McBride won a Turkish League title overseas over the weekend, and flew straight from Europe to Los Angeles on Monday to meet up with the Lynx in time for their contest Tuesday against the Sparks. She finished with 24 points.
Minnesota scored just four – yes, four – second quarter points en route to a 78-66 loss to the shorthanded Washington Mystics in their home opener at Target Center.
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By Mike Cook / Special to the St. Paul Pioneer Press
The Lynx get a stiff test to open the season, heading to Seattle to take on a perennial title contender, led by Breanna Stewart. That’s not the easiest opener for a team likely trying to figure so much out in the first few games of the season.
She thrived in it in 2019, being named an all-star as she averaged 14.5 points and 5.4 assists, helping Minnesota reach the playoffs in its first true year of transition post-dynasty
At just 25 years old, she is already an Olympian and an All-WNBA performer. She has proven herself capable of being the No. 1 piece on a top-four WNBA team.
series was essentially determined by which team was not more talented — that might have been the Timberwolves — but mentally and physically tougher. That was the Grizzlies, in a knockout.
