's foul occuring prior to 'Mone's foul so the took the points away & since Lynx not in the bonus, it was just Lynx ball.

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

Can't believe the Target Center has been as live as it was tonight in many, many years, if ever. Yes I said it [sm=doom.gif] [;)] Fun game to be at. Far from a good ref crew but had you straching your head with calls on both teams.

Great team defense by the Lynx. The didn't let Phx get comfortable on the offensive end. Monica Wright & Tan White and mix in a little Whalen & Augustus, did a great job getting under DT's skin. Jmac was physical enough with Griner that best she could do was try shooting over the defender. Brunson beast on the boards, Maya & 'Mone coming through late with the shoots, it was a good night ..... besides the free throw [:o]

Sooooooo happy that streak is over [sm=buttrock.gif] Game wore me out time to [sm=sleep.gif]

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Augustus got a and one called on the floor and then the refs go to replay for some reason and overturn what was clearly the correct call in the first place. Just stole three points from us. 23-12 with Mercury shooting FTs after Foul call on Whalen. Then Augustus gets a Tech. What a bunch of BS.

I'll have to watch a replay of the game since I dont know what the camera caught .... but Maya got thrown to the floor and ended up in the near the floor camera guy & fans just a 'Mone had the beautiful finish & was fouled. It seems they veiwed Maya's foul occuring prior to 'Mone's foul so the took the points away & since Lynx not in the bonus, it was just Lynx ball.

So the foul was called not on Seimone's drive but on Maya getting thrown down? I thought they had just not given the continuation. Is replay used in that manner? To change the foul call from one player to another. OK that would make some sense of it.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom
Considering I have to drive over 300 miles roundtrip to make the season Finale in Phoenix I won't be doing such unless the game has meaning. Best the Lynx can do in the head to head is tie at 2-2. If we win out and the Mercury lose one along the way what would the next tie breaker be?

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Then, while rebounding for a player during a workout in mid-March -- right around the time the Lynx announced their jersey-sponsor partnership with the Mayo Clinic -- Reeve moved horrifically slow to fetch the ball. She immediately decided to have some blood work done. An MRI, too.

Two days later, on April 2, 2014, she was in surgery to have a benign tumor removed from her spinal region.

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When training camp opened, Moore was the only core returner present. The rest were still concluding their overseas campaigns. Wright and fellow key backup Devereaux Peters missed the start of the season with knee injuries. So did power forward Rebekkah Brunson, whose start against Phoenix on Thursday night will be her fourth this year. Lifetime renovations forced them to relocate for practices during an already jam-packed regular-season schedule.

Later on, Augustus contracted left-knee bursitis and missed eight straight games (nine overall).

"This team has never gone through what we had to go through this year," point guard Lindsay Whalen told FOXSportsNorth.com.

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"It isn't till the season's over when you turn it around and see what the season actually turned into," the one-time Rocket, King and Warrior (Jim Petersen) said. "You can focus in and see 'that helped us and that helped us and that's part of the tapestry that is beautiful.'"

When the parable is applied to the Lynx's 2014 go-round, they'll see images of Reeve during preseason games, barely able to rise out of her chair. They'll see Brunson, Augustus, Wright and Peters with extra bags of ice on their once-injured knees. They'll see cramped practices at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center.

And, no matter how this particular work turns out, they'll see Reeve guiding them through it.

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom
Considering I have to drive over 300 miles roundtrip to make the season Finale in Phoenix I won't be doing such unless the game has meaning. Best the Lynx can do in the head to head is tie at 2-2. If we win out and the Mercury lose one along the way what would the next tie breaker be?

Well actually the Lynx head to Phx next Sat Aug 9th. NBA TV game.

The reg season ends the following wkend on Sun 8/17.

Interesting the final wk, after playing the Lynx, the Mercury will play 2 sets of bk to bks, 3 of the 4 on the road -Tu/W @NY & @ATL then Sa/Su LA & @Seattle.

The Lynx will only have 3 gms left, hosting LA on Tue, @SA on Fri & home back home play Tulsa Sat night to close out the reg season.

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

Great story by FSN Phil Ervin if you want a better idea of how Cheryl Reeve got to where she is today & what the Lynx have battled this season.

Reeve guides Lynx once again to playoffs in most challenging of years

http://www.foxsports.com/north/story/reeve-guides-lynx-once-again-to-playoffs-in-most-challenging-of-years-073114

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Then, while rebounding for a player during a workout in mid-March -- right around the time the Lynx announced their jersey-sponsor partnership with the Mayo Clinic -- Reeve moved horrifically slow to fetch the ball. She immediately decided to have some blood work done. An MRI, too.

Two days later, on April 2, 2014, she was in surgery to have a benign tumor removed from her spinal region.

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When training camp opened, Moore was the only core returner present. The rest were still concluding their overseas campaigns. Wright and fellow key backup Devereaux Peters missed the start of the season with knee injuries. So did power forward Rebekkah Brunson, whose start against Phoenix on Thursday night will be her fourth this year. Lifetime renovations forced them to relocate for practices during an already jam-packed regular-season schedule.

