Lynx coach Reeve on Minnesota Game 3 loss: “I don’t have an answer”
After a drama-filled, intense WNBA Finals game two that resulted in a viral video of her throwing off her jacket in disgust at the officials and a back-and-forth about game behavior between coaches, Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was not in the mood to talk much after her team suffered a rout in Indianapolis Friday night. Indiana now leads the best-of-five series 2-1.
Traditionally coaches open the postgame press conference with an opening statement giving an overview of their thoughts on the game.
Reeve’s opening statement: “I don’t have an opening statement. Questions?”
The rest of the press conference:
Q. I don’t know what else to ask except for maybe what happened.
Coach Reeve: I don’t have an answer.
Q. Coach Dunn indicated they were basically trying to deny the ball for the most part. Did you feel your players were getting the shots they could hit? Were they open and they just weren’t falling or were they just being completely shut down?
Coach Reeve: I think whatever Linn said, she was exactly right.
Q. You’re still the defending champs. What’s it going to take to get another win on Sunday?
Coach Reeve: Score more points than them.
Q. Anything defensively that was a surprise or difficult for you to cope with?
Coach Reeve: I think Indiana played the way that Indiana always plays. They defend; you defend; you have a chance to win a championship. That’s it.
Q. I understand it’s a frustrating night; are you upset with the squad, or are you just upset with the situation?
Coach Reeve: Not upset. Ready to move on.
Q. You have talked about this being a 200-minute series, you have 80 left. What’s your game plan for the 80 that are remaining?
Coach Reeve: Well, we have to take the next 40 first. That’s the good news, too. In all that, appreciate your ray of sunlight there; that it’s not over. Because, you know, it’s obviously been a hard-fought series and Indiana deserved everything they got today as far as how hard they played.
Fortunately for us, we get another 40 minutes to see if we can’t stretch it into the final 40 minutes of the 200?minute series. Great observation, Tim. I don’t have an answer.
