Thursday at Target Center, with the Lynx trailing by seven, right after Napheesa Collier had passed up an open shot, a timeout was called. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve walked onto the floor to Collier. She was not happy.

The Lynx was coming off their worst-shooting and lowest-scoring game of the season with many eyes on the Commissioner’s Cup championship Tuesday. On top of that, it was just over a week ago when the Mystics handed the Lynx their second loss of the season and held Minnesota to its lowest-scoring regular season game.