Later on, Augustus contracted left-knee bursitis and missed eight straight games (nine overall).

"This team has never gone through what we had to go through this year," point guard Lindsay Whalen told FOXSportsNorth.com.

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"It isn't till the season's over when you turn it around and see what the season actually turned into," the one-time Rocket, King and Warrior (Jim Petersen) said. "You can focus in and see 'that helped us and that helped us and that's part of the tapestry that is beautiful.'"

When the parable is applied to the Lynx's 2014 go-round, they'll see images of Reeve during preseason games, barely able to rise out of her chair. They'll see Brunson, Augustus, Wright and Peters with extra bags of ice on their once-injured knees. They'll see cramped practices at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center.

And, no matter how this particular work turns out, they'll see Reeve guiding them through it.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

Great story by FSN Phil Ervin if you want a better idea of how Cheryl Reeve got to where she is today & what the Lynx have battled this season.

Reeve guides Lynx once again to playoffs in most challenging of years

http://www.foxsports.com/north/story/reeve-guides-lynx-once-again-to-playoffs-in-most-challenging-of-years-073114

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Then, while rebounding for a player during a workout in mid-March -- right around the time the Lynx announced their jersey-sponsor partnership with the Mayo Clinic -- Reeve moved horrifically slow to fetch the ball. She immediately decided to have some blood work done. An MRI, too.

Two days later, on April 2, 2014, she was in surgery to have a benign tumor removed from her spinal region.

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When training camp opened, Moore was the only core returner present. The rest were still concluding their overseas campaigns. Wright and fellow key backup Devereaux Peters missed the start of the season with knee injuries. So did power forward Rebekkah Brunson, whose start against Phoenix on Thursday night will be her fourth this year. Lifetime renovations forced them to relocate for practices during an already jam-packed regular-season schedule.

Later on, Augustus contracted left-knee bursitis and missed eight straight games (nine overall).

"This team has never gone through what we had to go through this year," point guard Lindsay Whalen told FOXSportsNorth.com.

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"It isn't till the season's over when you turn it around and see what the season actually turned into," the one-time Rocket, King and Warrior (Jim Petersen) said. "You can focus in and see 'that helped us and that helped us and that's part of the tapestry that is beautiful.'"

When the parable is applied to the Lynx's 2014 go-round, they'll see images of Reeve during preseason games, barely able to rise out of her chair. They'll see Brunson, Augustus, Wright and Peters with extra bags of ice on their once-injured knees. They'll see cramped practices at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center.

And, no matter how this particular work turns out, they'll see Reeve guiding them through it.

Sure appears to this outsider, that Coach Reeve gets very little credit, for putting together one hell of a run, over a pretty good stretch of time.
Seems like one tough nut. Driven and personally responsible.
Her teams seem to reflect her personality. She's been outstanding, imo. Has put all the other coaches in town to shame the past several years.

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ORIGINAL: Jim Frenette

Maya with another monster game last night. She had her 11th game scoring over 30 and also she did that in every game this year against Tulsa. When she gets in going, she is tough to stop.

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

A little Time Out w/Seimone Augustus :

http://www.wnba.com/video/wnba/2014/08/01/waction1808augustustimeoutmixdes-3343241

Maya may the face of WNBA basketball but 'Mone is still "The Francise". 9 yrs (already [:-] ) and counting and she's been ridiculous since day 1 [sm=thumb.gif]
Great person and class act as well.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

A little Time Out w/Seimone Augustus :

http://www.wnba.com/video/wnba/2014/08/01/waction1808augustustimeoutmixdes-3343241

Maya may the face of WNBA basketball but 'Mone is still "The Francise". 9 yrs (already [:-] ) and counting and she's been ridiculous since day 1 [sm=thumb.gif]
Great person and class act as well.

Did the Whalen McCarville Gophers team beat Seimone's was it Louisville or LSU team in the final four run?

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Minnyme

A little Time Out w/Seimone Augustus :

http://www.wnba.com/video/wnba/2014/08/01/waction1808augustustimeoutmixdes-3343241

Maya may the face of WNBA basketball but 'Mone is still "The Francise". 9 yrs (already [:-] ) and counting and she's been ridiculous since day 1 [sm=thumb.gif]
Great person and class act as well.

Did the Whalen McCarville Gophers team beat Seimone's was it Louisville or LSU team in the final four run?

No, Gophers beat ranked Boston College in sweet16. Then beat Alana Beard, Mo Currie and Duke to punch their Final 4 ticket ... along with LSU, Tenn & U Conn.

The next season- '05, Janel's senior yr the Gophers hosted LSU w/Seimone & Sylvia Fowles and the Gophers went down to Baton Rouge the next yr, Seimone's senior yr. Both Times LSU won pretty easy. LSU went back to the Final 4 in '05 & '06.