Though disappointed they didn’t close out the finals in Minneapolis, Brondello remained optimistic of New York’s chances as the series flips a final time back to Brooklyn. The Liberty worked all season for what it has in front of them — a deciding game at home — and she knows what to expect.

That’s just the kind of all-time competitive WNBA Finals series it’s been between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty, the league’s two best teams all year. On Frida

Cheryl Reeve is back in familiar territory. One game to determine whether a title is won or lost. It’s one of the most dramatic stages in sports, and yet it may be old hat for the Lynx head coach. She’s been in this spot before — three years in a row,

Her college playing career at La Salle over, Cheryl Reeve was a graduate assistant coach at her alma mater in 1988 for coach John Miller. “I’ll never forget it,” Reeve said Thursday at Barclays Center,

The WNBA Finals are here, and when the Minnesota Lynx take the floor, head coach and president of basketball operations, Cheryl Reeve, will lead the team.

After New York’s Game 3 victory, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was asked what Liberty forward Breanna Stewart did differently to get going offensively in the second half. “I don’t

The Lynx notched a statement win over the Liberty in their fourth game on May 25 and scarcely looked back. They were the only team to beat the Liberty twice (three times in all). They finished in second place with a 30-10 record, including a 13-2 mark after the Olympics break.

It took all of two practices in April for Cheryl Reeve to truly believe that this might work. The new pieces she had acquired through the WNBA offseason — not through high-profile signings or super-team denominations — and the remaining players developed in Minneapolis over the past few years might actually pan out in a way that felt like seasons past.